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... thought to be discernible . At the same time it was matter of observation , that the tardiness with which confidence revived was without parallel in the history of commercial revulsions . The public revenue , which had ex- hibited for ...
... thought to be discernible . At the same time it was matter of observation , that the tardiness with which confidence revived was without parallel in the history of commercial revulsions . The public revenue , which had ex- hibited for ...
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... thought it could not fail to be decisive as to the fate of the Ballot . On the Irish Church question , Mr. Cowper said that the Liberal party , having by Mr. Gladstone's teaching made up its mind that the Establishment was a main ...
... thought it could not fail to be decisive as to the fate of the Ballot . On the Irish Church question , Mr. Cowper said that the Liberal party , having by Mr. Gladstone's teaching made up its mind that the Establishment was a main ...
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... thought that a better remedy for the evil Lord Salisbury complained of in respect of Bills , such as a Bank- ruptcy Bill , would be to have such Bills introduced simultaneously into both Houses . For himself he had a great objection to ...
... thought that a better remedy for the evil Lord Salisbury complained of in respect of Bills , such as a Bank- ruptcy Bill , would be to have such Bills introduced simultaneously into both Houses . For himself he had a great objection to ...
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... thought there was no occasion for alarm as to the condition of crime , for so far from there having been any great increase , there had been rather a decrease , compara- tively with the growth of population . Notwithstanding this his ...
... thought there was no occasion for alarm as to the condition of crime , for so far from there having been any great increase , there had been rather a decrease , compara- tively with the growth of population . Notwithstanding this his ...
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... thought even the present obligation on ticket - of- leave men to come up at certain intervals for inspection proved a great impediment to their keeping honest employment . This Bill would increase that evil . Lord Shaftesbury praised ...
... thought even the present obligation on ticket - of- leave men to come up at certain intervals for inspection proved a great impediment to their keeping honest employment . This Bill would increase that evil . Lord Shaftesbury praised ...
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Page 295 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 294 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so; and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 242 - For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me. Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there?
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Page 305 - As the United States is the freest of all nations, so, too, its people sympathize with all people struggling for liberty and self-government; but while so sympathizing it is due to our honor that we should abstain from enforcing our views upon unwilling nations and from taking an interested part, -without invitation, in the quarrels between different nations or between governments and their subjects.
Page 350 - Stream'd thro' my cell a cold and silver beam, And down the long beam stole the Holy Grail, Rose-red with beatings in it, as if alive, Till all the white walls of my cell were dyed With rosy...
Page 257 - But there is nothing in our laws, or in the law of nations, that forbids our citizens from sending armed vessels, as well as munitions of war, to foreign ports for sale. It is a commercial adventure which no nation is bound to prohibit, and which only exposes the persons engaged in it to the penalty of confiscation.
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Page 266 - Malta, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.