The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Slingsby Duncombe: Late M.P. for Finsbury, Volume 2Thomas H. Duncombe Hurst and Blackett, 1868 |
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Page 333 - I could speak nothing but German. On the Thursday I started. The nearer I got to England, the cheaper goods were. As soon as I got to Manchester, I laid out all my money, things were so cheap ; and I made good profit.
Page 61 - ... bonds, bills, notes, or other securities; and all and every other my estate and effects, whatsoever and wheresoever, both real and personal...
Page 61 - Duncombe, having severally afforded me great assistance in prosecuting my case in the House of Commons, for the purpose of vindicating my character from the vile aspersions and slander which has been so industriously promulgated by the members of my family, and taking the above into my consideration, as well as any further valuable trouble and perhaps necessary outlay, in executing this my last will and testament, I do hereby give and bequeath unto the said George Thomas Smith the sum of thirty thousand...
Page 1 - I am very much pleased at what you tell me of the good opinion which I have left behind me in England ; but I do not share in your hope as to the possibility of soon being in that country again ; and, indeed, notwithstanding all the pleasure I should have in again finding myself there, I do not complain in the least of the position to which I have brought myself, and to which I am completely resigned.
Page 191 - I have met with since : a knack which he had of putting everything into new and singular lights made him, and still makes him, a most entertaining, and even intellectual companion. He was the most undaunted of men : I remember my youthful admiration of his exploits on horseback. For a time he hunted my uncle's hounds, and his fearlessness was proverbial. But what made him particularly valuable, were his principles of integrity and honour.
Page 232 - REGRET uufeignedly in this, one of my last despatches to your Lordship, to have to record the physical sufferings of Carlo Poerio. For some time past he had been suffering from a tumour on the spine, arising in great measure, I believe, from long confinement and low unhealthy diet, and aggravated by the friction of his chain. An operation was performed very recently upon him, and he is novr, I am told, in a more satisfactory state of health.
Page 167 - ... dans les mains du producteur; considérant que ces docks ou magasins profiteront, non-seulement au commerce, mais encore à l'ouvrier travaillant à son compte qui, en cas de mévente, pourra déposer là ses produits et continuer son travail au moyen des fonds qu'il se procurera sur le récépissé délivré par la Compagnie; considérant que l'expérience qui se fera à Paris d'un établissement analogue à ceux qui fonctionnent si utilement en Angleterre et en Hollande est de nature à encourager...
Page 191 - guide, philosopher, and friend,' was Abraham Plastow, the gamekeeper ; a man for whom I have ever felt, and still feel, very great affection. He was a singular character : in the first place, this tutor of mine could neither read nor write, but his memory was stored with various rustic knowledge. He had more of natural good sense, and what is called...
Page 168 - Le ministre de l'agriculture et du commerce et le ministre des finances sont charges, chacun en ce qui le concerne, de l'exécution du présent décret, qui sera inséré au Bulletin des lois.
Page 193 - Parliament, a motion was made, and the question put upon it, for leave to bring in a bill to relieve from the payment of church rates that portion of her Majesty's subjects who conscientiously dissent from the Established Church.