The Life and Speeches of Hon. George Brown |
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... favour of the incumbents on the condition that the patents had been validly issued . The English opinion obtained was hostile , but the Court of Chancery decided that they were valid . The following extracts from Globe editorials of ...
... favour of the incumbents on the condition that the patents had been validly issued . The English opinion obtained was hostile , but the Court of Chancery decided that they were valid . The following extracts from Globe editorials of ...
Page 35
... favoured the formation of a political party based on religious distinctions . Indeed , it would have been entirely foreign to his conceptions of the constitution of political parties . His advocacy was incessant for a complete ...
... favoured the formation of a political party based on religious distinctions . Indeed , it would have been entirely foreign to his conceptions of the constitution of political parties . His advocacy was incessant for a complete ...
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... favour of the cause in which I am enlisted were the convention to give me the nomination without solicitation on my part . I fear I could not refuse such an offer were there a likelihood of success . I am , my Dear Sir , Very truly ...
... favour of the cause in which I am enlisted were the convention to give me the nomination without solicitation on my part . I fear I could not refuse such an offer were there a likelihood of success . I am , my Dear Sir , Very truly ...
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... favour of perfect religious equality , and the justice of the other measures sought by reformers , probably few will be disposed to doubt . That he lamentably failed at a critical time to show that he had the courage of his convictions ...
... favour of perfect religious equality , and the justice of the other measures sought by reformers , probably few will be disposed to doubt . That he lamentably failed at a critical time to show that he had the courage of his convictions ...
Page 45
... was found in the difference of opinion as to the employment of public money for sectarian purposes . Our allies in Lower Canada are in favour of a close connection between church and state , while Upper Canada HON . GEORGE BROWN . 45.
... was found in the difference of opinion as to the employment of public money for sectarian purposes . Our allies in Lower Canada are in favour of a close connection between church and state , while Upper Canada HON . GEORGE BROWN . 45.
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Page 186 - Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ...
Page 355 - One commissioner shall be named by the President of the United States, one by Her Britannic Majesty, and a third by the President of the United States and Her Britannic Majesty conjointly; and in case the third commissioner shall not have been so named within a period of three months from the date when this article shall take effect, then the third commissioner shall be named by the representative at London of His Majesty the Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary.
Page 183 - God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. 0 the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out ! For who hath known the mind of the Lord ? or who hath been his...
Page 355 - Treaty, the amount of any compensation which, in their opinion, ought to be paid by the Government of the United States to the Government of Her Britannic Majesty in return for the privileges accorded to the citizens of the United States under Article XVIII.
Page 291 - The prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution were that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically.
Page 81 - Since the dear hour that brought me to thy foot, And cut up all my follies by the root, I never trusted in an arm but thine, Nor hoped, but in thy righteousness divine...
Page 182 - So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
Page 155 - And, when the stream Which overflowed the soul was passed away, A consciousness remained that it had left, Deposited upon the silent shore Of memory, images and precious thoughts, That shall not die, and cannot be destroyed.
Page 186 - And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
Page 355 - XVIII of this Treaty ; and that any sum of money which the said Commissioners may so award shall be paid by the United States Government, in a gross sum, within twelve months after such award shall have been given.