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In the year 1838 a letter was addressed by Lord John Russell , then Home
Secretary , to the Marquis of Lansdowne , then Lord President of the Council ,
proposing that ' a Committee of Council should be appointed . by Her Majesty ,
consisting ...
In the year 1838 a letter was addressed by Lord John Russell , then Home
Secretary , to the Marquis of Lansdowne , then Lord President of the Council ,
proposing that ' a Committee of Council should be appointed . by Her Majesty ,
consisting ...
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... in the training colleges and the vacancies in schools : it would moreover
involve an expense of two millions sterling per annum . Dr . Temple thinks it might
rise to five millions . Sir James Kay Shuttleworth asserts in his Letter to Earl
Granville ...
... in the training colleges and the vacancies in schools : it would moreover
involve an expense of two millions sterling per annum . Dr . Temple thinks it might
rise to five millions . Sir James Kay Shuttleworth asserts in his Letter to Earl
Granville ...
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... to write a letter to his mother , and to cast up a shop bill , in such a manner that
he will not forget these accomplishments . I have no brighter view of the future or
the possibilities of • English elementary education , floating before my eyes than ...
... to write a letter to his mother , and to cast up a shop bill , in such a manner that
he will not forget these accomplishments . I have no brighter view of the future or
the possibilities of • English elementary education , floating before my eyes than ...
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( Letter to Earl Granville , p . 13 . ) These are golden words , with which we
cordially concur , and they are the more valuable as they proceed from the real
author of the existing system . But as long as the promise and the enjoyment of
State ...
( Letter to Earl Granville , p . 13 . ) These are golden words , with which we
cordially concur , and they are the more valuable as they proceed from the real
author of the existing system . But as long as the promise and the enjoyment of
State ...
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... has given to the world in his * Remains of Albert Dürer , ' Here we have Dürer '
s life by himself : quaint fragments of an autobiography never anything but
fragmentary ; letters of business ; letters of friendship ; letters written in travel ;
attempts ...
... has given to the world in his * Remains of Albert Dürer , ' Here we have Dürer '
s life by himself : quaint fragments of an autobiography never anything but
fragmentary ; letters of business ; letters of friendship ; letters written in travel ;
attempts ...
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Page 167 - Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus; but use all gently; for in the very torrent, tempest, and (as I may say) whirlwind of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness.
Page 274 - I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James the Second down to a time which is within the memory of men still living.
Page 550 - No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.
Page 511 - WITH stammering lips and insufficient sound I strive and struggle to deliver right That music of my nature, day and night With dream and thought and feeling interwound, And inly answering all the senses round With octaves of a mystic depth and height Which step out grandly to the infinite From the dark edges of the sensual ground...
Page 543 - Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days : which are a shadow of things to come ; but the body is of Christ.
Page 552 - But if the Government be National with regard to the operation of its powers, it changes its aspect again when we contemplate it in relation to the extent of its powers. The idea of a National Government involves in it, not only an authority over the individual citizens, but an indefinite supremacy over all persons and things, so far as they are objects of lawful Government.
Page 407 - That prelacy and the superiority of any office in the Church above presbyters is and hath been a great and insupportable grievance and trouble to this nation, and contrary to the inclinations of the generality of the people ever since the Reformation (they having reformed from popery by presbyters), and therefore ought to be abolished...
Page 543 - One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
Page 415 - And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple. Who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter ? Her confuting is the best and surest suppressing.