The Pamphleteer, Volume 4Abraham John Valpy A. J. Valpy., 1814 - Great Britain |
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... present , when the two questions of corn , and of weight and measure , are both likely to engage the attention of the le gislature during the existing session . 1 In order to evince the superior simplicity and general usefulness of ...
... present , when the two questions of corn , and of weight and measure , are both likely to engage the attention of the le gislature during the existing session . 1 In order to evince the superior simplicity and general usefulness of ...
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... ; it is sufficient for our purpose to know the present establishments and their errors . The first statute that appears to legalise avoirdupoise , is 24th Henry VIII . and therein it is only directed to be used for 6.
... ; it is sufficient for our purpose to know the present establishments and their errors . The first statute that appears to legalise avoirdupoise , is 24th Henry VIII . and therein it is only directed to be used for 6.
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... present proportions of 14 lbs . to the stone , and 20 cwt . to the ton . The ton imperial containing only 2048 lbs . avoirdupoise , will also be much nearer to the original ton of 2000 lbs . than that in present use , which weighs 2240 ...
... present proportions of 14 lbs . to the stone , and 20 cwt . to the ton . The ton imperial containing only 2048 lbs . avoirdupoise , will also be much nearer to the original ton of 2000 lbs . than that in present use , which weighs 2240 ...
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... present and the proposed dry measures are very trifling : indeed there are none , except the abolition of the weigh and last ; which are both so absurdly indefinite in their contents that , in some places , five quarters make a weigh ...
... present and the proposed dry measures are very trifling : indeed there are none , except the abolition of the weigh and last ; which are both so absurdly indefinite in their contents that , in some places , five quarters make a weigh ...
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Abraham John Valpy. and simple system of proportions , raised on the present Winchester wine - pint of 283 cubic inches in solid content , and holding exactly one pound avoirdupoise of pure run- ning water ; from whence the gallon of ...
Abraham John Valpy. and simple system of proportions , raised on the present Winchester wine - pint of 283 cubic inches in solid content , and holding exactly one pound avoirdupoise of pure run- ning water ; from whence the gallon of ...
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Page 285 - He that troubles his neighbour without a cause is punished for it by the justice of the court he appeals to. And he that appeals to Heaven must be sure he has right on his side, and a right, too, that is worth the trouble and cost of the appeal...
Page 162 - Were those high duties and prohibitions taken away all at once, cheaper foreign goods of the same kind might be poured so fast into the home market, as to deprive all at once many thousands of our people of their ordinary employment and means of subsistence.
Page 251 - For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again.
Page 328 - We have conceived for you esteem, and we wish to recognize and proclaim the great services you have rendered to the French people. If their colours fly on St. Domingo, it is to you, and your brave blacks, that we owe it.
Page 323 - What!" said Toussaint, in his letter to the perfidious Frenchman, " have I not passed my word to the British general ? How then can you suppose that I will cover myself with dishonor by breaking it?
Page 162 - Humanity may in this case require that the freedom of trade should be restored only by slow gradations, and with a good deal of reserve and .circumspection.
Page 447 - He adds, that they never appear at Senegal, until the winter season, and that they do not build nests as in Europe, but roost every night on the sand by the sea shore. Sir...
Page 339 - Take back my children, since it must be so. I will be faithful to my brethren and my God.
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Page 449 - The stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed time ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming*.