The Pamphleteer, Volume 4Abraham John Valpy A. J. Valpy., 1814 - Great Britain |
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... probably , be submitted to your lordship at a more appropriate time than the 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 ...
... probably , be submitted to your lordship at a more appropriate time than the 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 ...
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... probably about 10240 of the aver- age sort ; and weighing exactly 1 pound imperial or avoirdupoise . ' quart = 1 quart Winchester wine measure . - TABLE II . Imperial Dry Measure . 32 ∞sack imperial . ton imperial , containing 16 ...
... probably about 10240 of the aver- age sort ; and weighing exactly 1 pound imperial or avoirdupoise . ' quart = 1 quart Winchester wine measure . - TABLE II . Imperial Dry Measure . 32 ∞sack imperial . ton imperial , containing 16 ...
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... minister for any other religious ceremonies , but the Catholic form of worship . " 2 Baissées : the meaning probably is , that the carriage was carefully shut . 2 Ministre des cultes . Conduct of Pius VII . at Fontainebleau . Pius VII 42.
... minister for any other religious ceremonies , but the Catholic form of worship . " 2 Baissées : the meaning probably is , that the carriage was carefully shut . 2 Ministre des cultes . Conduct of Pius VII . at Fontainebleau . Pius VII 42.
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... probably afford a sufficient protection to our farmers . But now that we are in a state directly opposite , in every re- spect , to that which has just been described -- a perfectly artificial state , in regard to prices - there clearly ...
... probably afford a sufficient protection to our farmers . But now that we are in a state directly opposite , in every re- spect , to that which has just been described -- a perfectly artificial state , in regard to prices - there clearly ...
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... probably as considerable as in the pre- ceding years , the same demand for it in the West Indies and in the Peninsula having continued . As the harvests of 1812 and 1813 were most abundant , in every part of the united kingdom , it is ...
... probably as considerable as in the pre- ceding years , the same demand for it in the West Indies and in the Peninsula having continued . As the harvests of 1812 and 1813 were most abundant , in every part of the united kingdom , it is ...
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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.
Page 568 - ... subject of his Majesty's kingdom of Great Britain, and have and enjoy all the privileges, powers, rights, and capacities which...
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*.