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Page 164
We copy from a periodical work , called Chambers ' s Edinburgh Journal , the
following account of the British Commons House of Parliament :66 The House of
Commons consists of six hun“ dred and fifty - eight members , viz . sixteen “
barons ...
We copy from a periodical work , called Chambers ' s Edinburgh Journal , the
following account of the British Commons House of Parliament :66 The House of
Commons consists of six hun“ dred and fifty - eight members , viz . sixteen “
barons ...
Page 170
We have described the House of Commons , but strictly speaking the British
Parliament consists of the Sovereign in his Royal capacity , and the three estates
of the realm , viz . first , the lords spiritual , second , the lords temporal , both of
whom ...
We have described the House of Commons , but strictly speaking the British
Parliament consists of the Sovereign in his Royal capacity , and the three estates
of the realm , viz . first , the lords spiritual , second , the lords temporal , both of
whom ...
Page 174
There is however another check upon the House of Lords and Commons ,
because no measure that is passed by the Lords and Commons , can be brought
into operation without the royal assent being obtained for it . Several noblemen
have ...
There is however another check upon the House of Lords and Commons ,
because no measure that is passed by the Lords and Commons , can be brought
into operation without the royal assent being obtained for it . Several noblemen
have ...
Page 176
The present House of Commons is a temporary affair only . The former place
where they met was destroyed by fire a few years since ; and a magnificent
erection for the Houses of Lords and Commons is now building close to the
Westminster ...
The present House of Commons is a temporary affair only . The former place
where they met was destroyed by fire a few years since ; and a magnificent
erection for the Houses of Lords and Commons is now building close to the
Westminster ...
Page 185
Jehangeer Nowrojee, Nauroji Jahangir, Hirjeebhoy Merwanjee. and for such
persons as are admitted by peers ' orders . The place where we stood , below the
bar , is always open to the members of the House of Commons . Strangers of all ...
Jehangeer Nowrojee, Nauroji Jahangir, Hirjeebhoy Merwanjee. and for such
persons as are admitted by peers ' orders . The place where we stood , below the
bar , is always open to the members of the House of Commons . Strangers of all ...
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Page 477 - Forgive, blest shade, the tributary tear, That mourns thy exit from a world like this ; Forgive the wish that would have kept thee here, And stayed thy progress to the seats of bliss • No more confined to grov'ling scenes of night, No more a tenant pent in mortal clay, Now should we rather hail thy glorious flight, And trace thy journey to the realms of day.
Page 271 - ... that comes from abroad, or is grown at home — taxes on the raw material — taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man...
Page 272 - The school-boy whips his taxed top — the beardless youth manages his taxed horse, with a taxed bridle on a taxed road ; — and the dying Englishman pouring his medicine, which has paid seven per cent. into a spoon that has paid fifteen per cent. — flings himself back upon his chintz bed which has paid twenty-two per cent.
Page 272 - His whole property is then immediately taxed from two to ten per cent. Besides the probate, large fees are demanded for burying him in the chancel ; his virtues are handed down to posterity on taxed marble ; and he is then gathered to his fathers — to be taxed no more.
Page 272 - ... restores him to health ; on the ermine which decorates the Judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal ; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice ; on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribbons of the bride ; — at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay.
Page 271 - ... of man — taxes on the sauce which pampers man's appetite, and the drug that restores him to health — on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal — on the...
Page 282 - Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak She quells the floods below, As they roar on the shore When the stormy winds do blow ; When the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow!
Page 353 - Exchequer shall always ex officio form three. The President is also nominated by the Crown, is usually a cabinet minister, and in all changes of Administration retires from office together with the salaried Commissioners and Secretary.
Page 474 - As lamps burn silent with unconscious light, So modest ease in beauty shines most bright. Unaiming charms with edge resistless fall, And she who means no mischief does it all.
Page 205 - He welcomed me into the country ; and, after having made me observe the turnpike on my left, and the ' Golden Wheatsheaf ' on my right, he conducted me into his house, where I was received by his lady, who made a thousand apologies for being catched in such a dishabille. " The hall (for so I was taught to call it) had its white wall almost hid by a curious collection of prints and paintings.
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| Title | Journal of a Residence of Two Years and a Half in Great Britain Area studies. India Empire online: Empire writing and the literature of Empire Research source |
| Authors | Jehangeer Nowrojee, Nauroji Jahangir, Hirjeebhoy Merwanjee |
| Publisher | W. H. Allen, 1841 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 13 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 492 pages |
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