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... work where we have expressed our gratitude to him and his family , but which we consider not at all adequate to the good - will he entertains towards our countrymen generally , and his unceasing exertions for pro- moting their xiii.
... work where we have expressed our gratitude to him and his family , but which we consider not at all adequate to the good - will he entertains towards our countrymen generally , and his unceasing exertions for pro- moting their xiii.
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... countrymen in Bombay would derive by our being acquainted with the resources of a country on which their life and property depended , and we hoped that it would be paving the way for them , and that by our communicating to them what we ...
... countrymen in Bombay would derive by our being acquainted with the resources of a country on which their life and property depended , and we hoped that it would be paving the way for them , and that by our communicating to them what we ...
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... countrymen any idea of this immense number of vessels , and the beauty of the sight . You will see colliers , timber ships , merchantmen , steamers , and many other crafts , from all parts of the world , hastening , as it were , to seek ...
... countrymen any idea of this immense number of vessels , and the beauty of the sight . You will see colliers , timber ships , merchantmen , steamers , and many other crafts , from all parts of the world , hastening , as it were , to seek ...
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... countrymen can form an idea of this noble river , and the shipping on it . The English may well be proud of it , though a small stream , compared to some of the largest rivers of the world . The traffic that is carried on , is , we may ...
... countrymen can form an idea of this noble river , and the shipping on it . The English may well be proud of it , though a small stream , compared to some of the largest rivers of the world . The traffic that is carried on , is , we may ...
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... countrymen of the attention we met with in England , in order that they may be actuated to visit the country for the purpose of educating and enlightening them- selves , and that by their seeing the wonderful pro- gress the English have ...
... countrymen of the attention we met with in England , in order that they may be actuated to visit the country for the purpose of educating and enlightening them- selves , and that by their seeing the wonderful pro- gress the English have ...
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Admiral amusement appearance beautiful Bombay Bridge British building built called carriage carried castle CHAPTER Chatham coach colour countrymen court docks Duke of Wellington East India East India House Egham eight England English erected extensive feet fitted four gallery gardens gentleman guns half handsome honour horses House of Lords hundred immense inches institution iron John Fincham kind King launch length Liverpool London look Lord Lowjee magnificent manufactured ment miles models month morning naval nearly officers painted Parliament Parsees passed passengers persons pieces plate Portsmouth present principal Queen received river river Thames round Royal seen shillings ship side Simon's Town Sir Charles Forbes sorts steam vessels steamer stone Street Thames thing thousand timber tion town vote walk whole William Symonds Windsor Windsor Castle yard
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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.