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... persons who pay 1s . 6d . each for their passage resort ; and upon the deck , abaft the paddle - boxes , there are several cabins for those who pay the same fare as the after cabin : any person who passes to the sternward of the funnel ...
... persons who pay 1s . 6d . each for their passage resort ; and upon the deck , abaft the paddle - boxes , there are several cabins for those who pay the same fare as the after cabin : any person who passes to the sternward of the funnel ...
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... we arrived at London Bridge , notwithstanding which , an immense num- ber of persons flocked round us to view our cos- tume ; for in addition to our two selves , we were accompanied by a friend , and also by two of 28.
... we arrived at London Bridge , notwithstanding which , an immense num- ber of persons flocked round us to view our cos- tume ; for in addition to our two selves , we were accompanied by a friend , and also by two of 28.
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... persons were congregated together . We proceeded through the city of London to the Portland Hotel , where arrangements for our re- ception had been previously made . And from the immense number of people , and vehicles of every ...
... persons were congregated together . We proceeded through the city of London to the Portland Hotel , where arrangements for our re- ception had been previously made . And from the immense number of people , and vehicles of every ...
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... pass a given spot each day eight times , thus making above five thousand trips a - day . They cost from £ 100 to £ 140 each , and are so constructed as to carry twelve or fourteen persons inside , with their faces to each other , 39.
... pass a given spot each day eight times , thus making above five thousand trips a - day . They cost from £ 100 to £ 140 each , and are so constructed as to carry twelve or fourteen persons inside , with their faces to each other , 39.
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Jehangeer Nowrojee, Nauroji Jahangir, Hirjeebhoy Merwanjee. persons inside , with their faces to each other , and ... person , and for this sum you may ride from below Islington to Charing Cross , about five miles , and from the East ...
Jehangeer Nowrojee, Nauroji Jahangir, Hirjeebhoy Merwanjee. persons inside , with their faces to each other , and ... person , and for this sum you may ride from below Islington to Charing Cross , about five miles , and from the East ...
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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.