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... Speech in Lords - Peers Throw out the Bill - Mrs . Partington - Riots - Again Bill Passed by Commons and again Defeated by Peers - Ministers Resign - Are Recall- ed - The Bill becomes a Law CHAPTER XVI . Henry Lord Brougham - His Life ...
... Speech in Lords - Peers Throw out the Bill - Mrs . Partington - Riots - Again Bill Passed by Commons and again Defeated by Peers - Ministers Resign - Are Recall- ed - The Bill becomes a Law CHAPTER XVI . Henry Lord Brougham - His Life ...
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... speech , to be followed by the opening of the annual budget of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , proposing to raise a loan for foreign wars , or a fund to sink the interest of the public debt . An oracular response was given by the ...
... speech , to be followed by the opening of the annual budget of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , proposing to raise a loan for foreign wars , or a fund to sink the interest of the public debt . An oracular response was given by the ...
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... speech which exhibited per- fect familiarity with the educational condition of the unlettered masses , launched in Parliament his comprehensive scheme for the instruction of the poor in England and Wales ; thus prov- ing that he was ...
... speech which exhibited per- fect familiarity with the educational condition of the unlettered masses , launched in Parliament his comprehensive scheme for the instruction of the poor in England and Wales ; thus prov- ing that he was ...
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... speech . Canning makes a conciliatory reply , and , in his brilliant peroration , tells Russell he will yet succeed , but on his head be the responsibility . Russell is beaten , but the minority is swelled by the accession for the first ...
... speech . Canning makes a conciliatory reply , and , in his brilliant peroration , tells Russell he will yet succeed , but on his head be the responsibility . Russell is beaten , but the minority is swelled by the accession for the first ...
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... speech on moving for leave to bring in a radical bill to the same end . In 1783 , Pitt , yielding to the generous ... speeches . In 1790 , Flood , the celebrated Irishman , spoke with fervor on moving for a more equal representation in ...
... speech on moving for leave to bring in a radical bill to the same end . In 1783 , Pitt , yielding to the generous ... speeches . In 1790 , Flood , the celebrated Irishman , spoke with fervor on moving for a more equal representation in ...
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Page 134 - And she may still exist in undiminished vigour when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude, take his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's.
Page 373 - That hangs his head, and a' that! The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a
Page 171 - In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm, Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house with mop and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs Partington's spirit was up ; but I need not tell you that the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs Partington.
Page 348 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Page 348 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts : — but to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt...
Page 14 - ... a power, to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Page 292 - ... 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 poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice; on the brass nails of the coffin and the ribands of the bride; at bed or board; couchant or levant we must pay.
Page 121 - ... the sacrament of the Lord's supper, according to the usage of the church of England...
Page 201 - There is a law above all the enactments of human codes — the same throughout the world, the same in all times — such as it was before the daring genius of Columbus pierced the night of ages, and opened to one world the sources of power, wealth, and knowledge ; to another, all unutterable woes ; such...
Page 292 - TAXES upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste — taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion — taxes on everything on earth, and the waters under the earth...