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... Peers and the Reform Bill The Rejection of the Reform Bill in the House of Lords Delicate State of Government Confidence in Ministers The Black Art Capital Punishments The Soothing System Illustrated PAGE . 3 10 15 23 26- 35 • 36 38 47 ...
... Peers and the Reform Bill The Rejection of the Reform Bill in the House of Lords Delicate State of Government Confidence in Ministers The Black Art Capital Punishments The Soothing System Illustrated PAGE . 3 10 15 23 26- 35 • 36 38 47 ...
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... balance in the estates in instant tumult . If new Peers are created to make up a majority , what then is the House of Lords but a power obeying the pleasure of the Crown , and always to be directed by 104 [ 1831 . POLITICS MADE EASY .
... balance in the estates in instant tumult . If new Peers are created to make up a majority , what then is the House of Lords but a power obeying the pleasure of the Crown , and always to be directed by 104 [ 1831 . POLITICS MADE EASY .
Page 105
... Peers are in a dilemma . We do not affect to regret it . But there is balm in Gilead - they may have a Reform . The English Peers of Parliament may be reduced in number , and elected as the Scotch and Irish are , but not for a longer ...
... Peers are in a dilemma . We do not affect to regret it . But there is balm in Gilead - they may have a Reform . The English Peers of Parliament may be reduced in number , and elected as the Scotch and Irish are , but not for a longer ...
Page 107
... Peers . Though already the wickedest old body in the world , it is supposed " they will know better " in three or four months . When the sight of a venerable Bencher of the Temple failed , at the age of ninety , notwithstanding all the ...
... Peers . Though already the wickedest old body in the world , it is supposed " they will know better " in three or four months . When the sight of a venerable Bencher of the Temple failed , at the age of ninety , notwithstanding all the ...
Page 108
... Peers by salt- ing their tails . There is but one example in point of their practice , and the success of it is uncertain -it is that of a Frenchman , who advertised a powder for killing fleas . A gentleman , troubled with a large ...
... Peers by salt- ing their tails . There is but one example in point of their practice , and the success of it is uncertain -it is that of a Frenchman , who advertised a powder for killing fleas . A gentleman , troubled with a large ...
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Page 256 - Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel : therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die ; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life ; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity ; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Page 249 - And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king, which ye shall have chosen you ; and the Lord will not hear you in that day.
Page 248 - According to all the works which they have done, since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods; so do they also unto thee.
Page 248 - And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee : for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
Page 277 - For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil : which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Page 248 - And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries and to be cooks and to be bakers. And he will take your fields and your vineyards and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
Page 259 - Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks: Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw does pierce it.
Page 248 - This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you : he will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen ; and some shall run before his chariots. And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
Page 355 - Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you : 9 Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
Page 301 - The good old rule, the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can.