Annual Register, Volume 94Edmund Burke 1853 - History |
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... present was a more proper time for considering this subject than when the country was in a state of agitation and ex- citement . After a brief exposition of the principles upon which such a measure should be based , and ad- verting to ...
... present was a more proper time for considering this subject than when the country was in a state of agitation and ex- citement . After a brief exposition of the principles upon which such a measure should be based , and ad- verting to ...
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... present mea- sure was not taken under the influence of any sort of panic , he recalled to mind , that the similar measure proposed by him , in 1848 , was brought forward without any pressure of extraordinary circum- stances while ...
... present mea- sure was not taken under the influence of any sort of panic , he recalled to mind , that the similar measure proposed by him , in 1848 , was brought forward without any pressure of extraordinary circum- stances while ...
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... present mea- sure was not taken under the influence of any sort of panic , he recalled to mind , that the similar measure proposed by him , in 1848 , was brought forward without any pressure of extraordinary circum- stances while ...
... present mea- sure was not taken under the influence of any sort of panic , he recalled to mind , that the similar measure proposed by him , in 1848 , was brought forward without any pressure of extraordinary circum- stances while ...
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... present Ministers be- lieved that very great injustice had been done to the agricultural and other interests since 1846 , and that it was desirable , for the benefit of all classes , that this injustice should be redressed . But they ...
... present Ministers be- lieved that very great injustice had been done to the agricultural and other interests since 1846 , and that it was desirable , for the benefit of all classes , that this injustice should be redressed . But they ...
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... present crisis of public affairs . He was not about to offer any factious op- position to the Government ; but the question now at issue , he con- sidered , affected the happiness and well - being of every individual in the community ...
... present crisis of public affairs . He was not about to offer any factious op- position to the Government ; but the question now at issue , he con- sidered , affected the happiness and well - being of every individual in the community ...
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Page 209 - Labrador; but so soon as the same, or any Portion thereof, shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said Fishermen to dry or cure Fish at such Portion so settled, without previous agreement for such purpose with the Inhabitants, Proprietors, or Possessors of the ground.
Page 209 - Whereas differences have arisen respecting the Liberty claimed by the United States for the Inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, and cure Fish on certain Coasts, Bays, Harbours, and Creeks of His Britannic Majesty's Dominions in America, it is agreed between The High Contracting Parties, that the Inhabitants of the said United States shall have forever, in common with the Subjects of His Britannic Majesty, the Liberty to take Fish of every kind...
Page 183 - Altesse Royale, en butte aux factions qui « divisent mon pays et à l'inimitié des plus grandes « puissances de l'Europe, j'ai terminé ma carrière « politique, et je viens, comme Thémistocle, « m'asseoir au foyer du peuple britannique. Je « me mets sous la protection de ses lois, que je « réclame de Votre Altesse Royale comme du plus « puissant, du plus constant et du plus généreux
Page 337 - The present Convention shall be in force for the term of Ten Years from the date hereof: and further, until the end of Twelve Months after either of the High Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the Other of its intention to terminate the same...
Page 209 - Islands, on the western and northern coast of Newfoundland, from the said Cape Ray to the Quirpon Islands...
Page 262 - And all these things I do plainly and sincerely acknowledge and swear according to the express words by me spoken and according to the plain and common sense and understanding of the same words without any equivocation mental evasion or secret reservation whatsoever...
Page 256 - I do plainly and sincerely acknowledge and swear, according to these express words by me spoken, and according to the plain and common sense and understanding of the same words, without any equivocation or mental evasion or secret reservation whatsoever: And I do make this recognition and acknowledgment heartily, willingly, and truly, upon the true faith of a Christian, So help me God.
Page 209 - The Civil and Literary Chronology of Greece, from the earliest Accounts to the death of Augustus.
Page 257 - It is a familiar canon of construction that a thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter; and a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers.
Page 313 - Soon after the explosion commenced a number of meteorites fell to the ground over an area a mile and a half in length and half a mile in breadth.