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... given by the government for debts already con- tracted . The easy circulation of the unfunded debt , for which exchequer bills have been given , makes it convenient to hoard them till money is wanted to pay for the annuities that have ...
... given by the government for debts already con- tracted . The easy circulation of the unfunded debt , for which exchequer bills have been given , makes it convenient to hoard them till money is wanted to pay for the annuities that have ...
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... given ; connected as it is with the preceding part of the sentence , it means the utmost limit of the amount of revenue obtainable by taxation , which , from his observations on the same subject a few pages after , we are sure the ...
... given ; connected as it is with the preceding part of the sentence , it means the utmost limit of the amount of revenue obtainable by taxation , which , from his observations on the same subject a few pages after , we are sure the ...
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... given a series of perspicuous arithmetical statements which demonstrate the futility of some opinions on the subject , that we would rather call vulgar , than popular ; because , as far as our observation has extended , few , if any ...
... given a series of perspicuous arithmetical statements which demonstrate the futility of some opinions on the subject , that we would rather call vulgar , than popular ; because , as far as our observation has extended , few , if any ...
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... given place to others of a more agreeable kind , and we acknowledge with pleasure that the time , much as it has been , which we have thought proper to devote to Mr. Hobhouse , has been purchased by the value of his communications . The ...
... given place to others of a more agreeable kind , and we acknowledge with pleasure that the time , much as it has been , which we have thought proper to devote to Mr. Hobhouse , has been purchased by the value of his communications . The ...
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... given us of their preparations and equipment , furnishing some practical hints as to the moral state of the coun- try , and the condition of its police . The dragoman , or Greek . interpreter , is upon these occasions a necessary part ...
... given us of their preparations and equipment , furnishing some practical hints as to the moral state of the coun- try , and the condition of its police . The dragoman , or Greek . interpreter , is upon these occasions a necessary part ...
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Page 135 - He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress...
Page 137 - The Mind, that broods o'er guilty woes, Is like the Scorpion girt by fire, In circle narrowing as it glows, The flames around their captive close, Till inly...
Page 151 - I have great love and regard towards you; and desire to win and gain your love and friendship, by a kind, just and peaceable life...
Page 85 - For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. for there are no bands in their death : but their strength is firm. They are not in trouble as other men , neither are they plagued like other men.
Page 151 - God do to us, who hath made us, not to devour and destroy one another, but to live soberly and kindly together in the world.
Page 138 - Can this with faded pinion soar From rose to tulip as before? Or Beauty, blighted in an hour, Find joy within her broken bower ? No: gayer insects fluttering by !Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own, And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame.
Page 136 - As if to him it could impart The doom he dreads, yet dwells upon ; Yes, but for these and these alone, Some moments, ay, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power ; So fair, so calm, so softly sealed, The first, last look, by death revealed ! Such is the aspect of this shore ; 'Tis Greece, but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there.
Page 92 - But though the ancients thus their rules invade, (As kings dispense with laws themselves have made,) Moderns, beware! or if you must offend Against the precept, ne'er transgress its end; Let it be seldom, and compelled by need; And have, at least, their precedent to plead.
Page 136 - Appals the gazing mourner's heart, As if to him it could impart The doom he dreads, yet dwells upon ; Yes, but for these, and these alone, Some moments, ay, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power; So fair, so calm, so softly sealed, The first, last look by death revealed...
Page 465 - The fruitage fair to sight, like that which grew Near that bituminous lake where Sodom flamed ; This more delusive, not the touch, but taste Deceived ; they, fondly thinking to allay Their appetite with gust, instead of fruit Chew'd bitter ashes, which the offended taste With spattering noise rejected : oft they...