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Page 122 - The Association aims to bring together the various societies and individuals who are engaged or interested in furthering these objects ; and, without trenching upon independent exertions, seeks to elicit by discussion the real elements of truth, to clear up doubts, to harmonise discordant opinions, and to afford a common ground for the interchange of trustworthy information on the great social problems of the day.
Page 47 - ... one of the most important, and at the same time, one of the least expensive and troublesome, which we possess.
Page 190 - The Lion and the Unicorn were fighting for the crown: The Lion beat the Unicorn all round the town. Some gave them white bread, some gave them brown: Some gave them plum-cake and drummed them out of town.
Page 99 - The abrogation of all laws and usages which inflict disability, or confer privilege, on ecclesiastical grounds, upon any subject of the realm.
Page 200 - To singers and public speakers they are invaluable for clearing and strengthening the voice. They have a pleasant taste. Price Is. l£d., 2s. 9d., and 11s. per box. Sold by all medicine vendors.
Page 122 - Oberschall,2 was to aid the development of Social Science, and to guide the public mind to the best practical means of promoting...
Page 85 - Association is formed for the promotion of the principles of Unitarian Christianity at home and abroad — the support of its worship — the diffusion of biblical, theological and literary knowledge on topics connected with it — and the maintenance of the civil rights and interests of its professors.
Page 123 - British Fossils. Each person subscribing ONE GUINEA is considered a Member of the Society, and is entitled to the Volume issued for the Year to which the Subscription relates.
Page 108 - Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, for the Encouragement and Prosecution of Researches into the Arts and Monuments of the Early and Middle Ages.
Page 199 - Price 3s. 6d. ; 7s. ; 10s. 6d. (equal to four small) ; and 21s. per bottle.