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... interests of his many thousands of Constituents . To be sure , the salary of MR . PUNCH as M.P. is but small - an incon- siderable threepence per head per week ; -but it is the principle enshrined in that unassuming threepence that ...
... interests of his many thousands of Constituents . To be sure , the salary of MR . PUNCH as M.P. is but small - an incon- siderable threepence per head per week ; -but it is the principle enshrined in that unassuming threepence that ...
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... interests of France , better for the interests of Europe , that the President should prevail than the Assem- bly ; and my reason was that the Assembly had nothing to offer for the sub- stitution of the President , unless an alternative ...
... interests of France , better for the interests of Europe , that the President should prevail than the Assem- bly ; and my reason was that the Assembly had nothing to offer for the sub- stitution of the President , unless an alternative ...
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... interest to all strong Governments ( cheers ) : he trusted they knew what he meant by strong Governments . ( Cheers and smiles . ) They were now assured of the removal of a man who had in the most insolent manner defied the will of ...
... interest to all strong Governments ( cheers ) : he trusted they knew what he meant by strong Governments . ( Cheers and smiles . ) They were now assured of the removal of a man who had in the most insolent manner defied the will of ...
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... interests of our devoted country . I say nothing : but this I must say - Vivat Regina ! QUOD . ( According to " Gent's Grammar . " ) QUOD is a noun substantive , meaning a Prison . - As , for example , the Queen's Bench is a Quod . The ...
... interests of our devoted country . I say nothing : but this I must say - Vivat Regina ! QUOD . ( According to " Gent's Grammar . " ) QUOD is a noun substantive , meaning a Prison . - As , for example , the Queen's Bench is a Quod . The ...
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... interest , it is satis- factory to know that even our little fleet of above - bridge craft , officered , as it is , by some of the gallantest fresh - water tars that ever smelt smoke - through a funnel - has been lately put into ...
... interest , it is satis- factory to know that even our little fleet of above - bridge craft , officered , as it is , by some of the gallantest fresh - water tars that ever smelt smoke - through a funnel - has been lately put into ...
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Page 198 - Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak She quells the floods below, As they roar on the shore, When the stormy winds do blow...
Page 93 - Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein he puts alms for oblivion, A great-sized monster of ingratitudes : Those scraps are good deeds past ; which are devour'd As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done...
Page 34 - Purchase one not over big ; Coarse ones are not worth a fig ; So a young one buy. See that he is scalded well (That is done by those who sell), Therefore on that point to dwell Were absurdity. Sage and bread, mix just enough, Salt and pepper quantum suff., And the pig's interior stuff, With the whole combined.