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... amount , was the deficiency in the estimate of the growing produce of the consolidated fund , voted for the service of last year . In ad- dition to this , there were certain sums included in the produce of the consolidated fund , which ...
... amount , was the deficiency in the estimate of the growing produce of the consolidated fund , voted for the service of last year . In ad- dition to this , there were certain sums included in the produce of the consolidated fund , which ...
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... amount . They were estimated at 350,000l . for the three first quar- ters ; they were likely to produce less than the estimated amount , but in point of fact , 280,1001 . had been received , and he did not think he expected too much ...
... amount . They were estimated at 350,000l . for the three first quar- ters ; they were likely to produce less than the estimated amount , but in point of fact , 280,1001 . had been received , and he did not think he expected too much ...
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... amount to 586,000l . The first article was that of tea . He should propose to lay the tax upon teas of a higher sort , which were really articles of luxury , and that the price of that kind of tea which was used by the lower orders of ...
... amount to 586,000l . The first article was that of tea . He should propose to lay the tax upon teas of a higher sort , which were really articles of luxury , and that the price of that kind of tea which was used by the lower orders of ...
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... amount . For this reason he would not prolong the period for which that tax was at present mortgaged . Let us suppose , for example , the whole amount of the income tax to be equal to his most sanguine ex- pectations , there was one ...
... amount . For this reason he would not prolong the period for which that tax was at present mortgaged . Let us suppose , for example , the whole amount of the income tax to be equal to his most sanguine ex- pectations , there was one ...
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... amount to seventy - six mil- lions ; which , on the calculation of the last year , and allowing for the operation of the sinking fund , would not require more than six years for the application of the income tax , although it was ...
... amount to seventy - six mil- lions ; which , on the calculation of the last year , and allowing for the operation of the sinking fund , would not require more than six years for the application of the income tax , although it was ...
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Page 199 - All too will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable ; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate would be oppression.
Page 201 - ... in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of republics, from which is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism; a welldisciplined militia, our best reliance in peace and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority; economy in the public expense, that...
Page 41 - ... and perspicuity, which had ever marked his character, till long after the action was over, when he fainted through weakness and loss of blood. Were it permitted for a soldier to regret any one who has fallen in the service of his country, I might be excused for lamenting him more than any other person; but it is some .consolation to those who tenderly loved him, that as his life was honorable, so was his death glorious.
Page 200 - And let us reflect that having banished from our land that religious intolerance under which mankind so long bled and suffered, we have yet gained little if we countenance a political intolerance as despotic, as wicked, and capable of as bitter and bloody persecutions.
Page 199 - Called upon to undertake the duties of the first executive office of our country, I avail myself of the presence of that portion of my fellowcitizens which is here assembled to express my grateful thanks for the favor with which they have been pleased to look toward me, to declare a sincere consciousness that the task is above my talents...
Page 119 - ... turrets sparkle in the skies ; to trace back the structure through all its varieties, to the simplicity of its first plan ; to find what was first projected, whence the scheme was taken, how it was improved, by what assistance it was executed, and from what stores the materials were collected ; whether its founder dug them from the quarries of Nature, or demolished other buildings to embellish his own.
Page 200 - During the throes and convulsions of the ancient world, during the agonizing spasms of infuriated man, seeking through blood and slaughter his long-lost liberty, it was not wonderful that the agitation of the billows should reach even this distant and peaceful shore; that this should be more felt and feared by some and less by others, and should divide opinions as to measures of safety.
Page 250 - And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. 10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Page 199 - ... industry, engaged in commerce with nations who feel power and forget right, advancing rapidly to destinies beyond the reach of mortal eye; when I contemplate these transcendent objects, and see the honor, the happiness, and the hopes of this beloved country committed to the issue and the auspices of this day, I shrink from the contemplation, and humble myself before the magnitude of the undertaking.
Page 43 - An ancient clergyman of Dorsetshire, Dr. Wright, found John Milton in a small chamber, hung with rusty green, sitting in an elbow chair, and dressed neatly in black; pale, but not cadaverous ; his hands and fingers gouty, and with chalk-stones.