The Pamphleteer, Volume 4Abraham John Valpy A. J. Valpy., 1814 - Great Britain |
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... necessary measures to be taken for increasing the strength , improving the re- venue , reducing the debt , husbanding the resources , and promoting the general prosperity of the empire , during that peaceable repose so nearly ...
... necessary measures to be taken for increasing the strength , improving the re- venue , reducing the debt , husbanding the resources , and promoting the general prosperity of the empire , during that peaceable repose so nearly ...
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... necessary to be enforced by law ; and in order to comply as far as possible with the established customs and preju- dices of the growers and dealers in that article , a combina- tion of weight and measure , ( in which , however , the ...
... necessary to be enforced by law ; and in order to comply as far as possible with the established customs and preju- dices of the growers and dealers in that article , a combina- tion of weight and measure , ( in which , however , the ...
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... necessary to retain the pound troy independently of avoirdupoise , which is of so much greater utility , and should therefore be used exclusively . The pound avoir- dupoise is already as well divided into ounces and drachms as it can ...
... necessary to retain the pound troy independently of avoirdupoise , which is of so much greater utility , and should therefore be used exclusively . The pound avoir- dupoise is already as well divided into ounces and drachms as it can ...
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... necessary , ) so as totally to avoid all fractional or decimal parts ; and of which the present pound avoirdupoise is the regulating medium . TABLE I. Imperial Weight . grain imperial = .8549 , & c . of 1 grain troy . = 1 grain of the ...
... necessary , ) so as totally to avoid all fractional or decimal parts ; and of which the present pound avoirdupoise is the regulating medium . TABLE I. Imperial Weight . grain imperial = .8549 , & c . of 1 grain troy . = 1 grain of the ...
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... necessary for the success of an important measure that he had in contemplation . He therefore decided on sending several bishops to Savona , to submit proposals of peace to the Sovereign . Pontiff . Among the deputies , were some of ...
... necessary for the success of an important measure that he had in contemplation . He therefore decided on sending several bishops to Savona , to submit proposals of peace to the Sovereign . Pontiff . Among the deputies , were some of ...
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Page 447 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Page 283 - He that troubles his neighbour without a cause is punished for it by the justice of the court he appeals to. And he that appeals to Heaven must be sure he has right on his side, and a right, too, that is worth the trouble and cost of the appeal...
Page 365 - ... promises, kindly stepped in, and carried him away, to where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest ! It is during the time that we lived on this farm, that my little story is most eventful.
Page 321 - What!" said Toussaint, in his letter to the perfidious Frenchman, " have I not passed my word to the British general ? How then can you suppose that I will cover myself with dishonor by breaking it?
Page 73 - So fertile in examples, does not furnish a single parallel. A tranquil and moderate power, which, by long and unchanging wisdom, had obtained in the circle of monarchies a moral dignity, sees itself assaulted and treated as if it had been forging plots, and meditating the ruin of England; and all to justify its prompt and. total spoliation.
Page 162 - Humanity may in this case require that the freedom of trade should be restored only by slow gradations, and with a good deal of reserve and .circumspection.
Page 445 - He adds, that they never appear at Senegal, until the winter season, and that they do not build nests as in Europe, but roost every night on the sand by the sea shore. Sir...
Page 566 - Britain,) for the space of two years, shall, to all intents and purposes, be deemed and taken to be a natural-born subject of his Majesty's kingdom of Great Britain...
Page 556 - Enemy's property or of carrying to the Enemy, any of the articles which are Contraband of war; The said Vessel shall be brought to the nearest or most convenient Port, and if any property of an Enemy, should be found on board such Vessel, that part only which belongs to the Enemy shall be made prize, and the Vessel shall be at liberty to proceed with the remainder without any Impediment.