The Pamphleteer, Volume 4Abraham John Valpy A. J. Valpy., 1814 - Great Britain |
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... thing much nearer than 231 cubic inches in mea- sure , and 8 pounds imperial in weight , can be fixed on as a medium proportion for one gallon of all kinds of liquors . And we know already that a Winchester wine pint of 283 cubic inches ...
... thing much nearer than 231 cubic inches in mea- sure , and 8 pounds imperial in weight , can be fixed on as a medium proportion for one gallon of all kinds of liquors . And we know already that a Winchester wine pint of 283 cubic inches ...
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... thing by the suggestion of the Holy Ghost , and you shall rather hew me into pieces , than compel me to annul my decrees . " " In this event , " said the general , " I am charged to convey you from Rome . " The Pope arose , and taking ...
... thing by the suggestion of the Holy Ghost , and you shall rather hew me into pieces , than compel me to annul my decrees . " " In this event , " said the general , " I am charged to convey you from Rome . " The Pope arose , and taking ...
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... thing that Govern- ment should propose . On Sunday , 23 January , the Holy Father was conveyed from Fontainebleau , between eleven and twelve o'clock . The train was to consist of four carriages . In the first was the Pope with the ...
... thing that Govern- ment should propose . On Sunday , 23 January , the Holy Father was conveyed from Fontainebleau , between eleven and twelve o'clock . The train was to consist of four carriages . In the first was the Pope with the ...
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... things , to assert the hereditary right of succes sion in every country , where a royal government had been . established , and in any family , which might happen to have been long in possession of the crown . It was a pious crusade ...
... things , to assert the hereditary right of succes sion in every country , where a royal government had been . established , and in any family , which might happen to have been long in possession of the crown . It was a pious crusade ...
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... thing yet remained to be done to blast the name of England , and to hold up to the everlasting scorn and detestation of mankind , those base pretences , which were said to constitute the character of a just and necessary war . In the ...
... thing yet remained to be done to blast the name of England , and to hold up to the everlasting scorn and detestation of mankind , those base pretences , which were said to constitute the character of a just and necessary war . In the ...
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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.