The Pamphleteer, Volumen13Abraham John Valpy A. J. Valpy., 1818 |
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... sufficient time for maturing the details of the measure was wanting , and we felt the propriety of avoiding every thing like rashness , even at the risk of being charged with procrastination , As soon as we were again appointed , last ...
... sufficient time for maturing the details of the measure was wanting , and we felt the propriety of avoiding every thing like rashness , even at the risk of being charged with procrastination , As soon as we were again appointed , last ...
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... sufficiently prove that , if I am liable to any charge , it is to the imputation of having surrendered too many of the provisions originally made in the bill . It is material that a few of these changes should here be mentioned . As the ...
... sufficiently prove that , if I am liable to any charge , it is to the imputation of having surrendered too many of the provisions originally made in the bill . It is material that a few of these changes should here be mentioned . As the ...
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... sufficiently narrow compass . This last alteration of the bill , we justly viewed as a matter of extreme regret . For of the many instances of gross abuse , which had come to our knowledge , and some of which will be seen in the ...
... sufficiently narrow compass . This last alteration of the bill , we justly viewed as a matter of extreme regret . For of the many instances of gross abuse , which had come to our knowledge , and some of which will be seen in the ...
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... sufficient to produce a speedy reform . But I cannot quite indulge in this hope . We had not the means of sifting those cases to the bottom : we plainly perceived that much remained to be investi- gated in each . Thus , the sums to be ...
... sufficient to produce a speedy reform . But I cannot quite indulge in this hope . We had not the means of sifting those cases to the bottom : we plainly perceived that much remained to be investi- gated in each . Thus , the sums to be ...
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... sufficient , I would beseech them to consider two things - the slow- ness with which the knowledge of the evil reaches him , and the risk of his requiring superintendence himself . Abuses are , generally speaking , of slow growth ; they ...
... sufficient , I would beseech them to consider two things - the slow- ness with which the knowledge of the evil reaches him , and the risk of his requiring superintendence himself . Abuses are , generally speaking , of slow growth ; they ...
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abuses admitted advantage agriculture America appears attention authorised version bank become Ben Johnson benevolence Boigne boys cause character charity Christ's Hospital church circulation circumstances Coke Coke's College colonies commerce consequence considered cultivation Edinburgh effect Egmere England English established Europe evil ex-colonists existence expense farms favor feel founder France French funds Grammar schools Hayti Hebrew Holkham honor important improvement increase independence India industry instance institutions interest King labor land learning liberty Lord Lord Sidmouth manufactures means ment moral nations nature necessary never object observed opinion Oxford parish parliament pauperes persons political poor Poor Laws possess present principles produce prove racter rendered respect scholars Scotland society South America Spain statutes sufficient things tion translators WILLIAM CAMDEN William of Wykeham Winchester Winchester College words workhouse writer
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Página 10 - Jacob selah lift up your heads O ye gates and be ye lifted up ye everlasting doors and the King of glory shall come in...
Página 155 - It is the highest impertinence and presumption, therefore, in kings and ministers to pretend to watch over the economy of private people, and to restrain their expense, either by sumptuary laws or by prohibiting the importation of foreign luxuries. They are themselves always, and without any exception, the greatest spendthrifts in the society.
Página 69 - Taking the whole earth, instead of this island, emigration would of course be excluded; and, supposing the present population equal to a thousand millions, the human species would increase as the numbers, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256; and subsistence as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. In two centuries the population would be to the means of subsistence as 256 to 9; in three centuries as 4096 to 13, and in two thousand years the difference would be almost incalculable.
Página 10 - LORD'S, and the ful1 ness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. 2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. 3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD ? or who shall stand in his holy place ? 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his эо soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Página 83 - Small islands not capable of protecting themselves are the proper objects for kingdoms to take under their care; but there is something absurd, in supposing a Continent to be perpetually governed by an island. In no instance hath nature made the satellite larger than its primary planet...
Página 63 - Westward the course of empire takes its way, The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Página 20 - And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
Página 7 - CAMDEN, most reverend head, to whom I owe All that I am in arts, all that I know...
Página 70 - The positive checks to population are extremely various, and include every cause, whether arising from vice or misery, which in any degree contributes to shorten the natural duration of human life. Under this head, therefore, may be enumerated all unwholesome occupations, severe labour and exposure to the seasons, extreme poverty, bad nursing of children, great towns, excesses of all kinds, the whole train of common diseases and epidemics, wars, plague, and famine.
Página 8 - ... the age sees not that thing more grave, More high, more holy, that she more would crave. What name, what skill, what faith hast thou in things! What sight in searching the most antique springs! What weight and what authority in thy speech!