'Health of towns'. An examination of the report and evidence of the select committee; of mr. Mackinnon's bill; and of the acts for establishing cemetries around the metropolis |
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... shillings for every funeral , to the Clergyman from whose parish it comes . That sum was considered by the Clergymen whom I consulted upon that occasion , as being a fair compensa- tion . " Here , then , is a sight worth beholding , —a ...
... shillings for every funeral , to the Clergyman from whose parish it comes . That sum was considered by the Clergymen whom I consulted upon that occasion , as being a fair compensa- tion . " Here , then , is a sight worth beholding , —a ...
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Parliament commons, proc, Vict. shillings for the benefit of a man whom , perhaps , we never heard , never saw before , and from whom neither we nor our household ever received the slightest advantage ! Is this the religion of the Bible ...
Parliament commons, proc, Vict. shillings for the benefit of a man whom , perhaps , we never heard , never saw before , and from whom neither we nor our household ever received the slightest advantage ! Is this the religion of the Bible ...
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... Shillings ; and , if in the open ground , of One Shilling and Sixpence . This is not amiss , seeing that such clergymen are required to do nothing whatever in the way of earning these sums . Their happy pro- vince begins with receiving ...
... Shillings ; and , if in the open ground , of One Shilling and Sixpence . This is not amiss , seeing that such clergymen are required to do nothing whatever in the way of earning these sums . Their happy pro- vince begins with receiving ...
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... SHILLING . " Sir , this is alike original and bold . The distance is doubled as compared even with Highgate ; the fee in the vaults , & c . , is doubled ; the distinction between the vaults and the open ground is annihilated ; Ten Shillings ...
... SHILLING . " Sir , this is alike original and bold . The distance is doubled as compared even with Highgate ; the fee in the vaults , & c . , is doubled ; the distinction between the vaults and the open ground is annihilated ; Ten Shillings ...
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... shilling on each corpse ! His Lordship doubtless considers this Act , the fruit of matured experience and deep clerical ... Shillings on Dead Bodies ! Here , then , is the fixed standard of compensation . With this light in our hand , we ...
... shilling on each corpse ! His Lordship doubtless considers this Act , the fruit of matured experience and deep clerical ... Shillings on Dead Bodies ! Here , then , is the fixed standard of compensation . With this light in our hand , we ...
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'Health of Towns'. an Examination of the Report and Evidence of the Select ... Proc Vict Parliament Commons Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
Health of Towns'. an Examination of the Report and Evidence of the Select ... Parliament Commons Proc Vict Sin vista previa disponible - 2019 |
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Abney Park Act of Parliament Bill Bishop of London Bishop-taxed Bishopsgate bodies burial burial-grounds buried Ceme Cemetery Company character Church of England Churchmen churchwardens churchyard city sepulture Clan Mackinnon clause clergy clergymen Clerical Tax Committee compensation conduct congregation consecrated corpse dead declared Dissenters of England Dissenting chapels ecclesiastical effect empire of Death Enon Chapel enormous evidence evil facts folly funerals grave grave-diggers grave-yards honour House Incumbent inquiry interment justice Kensal-green legislation LETTER living Lord Lordship Mackinnon matter metropolis metropolitan Model Cemetery mortality mystery never Nunhead open ground parish parish clerk parochial Cemeteries parochial grounds parties persons Prelate principle proposed prove the nuisance question racter reason Rector Report respect says shillings Sir Robert Inglis sure thing tion tomb Tower Hamlets towns unconsecrated ground vaults Walker Westminster Cemetery wholly witness prove
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Página 99 - As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!
Página 56 - So spake the false dissembler unperceived ; For neither man nor angel can discern Hypocrisy, the only evil that walks Invisible, except to God alone, By his permissive will, through heaven and earth : And oft, though Wisdom wake, Suspicion sleeps At Wisdom's gate, and to Simplicity Resigns her charge, while Goodness thinks no ill Where no ill seems...
Página 93 - For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
Página 11 - The Scripture tells us that oppression makes a wise man mad ; therefore consequently speaking, the reason why some men are not mad, is because they are not wise : however it were to be wished, that oppression would in time teach a little wisdom to fools.
Página 104 - ... church-yards, and by bulls of the Bishop of Rome have dedicated and hallowed the same, and in them do make continually parochial burying without licence of the king and of the chief lords ; therefore it is declared in this parliament, that it is manifestly within the compass of the said statute.
Página 102 - That word is capable of a two-fold meaning. It may mean, either without any law in its favour, or against law. I do not conceive it to be illegal, in the latter sense. Perhaps it is in the former : I do not know any law that enjoins, or even permits it. 5. And certainly as it is not enjoined by the law of the land, so it is not enjoined by the law of God. Where do we find one word in the New Testament enjoining any such thing? Neither do I remember any" precedent of it in the purest ages ef the Church.
Página 34 - But have I now seen death ? Is this the way I must return to native dust ? O sight Of terror, foul and ugly to behold, Horrid to think, how horrible to feel...
Página 85 - ... virgin lies. Not wit nor piety could Fate prevent; Nor was the cruel Destiny content To finish all the murder at a blow, To sweep at once her life and beauty too; But, like a hardened felon, took a pride To work more mischievously slow, And plundered first, and then destroyed, O double sacrilege on things divine, To rob the relic, and deface the shrine...
Página 103 - I take the whole of this practice to be a mere relic of Romish superstition. And I wonder that any sensible Protestant should think it right to countenance it ; much more, that any reasonable man should plead for the necessity of it! Surely, it is high time now that we should be guided, not by custom, but by Scripture and reason.
Página 1 - Commons was appointed to consider the expediency of framing some legislative enactment (due respect being paid to the rights of the clergy) to remedy the evils arising from the interment of bodies within the precincts of large towns, or of places densely peopled.