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... duty . She went out to the Antilles accordingly , and by her enlivening entertainments , struggled for a time against the desolations of pestilence ; but after the death of Leclerc , she gladly escaped from so dismal a scene ; and ...
... duty . She went out to the Antilles accordingly , and by her enlivening entertainments , struggled for a time against the desolations of pestilence ; but after the death of Leclerc , she gladly escaped from so dismal a scene ; and ...
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... , and Sir Arthur , as in duty bound , waited upon him , and reported the state of affairs . He related what had been already ( " done , and announced his intention of marching to meet 16 CHAMBERS'S PAPERS FOR THE PEOPLE .
... , and Sir Arthur , as in duty bound , waited upon him , and reported the state of affairs . He related what had been already ( " done , and announced his intention of marching to meet 16 CHAMBERS'S PAPERS FOR THE PEOPLE .
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... duty , which he discharged in the most satisfactory and efficient manner ; and on the final evacuation of France on the 1st of November 1818 , he returned to England , and soon afterwards entered Lord Liverpool's cabinet as Master ...
... duty , which he discharged in the most satisfactory and efficient manner ; and on the final evacuation of France on the 1st of November 1818 , he returned to England , and soon afterwards entered Lord Liverpool's cabinet as Master ...
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... duty to bring in a bill in accordance with the committee's report to compel the Bank of England to fulfil its obligations by a resumption of cash payments within a specified period . This was his first important recantation of opinion ...
... duty to bring in a bill in accordance with the committee's report to compel the Bank of England to fulfil its obligations by a resumption of cash payments within a specified period . This was his first important recantation of opinion ...
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... duty to perform , I respect those who do theirs , and who consider that duty to be paramount to all other considerations . I have mentioned the name of Mr Pitt . My own impression is certainly a strong 10 CHAMBERS'S PAPERS FOR THE PEOPLE .
... duty to perform , I respect those who do theirs , and who consider that duty to be paramount to all other considerations . I have mentioned the name of Mr Pitt . My own impression is certainly a strong 10 CHAMBERS'S PAPERS FOR THE PEOPLE .
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Сторінка 31 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Сторінка 31 - A SLUMBER did my spirit seal ; I had no human fears: She seemed a thing that could not feel The touch of earthly years. No motion has she now, no force ; She neither hears nor sees: Rolled round in earth's diurnal course, With rocks, and stones, and trees.
Сторінка 4 - Little remains : but every hour is saved From that eternal silence, something more, A bringer of new things ; and vile it were For some three suns to store and hoard myself...
Сторінка 4 - Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down : It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides ; and tho...
Сторінка 9 - We ask but for peace, liberty, and safety. We wish not a diminution of the prerogative, nor do we solicit the grant of any new right in our favor. Your royal authority over us, and our connection with Great Britain, we shall always carefully and zealously endeavor to support and maintain.
Сторінка 31 - Tell them the men that placed him here Are scandals to the times — Are at a loss to find his guilt, And can't commit his crimes.
Сторінка 23 - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Сторінка 3 - A gentle answer did the old Man make, In courteous speech which forth he slowly drew: And him with further words I thus bespake, 'What occupation do you there pursue ? This is a lonesome place for one like you.
Сторінка 31 - My horse moved on; hoof after hoof He raised, and never stopped : When down behind the cottage roof, At once, the bright moon dropped. What fond and wayward thoughts will slide Into a lover's head! "O mercy!" to myself I cried, "If Lucy should be dead!