Annual Register, Volume 111Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1870 - History |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 82
Page 7
... side of loyalty and law , to efface the memory of former con- tentions , and to cherish the sympathies of an affectionate people . " In every matter of public interest , and especially in one so weighty , I pray that the Almighty may ...
... side of loyalty and law , to efface the memory of former con- tentions , and to cherish the sympathies of an affectionate people . " In every matter of public interest , and especially in one so weighty , I pray that the Almighty may ...
Page 19
... side by side with unions , were yet excluded from its operation . The Bill accordingly pro- posed to enable those parishes , which were twenty - two in number , to establish union assessment committees , and to place them thus on the ...
... side by side with unions , were yet excluded from its operation . The Bill accordingly pro- posed to enable those parishes , which were twenty - two in number , to establish union assessment committees , and to place them thus on the ...
Page 23
... side- -Impression made by those of Sir Roundell Palmer , Mr. Bright , Dr. Ball , and Mr. Gathorne Hardy - Majority of 118 in favour of the Second Reading - Sensation caused by this result - Analysis of the Division - Contemporaneous ...
... side- -Impression made by those of Sir Roundell Palmer , Mr. Bright , Dr. Ball , and Mr. Gathorne Hardy - Majority of 118 in favour of the Second Reading - Sensation caused by this result - Analysis of the Division - Contemporaneous ...
Page 26
... side , they would be credited with a loan at 3 per cent . , payable in instalments in 45 years . The power of purchase would remain in the hands of the tenants for three years after the passing of the Act , and it was also proposed that ...
... side , they would be credited with a loan at 3 per cent . , payable in instalments in 45 years . The power of purchase would remain in the hands of the tenants for three years after the passing of the Act , and it was also proposed that ...
Page 27
... side of the House . It is a subject of legislation so exceedingly complex and varied that I have no doubt there must be errors , there must be omissions , and there may be many possible improvements ; and we shall welcome from every side ...
... side of the House . It is a subject of legislation so exceedingly complex and varied that I have no doubt there must be errors , there must be omissions , and there may be many possible improvements ; and we shall welcome from every side ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
agst amendment Archbishop Archbishop of Canterbury arrived Attorney-General for Ireland believe Bill Bishop boat Captain carriages cause Chamber clause Colonel Committee Constitution Council crew declared defenders disestablishment Duke Duke of Cambridge duty Earl election Emperor endowment England English establishment favour feeling fire France Gladstone Government hand honour horses House of Commons House of Lords increase interest Ireland Irish Church justice King Legislative Body letter liberty London London Rowing Club Lord Cairns Lord Carrington Majesty measure ment Messrs Minister nation o'clock object officers opinion Oxford Parliament party passed peace persons picture present President Prince and Princess Princess of Wales principle proceeded proposed Protestant Queen question railway received reforms Roman Catholic Royal Highness Senate Senatus Consultum session side Sir John Thwaites Spain speech taken tion United volunteers vote W. E. Forster Wales
Popular passages
Page 297 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 296 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so; and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 286 - It shall be competent for each Government to name one person to attend the Commissioners as Agent on its behalf, to present and support claims on its behalf, and to answer claims made upon it, and to represent it generally in all matters connected with the investigation and decision thereof.
Page 244 - For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me. Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there?
Page 307 - As the United States is the freest of all nations, so, too, its people sympathize with all people struggling for liberty and self-government; but while so sympathizing it is due to our honor that we should abstain from enforcing our views upon unwilling nations and from taking an interested part, -without invitation, in the quarrels between different nations or between governments and their subjects.
Page 221 - But there is nothing in our laws, or in the law of nations, that forbids our citizens from sending armed vessels, as well as munitions of war, to foreign ports for sale. It is a commercial adventure which no nation is bound to prohibit, and which only exposes the persons engaged in it to the penalty of confiscation.
Page 291 - Whereas we are happily at Peace with all Sovereigns, Powers, and States: And whereas hostilities have unhappily commenced between the Government of the United States of America and certain states styling themselves the Confederate States of America...
Page 230 - Malta, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
Page 308 - The United States, in order to put a stop to bloodshed in Cuba, and in the interest of a neighboring people, proposed their good offices to bring the existing contest to a termination. The offer, not being accepted by Spain on a basis which we believed could be received by Cuba, was withdrawn. It is hoped that the good offices of the United States may yet prove advantageous for the settlement of this unhappy strife.
Page 285 - Government for its interposition with the other, and which yet remain unsettled, as well as any other such claims which may be presented within...