Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 28W. Blackwood & Sons, 1830 - Scotland |
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Page 49
... House resol- ving itself into a committee to con- sider of the internal state of the coun- try . It was no mere party question , but one raised upon the petitions of the people , who complained of un- paralleled distress , and implored ...
... House resol- ving itself into a committee to con- sider of the internal state of the coun- try . It was no mere party question , but one raised upon the petitions of the people , who complained of un- paralleled distress , and implored ...
Page 50
... House is taken upon it ; that 202 members of the House are represented as gravely and anxiously and solemnly deliberating upon this motion , but that , in point of fact , 94 of that number are mere paper Lords , deposited in the pockets ...
... House is taken upon it ; that 202 members of the House are represented as gravely and anxiously and solemnly deliberating upon this motion , but that , in point of fact , 94 of that number are mere paper Lords , deposited in the pockets ...
Page 51
... House for giving effect to the prayer of these petitions is rejected ! It is said , the only sure way of making a pig go the way you wish , is to pull him by the tail in an opposite direc- tion . It would certainly seem , that to ...
... House for giving effect to the prayer of these petitions is rejected ! It is said , the only sure way of making a pig go the way you wish , is to pull him by the tail in an opposite direc- tion . It would certainly seem , that to ...
Page 52
... House , " It is not every man who could give such excellent reasons for his conduct . unjust to make a distinction between the Jews and the. fectation . Mr Huskisson said very truly this evening , that the " argu- ments he had heard ...
... House , " It is not every man who could give such excellent reasons for his conduct . unjust to make a distinction between the Jews and the. fectation . Mr Huskisson said very truly this evening , that the " argu- ments he had heard ...
Page 55
... House , Sir Robert , when these few pithy sentences were uttered , and yet you adopted , as your own , the specious argument they annihilated . Altogether this must have been a night of sore humiliation to you . It is im- possible but ...
... House , Sir Robert , when these few pithy sentences were uttered , and yet you adopted , as your own , the specious argument they annihilated . Altogether this must have been a night of sore humiliation to you . It is im- possible but ...
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