Cobbett's Weekly Register, Volume 79J.M. Cobbett, 1833 - Great Britain |
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... pound for pound , equal in quality to any cheese from Cheshire , Gloucester- shire , or Wiltshire . There is nothing like seeing things with our own eyes : I cannot bring up Scotland itself , and exhibit it at Bolt - court , but I can ...
... pound for pound , equal in quality to any cheese from Cheshire , Gloucester- shire , or Wiltshire . There is nothing like seeing things with our own eyes : I cannot bring up Scotland itself , and exhibit it at Bolt - court , but I can ...
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... pound a pair ! In short , it was just such another affair as a " purity- dinner at Westminster has been for many years past . But ( and here is the sore place for the PRIGS and THOMSON ) this farce is never to be played again at ...
... pound a pair ! In short , it was just such another affair as a " purity- dinner at Westminster has been for many years past . But ( and here is the sore place for the PRIGS and THOMSON ) this farce is never to be played again at ...
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... pound foolish , ' " Speaker's continuance in office ; and " to use a homely English proverb . The we learn with pleasure that letters of " whole business and machinery of " the most flattering description have legislation in the Houses ...
... pound foolish , ' " Speaker's continuance in office ; and " to use a homely English proverb . The we learn with pleasure that letters of " whole business and machinery of " the most flattering description have legislation in the Houses ...
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... pounds a well at once go home again , and year ; they all go away or come down , leave the King and his servants to make followed by three admirals to every laws and to raise taxes without the as- › ship of the line , and four generals ...
... pounds a well at once go home again , and year ; they all go away or come down , leave the King and his servants to make followed by three admirals to every laws and to raise taxes without the as- › ship of the line , and four generals ...
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... pound foolish , ' " Speaker's continuance in office ; and " to use a homely English proverb . The " we learn with pleasure that letters of " whole business and machinery of " the most flattering description have legislation in the ...
... pound foolish , ' " Speaker's continuance in office ; and " to use a homely English proverb . The " we learn with pleasure that letters of " whole business and machinery of " the most flattering description have legislation in the ...
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Page 561 - And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.
Page 359 - Dominions ; that all things may be so ordered and settled by their endeavours, upon the best and surest foundations, that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety, may be established among us for all generations.
Page 179 - Congress, imposing duties, shall any appeal be taken or allowed to the Supreme Court of the United States, nor shall any copy of the record be permitted or allowed for that purpose; and...
Page 179 - States, and violate the true meaning and intent thereof, and are null and void, and no law," nor binding on the citizens of that state or its officers: and by the said ordinance it is further declared to be unlawful for any of the constituted authorities of the state, or of the United States, to enforce the payment of the duties imposed by the said...
Page 193 - Those who told you that you might peaceably prevent their execution deceived you; they could not have been deceived themselves. They know that a forcible opposition could alone prevent the execution of the laws, and they know that such opposition must be repelled. Their object is disunion: but be not deceived by names; disunion, by armed force, is TREASON.
Page 259 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the States, who are parties thereto, have the right and are in duty bound to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits the authorities, rights, .and liberties appertaining to them.
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Page 183 - ... and support. Were we mistaken, my countrymen, in attaching this importance to the Constitution of our country ? Was our devotion paid to the wretched, inefficient, clumsy contrivance, which this new doctrine would make it? Did we pledge ourselves to the support of an airy nothing — a bubble that must be blown away by the first breath of disaffection?
Page 561 - Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat : ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them ; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them. For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
Page 193 - ... respected in the remotest parts of the earth ! Consider the extent of its territory, its increasing and happy population, its advance in arts which render life agreeable, and the sciences which elevate the mind...