The Life of Sir Joseph Napier, Bart., Ex-Lord Chancellor of Ireland: From His Private Correspondence |
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... suggestion that he has made in reference to the late president , I most heartily concur ( cheers ) . Sir Joseph Napier was , as we all know , distinguished in politics , in his profession , as member for this university , but he was ...
... suggestion that he has made in reference to the late president , I most heartily concur ( cheers ) . Sir Joseph Napier was , as we all know , distinguished in politics , in his profession , as member for this university , but he was ...
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... suggestions of Napier that Mr. Hugh Cairns was induced to come to London and try his fortune at the English instead of the Irish bar . How the distinguished career of the late emi- nent Lord Chancellor justified this advice is within ...
... suggestions of Napier that Mr. Hugh Cairns was induced to come to London and try his fortune at the English instead of the Irish bar . How the distinguished career of the late emi- nent Lord Chancellor justified this advice is within ...
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... suggestion was rejected by a large majority . wrongs A special acquaintance with a special subject is always appreciated by the House of Commons , and on the next occasion when Napier addressed the assembly he was listened to with the ...
... suggestion was rejected by a large majority . wrongs A special acquaintance with a special subject is always appreciated by the House of Commons , and on the next occasion when Napier addressed the assembly he was listened to with the ...
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... suggestion was accepted , and a Select Committee appointed , of which Napier was a member , to inquire into the state of the Irish poor law . Upon the issue of the report of the committee , Lord John Russell moved a resolution that in ...
... suggestion was accepted , and a Select Committee appointed , of which Napier was a member , to inquire into the state of the Irish poor law . Upon the issue of the report of the committee , Lord John Russell moved a resolution that in ...
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... suggestion of considerable importance to the future interests of Ireland was now raised from the Treasury bench which met with the unsparing and By patriotic opposition of Napier . It was proposed by 72 LIFE OF SIR JOSEPH NAPIER 72.
... suggestion of considerable importance to the future interests of Ireland was now raised from the Treasury bench which met with the unsparing and By patriotic opposition of Napier . It was proposed by 72 LIFE OF SIR JOSEPH NAPIER 72.
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Page 383 - The storm has gone over me ; and I lie like one of those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honours, I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth ! There, and prostrate there, I most unfeignedly recognize the Divine justice, and in some degree submit to it.
Page 255 - God ; and in Public Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments I will use the Form in ' the said Book prescribed, and none other, except so far as shall be ordered by lawful
Page 282 - Behold, we know not anything; I can but trust that good shall fall At last — far off — at last, to all, And every winter change to spring.
Page 382 - tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow.
Page 231 - What needs my Shakespeare for his honoured bones The labour of an age in piled stones ? Or that his hallowed reliques should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid ? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What needst thou such weak witness of thy name ? Thou in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thyself a livelong monument.
Page 114 - ... that action and counteraction which, in the natural and in the political world, from the reciprocal struggle of discordant powers draws out the harmony of the universe.
Page 269 - I may assume that the awful Author of our being is the Author of our place in the order of existence, — and that, having disposed and marshalled us by a divine tactic, not according to our will, but according to His, He has in and by that disposition virtually subjected us to act the part which belongs to the place assigned us.
Page 187 - ... a man. The matter changeth, the custom, the contracts, the commerce, the dispositions, educations, and tempers of men and societies, change in a long tract of time, and so must their laws in some measure be changed, or they will not be useful for their state and condition; and besides all this, time is the wisest thing under heaven.
Page 254 - I AB do solemnly make the following Declaration: "I assent to the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion, and to the book of Common Prayer and of the ordering of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons.
Page 283 - The primal duties shine aloft — like stars ; The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of Man — like flowers.