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Page 277
... it distinctly reported , not only that treasonable practices have been plotting by
persons of mean note and desperate fortunes , but that in some degree they have
received the countenance and pecuniary aid of persons of a higher situation in ...
... it distinctly reported , not only that treasonable practices have been plotting by
persons of mean note and desperate fortunes , but that in some degree they have
received the countenance and pecuniary aid of persons of a higher situation in ...
Page 281
... of education of those persons whose professional habits should have made
them most conversant with these matters ... very few persons possessing even by
tradition the technical knowledge belonging to these subjects are now to be met ...
... of education of those persons whose professional habits should have made
them most conversant with these matters ... very few persons possessing even by
tradition the technical knowledge belonging to these subjects are now to be met ...
Page 282
In the Pipe - office , another branch of the Exchequer , where by law every public
accountant ought to have his quietus recorded , it had been represented three
years ago to a committee of this House ( the Finance Committee ) that no person
...
In the Pipe - office , another branch of the Exchequer , where by law every public
accountant ought to have his quietus recorded , it had been represented three
years ago to a committee of this House ( the Finance Committee ) that no person
...
Page 289
... that during the time the right honourable person just alluded to had filled the
chair he had discovered industry the most severez joined to attention the most
unremitting and the most minute . To knowledge the most extensive , continued
Sir ...
... that during the time the right honourable person just alluded to had filled the
chair he had discovered industry the most severez joined to attention the most
unremitting and the most minute . To knowledge the most extensive , continued
Sir ...
Page 610
If the person of Mr . Garrick is to be considered as the standard of an actor ' s
stature , Mr . Elliston may , if any thing , be taller than the unrivalled bero of the
British stage , while the other parts of his person appear anatomically correct and
duly ...
If the person of Mr . Garrick is to be considered as the standard of an actor ' s
stature , Mr . Elliston may , if any thing , be taller than the unrivalled bero of the
British stage , while the other parts of his person appear anatomically correct and
duly ...
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Page 337 - I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling Nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them...
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Page 245 - One asylum of free discussion is still inviolate. There is still one spot in Europe where man can freely exercise his reason on the most important concerns of society, where he can boldly publish his judgment on the acts of the proudest and most powerful tyrants. The press of England is still free. It is guarded by the free Constitution of our forefathers. It is guarded by the hearts and arms of Englishmen, and I trust, I may venture to say, that if it be to fall, it will fall only under the ruins...
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Page 375 - Jay, Adams, and Hamilton ; the only three who can be supposed to have stood in that relation to him. That he has too much reason to believe that, in regard to Mr. Hamilton, there has been no reciprocity. For several years his name has been lent to the support of base slanders. He has never had the generosity, the magnanimity, or the candor to contradict or disavow.