The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year ...G. Robinson, Pater-noster-Row, 1823 - English poetry |
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... vote to any specific line of con- duct , with reference to the impor- tant subjects noticed in the ad- dress . He could not agree to postpone the address till Thursday , but had no objection on that day to take into their more immediate ...
... vote to any specific line of con- duct , with reference to the impor- tant subjects noticed in the ad- dress . He could not agree to postpone the address till Thursday , but had no objection on that day to take into their more immediate ...
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... voted your money - not your money , but the money of your impoverished constituents - if you had done this - if you had taken those fair precautions which men of common honesty would have adopted- those works would never have been ...
... voted your money - not your money , but the money of your impoverished constituents - if you had done this - if you had taken those fair precautions which men of common honesty would have adopted- those works would never have been ...
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... vote on the entangled and complicated sub- jects which he had introduced . But on the occasion of voting the address , and very early in the dis- cussion , he ( lord Londonderry ) had distinctly stated that it was not the intention of ...
... vote on the entangled and complicated sub- jects which he had introduced . But on the occasion of voting the address , and very early in the dis- cussion , he ( lord Londonderry ) had distinctly stated that it was not the intention of ...
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... voting the address , he distinctly stated that ministers would at a very early day be pre- pared to lay before ... vote which he gave on that occa- sion , to the support of any of the measures which might be subse- quently brought ...
... voting the address , he distinctly stated that ministers would at a very early day be pre- pared to lay before ... vote which he gave on that occa- sion , to the support of any of the measures which might be subse- quently brought ...
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... vote to cast a censure on ministers , and to withdraw from them that confidence which they possessed ; for he put it to the house , he put it to the hon . and learned gentleman himself , whether without reference to our income and ...
... vote to cast a censure on ministers , and to withdraw from them that confidence which they possessed ; for he put it to the house , he put it to the hon . and learned gentleman himself , whether without reference to our income and ...
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Page 22 - Now did Peace make entry, and strive to get foremost to the king ; but I grieve to tell how great wrath she did discover unto those of her attendants ; and, much contrary to her semblance, most rudely made war with her olive branch, and laid on the pates of those who did oppose her coming.
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Page 21 - ... dance with the Queen of Sheba; but he fell down and humbled himself before her, and was carried to an inner chamber and laid on a bed of state ; which was not a little...
Page 22 - I will now, in good sooth, declare to you, who will not blab, that the gunpowder fright is got out of all our heads, and we are going on, hereabouts, as if the devil was contriving every man should blow up himself, by wild riot, excess, and devastation of time and temperance.
Page 21 - ... but said she would return home again, as there was no gift which Heaven had not already given his Majesty. She then returned to Hope and Faith, who were both sick and spewing in the lower hall.
Page 150 - Cam. — which means, in proper spelling, Trinity College Cambridge — there resided One Harry Dashington ; a youth excelling In all the learning commonly provided For those who choose that classic station For finishing their education. That is — he understood computing The odds at any race or match ; Was a dead hand at pigeon-shooting ; Could kick up rows, knock down the watch, Play truant and the rake at random, Drink, tie cravats, and drive a tandem.
Page 18 - MR. ATTORNEY, — I thought best, once for all, to let you know in plainness what I find of you, and what you shall find of me. You take to yourself a liberty to disgrace and disable my law, my experience, my discretion.
Page 21 - King, who did not accept it, but put it by with his hand; and, by a strange medley of versification, did endeavour to make suit to the King. But Victory did not triumph long, for, after much lamentable utterance, she was led away like a silly captive, and laid to sleep in the outer steps of the ante-chamber.
Page 6 - It was about fourteen feet by twelve, and ten or eleven feet in height. The walls were lined with brown nankeen, bordered and edged with common green bordering paper, and destitute of surbace.
Page 151 - One need not be a necromancer to guess that, with so wild a wight, the next offence occurred next night ; when our incurable came rolling home as the midnight chimes were tolling, and rang the College bell. No answer. The second peal was vain — the third made the street echo its alarum ; when to his great delight he heard the sordid Janitor, old Ben, rousing and growling in his den. "Who's there? — I s'pose young Harum-scarum." "'Tis I, my worthy Ben — 'tis Harry.