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... believe that no supervision can be in excess . I do not venture to pronounce any opinion about old - age pensions . Perhaps some such system may be desirable . But certainly , when I read the arguments by which they are supported , it ...
... believe that no supervision can be in excess . I do not venture to pronounce any opinion about old - age pensions . Perhaps some such system may be desirable . But certainly , when I read the arguments by which they are supported , it ...
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... believe that it did not exist as of right . It could at any rate be disbanded at any moment by the simple process of not passing the annual Mutiny Act . That is still true , as it is true that Parlia- ment might substitute bows and ...
... believe that it did not exist as of right . It could at any rate be disbanded at any moment by the simple process of not passing the annual Mutiny Act . That is still true , as it is true that Parlia- ment might substitute bows and ...
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... believe what he says . Errors of imagination are not to be confounded with a lack of bona fides . As for Mrs. Gallup , I see it asserted in the October number ( p . 175 ) of Baconiana , the organ of the Baconian Society , that that lady ...
... believe what he says . Errors of imagination are not to be confounded with a lack of bona fides . As for Mrs. Gallup , I see it asserted in the October number ( p . 175 ) of Baconiana , the organ of the Baconian Society , that that lady ...
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... believe that Elizabeth was privately married to Leicester in the Tower of London when they were both confined there , and that they had lawful issue ( tremble , O Edward the Seventh ! ) Francis Bacon and Robert Devereux , Earl of Essex ...
... believe that Elizabeth was privately married to Leicester in the Tower of London when they were both confined there , and that they had lawful issue ( tremble , O Edward the Seventh ! ) Francis Bacon and Robert Devereux , Earl of Essex ...
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... believe that this act of lunacy was perpetrated by the wisest of mankind ! And now that we have refreshed our minds with this congeries of inherent improbabilities , let us turn to the cypher story and see whether its own internal ...
... believe that this act of lunacy was perpetrated by the wisest of mankind ! And now that we have refreshed our minds with this congeries of inherent improbabilities , let us turn to the cypher story and see whether its own internal ...
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Page 525 - I, AB, do solemnly and sincerely, in the presence of God, profess, testify, and declare, that I do believe that in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper there is not any transubstantiation of the elements of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ at or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever...
Page 310 - That in case the crown and imperial dignity of this realm shall hereafter come to any person not being a native of this kingdom of England this nation be not obliged to engage in any war for the defence of any dominions or territories which do not belong to the crown of England without the consent of Parliament.
Page 202 - Soul of the age! The applause, delight, the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise! I will not lodge thee by Chaucer, or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lie A little further, to make thee a room: Thou are a monument without a tomb, And art alive still while thy book doth live And we have wits to read and praise to give.
Page 476 - More especially, we pray for the good estate of the Catholic Church ; that it may be so guided and governed by Thy good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith, in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life.
Page 934 - ... gives him the hope that his friend will never know. Let him forsake a decent craft that he may pursue the gentilities of a profession to which nature never called him, and his religion will infallibly be the worship of blessed Chance, which he will believe in as the mighty creator of success. The evil principle deprecated in that religion, is the orderly sequence by which the seed brings forth a crop after its kind.
Page 525 - I do solemnly and sincerely, in the presence of God, profess, testify, and declare, that I do make this declaration, and every part thereof, in the plain and ordinary sense of the words read unto me, as they are commonly understood by Protestants, without any evasion, equivocation, or mental reservation whatsoever...
Page 207 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was (indeed) honest, and of an open and free nature; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions; wherein he flowed with that facility, that sometimes it was necessary he should be stopped: Sufflaminandus erat, as Augustus said of Haterius.
Page 310 - That no person who has an office or place of profit under the King, or receives a pension from the crown, shall be capable of serving as a member of the house of commons.
Page 257 - Let us never visit together, nor go to a play together; but let us be very strange and well-bred: let us be as strange as if we had been married a great while; and as well bred as if we were not married at all.
Page 526 - Commons do further pray that it may be enacted, that all and every person and persons that is, are or shall be reconciled to, or shall hold communion with, the See or Church of Rome, or shall profess the popish religion, or shall marry a papist, shall be excluded and be for ever incapable to inherit, possess or enjoy the crown and government of this realm...