History of the Thirty Years' Peace. A. D. 1816-1846, Volume 4G. Bell, 1878 - Great Britain |
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... believed in for limiting in- stead of abolishing the punishment of death . It is possible that they might have remitted more , or the whole , if they had been as well aware as every government ought to be of the state of public opinion ...
... believed in for limiting in- stead of abolishing the punishment of death . It is possible that they might have remitted more , or the whole , if they had been as well aware as every government ought to be of the state of public opinion ...
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... believed that there was not one judge who had not felt ashamed of the state of the law ; and that it was such as to render it odious in the eyes of the country . The effect in that case was to enable the father to take his children from ...
... believed that there was not one judge who had not felt ashamed of the state of the law ; and that it was such as to render it odious in the eyes of the country . The effect in that case was to enable the father to take his children from ...
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... believed that the number of letters illegally conveyed by carriers , and delivered in an awkward and irregular sort of way at the cost of a penny each , far ex- ceeded that of the letters sent through the Post - office . The penny posts ...
... believed that the number of letters illegally conveyed by carriers , and delivered in an awkward and irregular sort of way at the cost of a penny each , far ex- ceeded that of the letters sent through the Post - office . The penny posts ...
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... believed most firmly by those who know best - by those whose walk is among the great middle and greater lower classes of society - that no one has done so much as Mr. Rowland Hill in our time in drawing closer the domestic ties of the ...
... believed most firmly by those who know best - by those whose walk is among the great middle and greater lower classes of society - that no one has done so much as Mr. Rowland Hill in our time in drawing closer the domestic ties of the ...
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... believed , would be the occasion which should de- cide the fate of the ministry . It was known that the statement would be a melancholy one ; and while the country was speculating on how the government would get over this crowning ...
... believed , would be the occasion which should de- cide the fate of the ministry . It was known that the statement would be a melancholy one ; and while the country was speculating on how the government would get over this crowning ...
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Page 196 - and other extraneous persons, entirely unconcerned in this adventure of his, to steal from him his small winnings, for a space of sixty years at the shortest. After sixty years, unless your honourable House provide otherwise, they may begin to steal. ' And your petitioner will ever pray. •THOMAS CAKLYLE.