A History of the Thirty Years' Peace, A.D. 1816-1846, Volume 4G. Bell and sons, 1878 - Great Britain |
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... hand the subject of secondary punishments . But such an avowal - that men must be hanged because we did not know what else to do with them - could not be made by any government , either in decency , or because no man could be hanged ...
... hand the subject of secondary punishments . But such an avowal - that men must be hanged because we did not know what else to do with them - could not be made by any government , either in decency , or because no man could be hanged ...
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... hands of the peers as they entered the House , by Lord Wynford , the chief agitator against the bill . It did not answer its purpose with those peers who really knew anything of the matronage of England . The bill was read a first time ...
... hands of the peers as they entered the House , by Lord Wynford , the chief agitator against the bill . It did not answer its purpose with those peers who really knew anything of the matronage of England . The bill was read a first time ...
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... hand , and the long depression which must ensue ; for none might have had courage to go into the enterprise ; but that reverse served admirably as a test of the reform ; and through the long depression which ensued , Mr. Hill's plan ...
... hand , and the long depression which must ensue ; for none might have had courage to go into the enterprise ; but that reverse served admirably as a test of the reform ; and through the long depression which ensued , Mr. Hill's plan ...
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... hands and eyes of the widowed mother who is receiving a letter from an absent son . That envelope was soon laid aside , and the more con- venient stamp introduced of the queen's head in one corner . When this stamp became procurable ...
... hands and eyes of the widowed mother who is receiving a letter from an absent son . That envelope was soon laid aside , and the more con- venient stamp introduced of the queen's head in one corner . When this stamp became procurable ...
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... hand , for daring to meddle with its printer ; and the Court of Queen's Bench would punish them , on the other hand , if they refused to levy the money . Either the speaker would send them to Newgate , or Chief - justice Denman would ...
... hand , for daring to meddle with its printer ; and the Court of Queen's Bench would punish them , on the other hand , if they refused to levy the money . Either the speaker would send them to Newgate , or Chief - justice Denman would ...
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