An Historical and Statistical Account of New South Wales: Both as a Penal Settlement and as a British Colony, Volume 1 |
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Page 427 - THE LITERARY PROFESSION, OR, THE COLONIAL PRESS. ' When bad men combine, the good must associate ; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.'—BURKE.
Page 220 - O, to the club, the scene of savage joys. The school of coarse good-fellowship and noise. There, in the sweet society of those Whose friendship from his boyish years he chose, Let him improve his talent if he can, Till none but beasts acknowledge him a man.
Page 104 - The man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: for he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants."—Genesis, xxvi. 13. THE
Page 220 - Some farrier should prescribe his proper course, Whose only fit companion is his horse; Or if, deserving of a better doom, The noble beast judge otherwise,—his groom. If neither horse nor groom affect the squire, Where can at last his jockeyship retire 1 O, to the club, the scene of savage joys. The school of coarse
Page 493 - intention to move for the appointment of a Select Committee of the House of Commons, to ascertain the circumstances and condition of the aboriginal inhabitants of all the colonies of the empire. Mr. Buxton had also requested him to remain in England, to be examined by the Committee on the subject of the Aborigines of this colony ; and when the appointment of that Committee
Page 166 - ye shall come unto—a large land—a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth."—JUDGES xviii. 9, 10. THERE are classes of persons in the mother country, whom it would doubtless be preposterous in the
Page 318 - Behold, these shall come from far j and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim."—Isaiah
Page 238 - garments, and olive-yards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and maid-servants ? The leprosy, therefore, of Nuaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever."*
Page 447 - private confidence; the morals of the great mass of the population in the lowest state of debasement, and religious worship almost totally neglected. " Part of those evils may perhaps be ascribed to the mutiny of the 102d regiment; the arrest of Governor Bligh; and the distress
Page 127 - Bligh under arrest, and to assume the command of the colony. We pledge ourselves, at a moment of less agitation, to come forward to support the measure with our fortunes and our lives. •' We are with great respect, sir,