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Page 117
... took the opportunity of loudly applauding the naval force of the country , on the unexampled patience with which they continued the blockade of the enemy's harbours , so that hardly a gun - boat was allowed to skulk from one port to ...
... took the opportunity of loudly applauding the naval force of the country , on the unexampled patience with which they continued the blockade of the enemy's harbours , so that hardly a gun - boat was allowed to skulk from one port to ...
Page 138
... took place in their ideas on the subject . As it was al- lowed that many of the exemptions now claimed , had got into the vo- lunteer laws by mistake , and con- trary to the intention of its authors , he saw no rational motive for push ...
... took place in their ideas on the subject . As it was al- lowed that many of the exemptions now claimed , had got into the vo- lunteer laws by mistake , and con- trary to the intention of its authors , he saw no rational motive for push ...
Page 144
... took notice of the many differences of opinion on the subject shewn this night be- tween two of his majesty's minis- ters ( lord Castlereagh and Mr. se- cretary Yorke ) . Mr. Hobhouse observed , that the gentlemenwho were so ready to ...
... took notice of the many differences of opinion on the subject shewn this night be- tween two of his majesty's minis- ters ( lord Castlereagh and Mr. se- cretary Yorke ) . Mr. Hobhouse observed , that the gentlemenwho were so ready to ...
Page 149
... took notice of the cala- mitous destinies of the present times , when a gigantic power threatened to disturb the world , and desolate a great portion of Europe . It was the fate of this country to make re- sistance to that power , and ...
... took notice of the cala- mitous destinies of the present times , when a gigantic power threatened to disturb the world , and desolate a great portion of Europe . It was the fate of this country to make re- sistance to that power , and ...
Page 152
... took a general view of the conduct of government since the war , as far as it related to the means of providing for the national defence , in which he went over very nearly the same grounds as had before been urged by Mr. Windham ...
... took a general view of the conduct of government since the war , as far as it related to the means of providing for the national defence , in which he went over very nearly the same grounds as had before been urged by Mr. Windham ...
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Page 104 - ... GENERAL LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. THE Hagerman Collection HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE JAMES J. HAGERMAN OF CLASS OF '61 IN THE HANDS OF Professor Charles Kendall Adams. 1883. HA' ) = ..R887 JOURNAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY OP LONDON.
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Page 484 - Nevertheless, we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
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