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Rembrandt's Workshops On the Death of the Princess Charlotte 5 On a disputed passage in Othellocomma 8 On the Poor Laws of England ; and Answers to Queries transmitted by a Member of Parliament , with a view to ascertain the Scottish ...
Rembrandt's Workshops On the Death of the Princess Charlotte 5 On a disputed passage in Othellocomma 8 On the Poor Laws of England ; and Answers to Queries transmitted by a Member of Parliament , with a view to ascertain the Scottish ...
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He would consider her as a commodity difficult to keep , and not worth the trouble of keeping ; the more difficult to pre- ON THE POOR LAWS OF ENGLAND ; serve from falling if fair , for her beau- AND ANSWERS TO QUERIES TRANSty would ...
He would consider her as a commodity difficult to keep , and not worth the trouble of keeping ; the more difficult to pre- ON THE POOR LAWS OF ENGLAND ; serve from falling if fair , for her beau- AND ANSWERS TO QUERIES TRANSty would ...
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In this removing the poor from one parish to way , the evils of the present laws another , would we wholly saved . might be alleviated , though the exist- Secondly , As the evils of the present ing generation must be removed from system ...
In this removing the poor from one parish to way , the evils of the present laws another , would we wholly saved . might be alleviated , though the exist- Secondly , As the evils of the present ing generation must be removed from system ...
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equal to the maintenance of their fa- Queries respecting the Maintenance of milies , let it be enacted , that no perthe Poor in Scotland . son shall be considered as a pauper 1. What have been the laws or who is capable of working ...
equal to the maintenance of their fa- Queries respecting the Maintenance of milies , let it be enacted , that no perthe Poor in Scotland . son shall be considered as a pauper 1. What have been the laws or who is capable of working ...
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But these assessments , in poor . As already said , there seems country parishes , are rarely of any no distinct or precise law upon the consequence . In the parish to which subject , the whole system being rathe writer of these answers ...
But these assessments , in poor . As already said , there seems country parishes , are rarely of any no distinct or precise law upon the consequence . In the parish to which subject , the whole system being rathe writer of these answers ...
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Page 391 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
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Page 224 - The armaments which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.
Page 326 - Signs of remorse and passion, to behold The fellows of his crime, the followers rather (Far other once beheld in bliss), condemned For ever now to have their lot in pain...
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Page 224 - And I have loved thee, Ocean! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward: from a boy I wantoned with thy breakers - they to me Were a delight; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror - 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane - as I do here.
Page 387 - In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth...
Page 219 - The moon is up, and yet it is not night — Sunset divides the sky with her — a sea Of glory streams along the Alpine height Of blue Friuli's mountains ; Heaven is free From clouds, but of all colours seems to be Melted to one vast Iris of the West, Where the Day joins the past Eternity ; While, on the other hand, meek Dian's crest Floats through the azure air — an island of the blest ! XXVIII.
Page 221 - Oh Rome ! my country ! city of the soul ! The orphans of the heart must turn to thee, Lone mother of dead empires ! and control In their shut breasts their petty misery.