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... charge of neglect supposed relaxation of the rule , or care- against him , there yet had been busy lessness as it was more indulgently called ; tongues and busy pens elsewhere , to which if there had been such a relaxation , some he ...
... charge of neglect supposed relaxation of the rule , or care- against him , there yet had been busy lessness as it was more indulgently called ; tongues and busy pens elsewhere , to which if there had been such a relaxation , some he ...
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... charge . This sword was a proof of the trust and confidence which his gallant relative placed in him , and the ... charged with forgery . The officers of the Government placed every confidence in the Comptroller - general ; they sought ...
... charge . This sword was a proof of the trust and confidence which his gallant relative placed in him , and the ... charged with forgery . The officers of the Government placed every confidence in the Comptroller - general ; they sought ...
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... charge the duties of his office . He had undertaken a larger portion of labour , and had signed a larger portion of bills neg - than Mr. Eden and Mr. Perceval com- bined . But the commissioners seemed to infer that this was not ...
... charge the duties of his office . He had undertaken a larger portion of labour , and had signed a larger portion of bills neg - than Mr. Eden and Mr. Perceval com- bined . But the commissioners seemed to infer that this was not ...
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... charges of a criminal nature against some parties , and to proceedings of a civil nature against others , so that their Lordships might ultimately be called upon to sit in judgment upon the ques- tions raised . This , he thought , was a ...
... charges of a criminal nature against some parties , and to proceedings of a civil nature against others , so that their Lordships might ultimately be called upon to sit in judgment upon the ques- tions raised . This , he thought , was a ...
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... charge was , that whenever any Treasury authority of an important character is brought before the Comptroller - General , he does not act upon it without first considering its legality . It is now initialed by him . " The word " now ...
... charge was , that whenever any Treasury authority of an important character is brought before the Comptroller - General , he does not act upon it without first considering its legality . It is now initialed by him . " The word " now ...
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Page 895 - country. He would be apt to abandon the country in which he was exposed to a vexatious inquisition, in order to be assessed to a burdensome tax, and would remove his stock to some other country where he could either carry on his business, or enjoy his fortune more at his ease. By removing his stock
Page 447 - that of your fathers, who, with a mutiny at the Nore, a rebellion in Ireland, and disaster abroad, yet submitted, with buoyant vigour and universal applause (with the funds as low as 52), to a property-tax of 10 per cent. I believe that
Page 737 - motives affecting the safety of the lives and liberty of all the foreigners here present in Canton, and by other very weighty causes, do hereby, in the name and on the behalf of her Britannic Majesty's
Page 445 - of maturely considering and finally deciding on the adoption or rejection of the measures I propose. We live in an important era of human affairs. There may be a natural tendency to overrate the magnitude of the crisis in which we live, or those particular events with which we are ourselves conversant; but I think it is
Page 599 - humble Address be presented to her Majesty, that she will be graciously pleased to give directions, that there be laid before this house, copies of
Page 735 - cutters, and otherwise rigged small craft, either habitually or occasionally engaged in the illicit opium traffic within the Bocca Tigris, should proceed forth of the same within the space of three days from the date of these presents, and not return within the
Page 421 - propose, that for a time to be limited, the income of this country should be called on to contribute a certain sum for the purpose of remedying this mighty and growing evil. I propose, that the income of this country should bear a charge not exceeding 7d. in the pound; which will not amount to 3 per cent, but speaking accurately,
Page 895 - of revenue both to the sovereign and to society. Not only the profits of stock, but the rent of land, and the wages of labour, would necessarily be more or less diminished by its removal.
Page 421 - of reviving the taxes on salt or on sugar,—it is my duty to make an earnest appeal to the possessors of property, for the purpose of repairing this mighty evil. I propose, for a time at least, (and I never had occasion to make a proposition with a more thorough conviction of its being one which the public interest of the country
Page 895 - The quantity and value of the land which any man possesses can never be a secret, and can always be ascertained with great exactness. But the whole amount of the capital stock which