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... called upon to interfere . But there may be cases in which no confidence can be placed in the tribunals . I will take a transaction that occurred not long ago as an instance . An inn - keeper of Catania was brought before a court ...
... called upon to interfere . But there may be cases in which no confidence can be placed in the tribunals . I will take a transaction that occurred not long ago as an instance . An inn - keeper of Catania was brought before a court ...
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... called out Civis Romanus Sum , ' an Englishman shall be considered protected by the vigilant eye and strong arm of his government , against injustice and wrong ? " ment . * 6 The debate was brought to a close on the 28th of June . On ...
... called out Civis Romanus Sum , ' an Englishman shall be considered protected by the vigilant eye and strong arm of his government , against injustice and wrong ? " ment . * 6 The debate was brought to a close on the 28th of June . On ...
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... called the Yellow Woods , seven miles from King William's Town . Peace was now restored , and the Gaika tribe was compelled to retire 200 miles to the north of its former frontier ; and the Kei and Orange rivers became the undisputed ...
... called the Yellow Woods , seven miles from King William's Town . Peace was now restored , and the Gaika tribe was compelled to retire 200 miles to the north of its former frontier ; and the Kei and Orange rivers became the undisputed ...
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... called to it , and he made no reply , I can have no doubt . " The sixth and concluding section treats of the title of Westminster . According to the discipline of the Catholic church , sees must take their titles from cities or towns ...
... called to it , and he made no reply , I can have no doubt . " The sixth and concluding section treats of the title of Westminster . According to the discipline of the Catholic church , sees must take their titles from cities or towns ...
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... called at five o'clock . He betrayed not the slightest emotion ; and nothing transpired that could give the household the most remote intimation of what was about to occur . " Indeed , says Captain Gronow , " it is a well - known fact ...
... called at five o'clock . He betrayed not the slightest emotion ; and nothing transpired that could give the household the most remote intimation of what was about to occur . " Indeed , says Captain Gronow , " it is a well - known fact ...
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Page 99 - Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them Volley'd and thunder'd ; Storm'd at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell Rode the six hundred. Flash'd all their sabres bare, Flash'd as they turn'd in air Sabring the gunners there, Charging an army, while All the world wonder'd ; Plunged in the battery-smoke Right thro' the line they broke; Cossack and Russian Reel'd from the sabre-stroke Shatter'd and sunder'd.
Page 370 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend ; and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.
Page 450 - On one side lay the Ocean, and on one Lay a great water, and the moon was full. Then spake King Arthur to Sir Bedivere: 'The sequel of to-day unsolders all The goodliest fellowship of famous knights Whereof this world holds record. Such a sleep They sleep - the men I loved.
Page 528 - Shame that skulks behind; Or pining Love shall waste their youth, Or Jealousy with rankling tooth That inly gnaws the secret heart, And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim-visaged comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high To bitter Scorn a sacrifice And grinning Infamy. The stings of Falsehood those shall try And hard Unkindness...
Page 197 - We declare it to be our royal will and pleasure that, none be in any wise favoured, none molested or disquieted, by reason of their religious faith or observances, but that all shall alike enjoy the equal and impartial protection of the law ; and we do strictly charge and enjoin all those who may be in authority under us that they abstain from all interference with the religious belief or worship of any of our subjects on pain of our highest displeasure.
Page 197 - Firmly relying ourselves on the truth of Christianity, and acknowledging with gratitude the solace of religion, we disclaim alike the right and the desire to impose our convictions on any of our subjects.
Page 47 - Such an act she must consider as failing in sincerity towards the Crown, and justly to be visited by the exercise of her constitutional right of dismissing that Minister. She expects to be kept informed of what passes between him and the foreign Ministers before important decisions are taken, based upon that intercourse ; to receive the foreign despatches in good time ; and to have the drafts for her approval sent to her in sufficient time to make herself acquainted with their contents before they...
Page 197 - We desire no extension of our present territorial possessions ; and, while we will permit no aggression upon our dominions or our rights to be attempted with impunity, we shall sanction no encroachment on those of others. We shall respect the rights, dignity, and honour of native Princes as our own ; and we desire that they, as well as our own subjects, should enjoy that prosperity and that social advancement which can only be secured by internal peace and good government.
Page 380 - How humble, yet how hopeful, he could be ; How, in good fortune and in ill, the same ; Nor bitter in success, nor boastful he, Thirsty for gold, nor feverish for fame.
Page 381 - The Old World and the New, from sea to sea, Utter one voice of sympathy and shame ! Sore heart, so stopped when it at last beat high : Sad life, cut short just as its triumph came.