Annual Register, Volume 58Edmund Burke 1817 |
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... committee of supply , the Chancellor of the Exchequer introduced that import- ant subject , his Financial Exposi- tion . He began with a brief ex- planation of the vote with which he intended to conclude , the pur- pose of which was to ...
... committee of supply , the Chancellor of the Exchequer introduced that import- ant subject , his Financial Exposi- tion . He began with a brief ex- planation of the vote with which he intended to conclude , the pur- pose of which was to ...
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... committee be appointed to inquire into the engagements now subsisting be- tween the public and the Bank of England , and to consider the ad- vantages derived by the Bank from its transactions with the public , with a view to the adop ...
... committee be appointed to inquire into the engagements now subsisting be- tween the public and the Bank of England , and to consider the ad- vantages derived by the Bank from its transactions with the public , with a view to the adop ...
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... to the House of Commons on Feb. 19th , " the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the 26th , after the order of the day was read for a committee of the whole house to to consider further of the supply to be granted to GENERAL HISTORY . [ 9.
... to the House of Commons on Feb. 19th , " the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the 26th , after the order of the day was read for a committee of the whole house to to consider further of the supply to be granted to GENERAL HISTORY . [ 9.
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... committee . Lord John Russell rose to op- pose the motion , his prior pur- pose of doing which was rendered an ... committee took place on Feb. 28th , when it was carried by 241 to 121 , the majority being 120 . On March 4th , the order ...
... committee . Lord John Russell rose to op- pose the motion , his prior pur- pose of doing which was rendered an ... committee took place on Feb. 28th , when it was carried by 241 to 121 , the majority being 120 . On March 4th , the order ...
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... committee . Lord Palmerston ( Secretary at War ) then laid before the com- mittee a statement of the particu- lars of the reductions and savings made in the military department , the total of which amounted to a reduction of 74,000 men ...
... committee . Lord Palmerston ( Secretary at War ) then laid before the com- mittee a statement of the particu- lars of the reductions and savings made in the military department , the total of which amounted to a reduction of 74,000 men ...
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Page 643 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet — But hark!
Page 644 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, - alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass...
Page 384 - ... subject always to the laws and statutes of the two countries respectively.
Page 644 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in beauty's circle proudly gay ; The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms — the day Battle's magnificently stern array ! The thunder-clouds close o'er it, which when rent The earth is covered thick with other clay, Which her own clay shall cover, heaped and pent, Rider and horse — friend, foe, — in one red burial blent...
Page 643 - Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell.
Page 643 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blush'd at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Page 386 - Consuls, for the protection of trade, to reside in the Dominions and territories of the other Party ; but before any Consul shall act as such, he shall in the usual form be approved and admitted by the Government to which he is sent ; and...
Page 310 - Conventicles," provided that any person who should be present at any meeting, under colour or pretence of any exercise of religion, in other manner than according to the liturgy and practice of the Church of England...
Page 415 - To His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, REGENT 'of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The humble Address and Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled.
Page 643 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell...