Memoir of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence of James Currie ...Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1831 |
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... appear , both as to private security and national honour , absolutely prevents your having a solid property in that country , which shall bring you an income . Your scheme of vesting your funds in houses , was , I think , the best that ...
... appear , both as to private security and national honour , absolutely prevents your having a solid property in that country , which shall bring you an income . Your scheme of vesting your funds in houses , was , I think , the best that ...
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... appears to me only one remedy , and that is , as far as circumstances will permit , to transmit , by degrees , some part of your property to England , where it may be admirably secured , and made to produce you an interest , paid with ...
... appears to me only one remedy , and that is , as far as circumstances will permit , to transmit , by degrees , some part of your property to England , where it may be admirably secured , and made to produce you an interest , paid with ...
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... appear- ance of a storm lately , and the clouds still hang over our heads . You will see that the cause ori- ginates as far back as the late war . The Dutch suspect the Stadtholder of favouring England , when they joined the alliance of ...
... appear- ance of a storm lately , and the clouds still hang over our heads . You will see that the cause ori- ginates as far back as the late war . The Dutch suspect the Stadtholder of favouring England , when they joined the alliance of ...
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... appear either too difficult or too dangerous . In the mean time , Mr. Pitt is taking measures to limit this daring ambition . Instead of admitting the claim advanced by Mr. Fox , for the Prince of Wales , of his having an in- herent ...
... appear either too difficult or too dangerous . In the mean time , Mr. Pitt is taking measures to limit this daring ambition . Instead of admitting the claim advanced by Mr. Fox , for the Prince of Wales , of his having an in- herent ...
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... appear in the present instance , yet there are some men , who are fearful of these inno- vations , and who foresee a danger of their being drawn into future precedents , fatal to the mo- narchy and to the peace of the nation . For my ...
... appear in the present instance , yet there are some men , who are fearful of these inno- vations , and who foresee a danger of their being drawn into future precedents , fatal to the mo- narchy and to the peace of the nation . For my ...
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Страница 386 - twas strange, 'twas passing strange; 'Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful; She wished she had not heard it, yet she wished That heaven had made her such a man; she thanked me, And bade me, if I had a friend that loved her, I should but teach him how to tell my story, And that would woo her.
Страница 453 - I must confess, when I see princes and states fighting and quarrelling, amidst their debts, funds, and public mortgages, it always brings to my mind a match of cudgel-playing fought in a China shop.
Страница 431 - And as a ship that passeth over the waves of the water, which when it is gone by, the trace thereof cannot be found, neither the pathway of the keel in the waves...
Страница 391 - The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
Страница 352 - The traveller got upon a standing net, a little way from the shore. There he lashed himself to the post, shouting for half an hour for assistance — till the tide rose over his head ! in the darkness of the night, and amid the pauses of the hurricane, his voice, heard at intervals, was exquisitely mournful.
Страница 352 - In the darkness of the night, and amid the pauses of the hurricane, his voice, heard at intervals, was exquisitely mournful. No one could go to his assistance — no one knew where he was — the sound seemed to proceed from the spirit of the waters. But morning rose — the tide had ebbed — and the poor traveller was found lashed to the pole of the net, and bleaching in the wind.
Страница 476 - Time and industry have already, in a great degree, repaired the losses of property which the citizens sustained during the war. but both have hitherto failed in effacing the taint which was then communicated to their principles, nor can its total ablution be expected till a new generation arises, unpractised in the iniquities of their fathers.
Страница 51 - Abolition,' which puts the subject in a very clear point of view, and contains a brief, but masterly, chain of propositions that bear irresistible force. I recommend it to your perusal. The moderation of its language is likely to make it useful.
Страница 352 - The west wind blew a tempest, and, according to the common expression, brought in the water three foot a-breast. The traveller got upon a standing net, a little way from the shore. There he lashed himself to the post, shouting for half an hour for assistance — till the tide rose over his head ! In the darkness of...
Страница 354 - The throbbing heart's at rest; How still it lies within the breast! Why mourn? Since Death presents us peace And in the grave our Sorrows cease...