The Oriental herald and colonial review [ed. by J.S. Buckingham]., Volume 13James Silk Buckingham 1827 |
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... proceedings above detailed being reported to the Home Government by the Commissioners of Inquiry , the whole of the grants in the Ceded Territory allotted by Lord Charles Somerset to his friends , the frontier boors , have been re ...
... proceedings above detailed being reported to the Home Government by the Commissioners of Inquiry , the whole of the grants in the Ceded Territory allotted by Lord Charles Somerset to his friends , the frontier boors , have been re ...
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... proceedings of thieves ; knowing a man's haunt , and knowing he was absent at a particular time when the robbery had been committed , directed their suspicions to him , and enabled them often to convict him ; and again , they said ...
... proceedings of thieves ; knowing a man's haunt , and knowing he was absent at a particular time when the robbery had been committed , directed their suspicions to him , and enabled them often to convict him ; and again , they said ...
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... proceeding . Then there ought to be an appeal . It seldom happens , that a casc is deter- mined upon its true merits the first time it is tried ; parties cannot come prepared to meet facts and arguments which they cannot per- fectly ...
... proceeding . Then there ought to be an appeal . It seldom happens , that a casc is deter- mined upon its true merits the first time it is tried ; parties cannot come prepared to meet facts and arguments which they cannot per- fectly ...
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... proceedings , but let it not be done with a hope of mak- ing them unexpensive : as long as the attendance of witnesses is re- quired , as long as judges and advocates must be men of character , talent , and acquirement , so long ...
... proceedings , but let it not be done with a hope of mak- ing them unexpensive : as long as the attendance of witnesses is re- quired , as long as judges and advocates must be men of character , talent , and acquirement , so long ...
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... proceedings , and in- troduce a valuable custom among European subjects . I cannot think of any more improvements at present , but many would doubtless present themselves in time . Perhaps after roasting our mothers , we might learn ...
... proceedings , and in- troduce a valuable custom among European subjects . I cannot think of any more improvements at present , but many would doubtless present themselves in time . Perhaps after roasting our mothers , we might learn ...
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Page 491 - One asylum of free discussion is still inviolate. There is still one spot in Europe where man can freely exercise his reason on the most important concerns of society, where he can boldly publish his judgment on the acts of the proudest and most powerful tyrants. The press of England is still free. It is guarded by the free constitution of our forefathers. It is guarded by the hearts and arms of Englishmen, and I trust I may venture to say, that if it be to fall, it will fall only under the ruins...
Page 239 - Not empire to the rising sun By valour, conduct, fortune won ; Not highest wisdom in debates For framing laws to govern states ; Not skill in sciences profound So large to grasp the circle round : Such heavenly influence require, As how to strike the Muse's lyre.
Page 264 - The Emperor of Russia is rendering himself obnoxious to his subjects by various acts of tyranny, and ridiculous in the eyes of Europe by his inconsistency.
Page 105 - ... hole, and the concave taken out at the other end, which extendeth to about the middle of this erected tent, through which the visible radiations of all the objects without are intromitted, falling upon a paper, which is accommodated to receive them ; and so he traceth them with his pen in their natural appearance, turning his little tent round by degrees, till he hath designed the whole aspect of the field.
Page 612 - If an honest, and, I may truly affirm, a laborious zeal for the public service, has given me any weight in your esteem, let me exhort and conjure you, never to suffer an invasion of your political constitution, however minute the instance may appear, to pass by, without a determined persevering resistance. One precedent creates another. They soon accumulate, and constitute law. What yesterday was fact, to-day is doctrine. Examples are supposed to justify the most dangerous measures; and where they...
Page 571 - This is the state of man : in prosperous fortune A shadow, passing light, throws to the ground Joy's baseless fabric : in adversity Comes malice with a sponge moistened in gall, And wipes each beauteous character away : More than the first this melts my soul to pity.
Page 543 - Oxen, and that so little care was taken about their immortal souls ; he looked upon it as a Prodigy, that any wearing the Name of Christians should so much have the Heart of Devils in them, as to prevent and hinder the Instruction of the poor Blackamores, and confine the souls of their miserable Slaves to a Destroying Ignorance, merely for fear of thereby losing the Benefit of their Vassalage...
Page 305 - Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? Whose house I have made the wilderness, And the barren land his dwellings. He scorneth the multitude of the city, Neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing.
Page 314 - Trade in the appointment of a Committee of the House of Commons to investigate the subject.
Page 105 - ... windmill) to all quarters at pleasure; capable of not much more than one man, as I conceive, and perhaps at no great ease ; exactly close and dark, — save at one hole, about an inch and a half in the diameter, to which he applies a long perspective Trunk, with...