Annual Register, Հատոր 88Edmund Burke 1847 |
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... never- theless , not have thought , on an ordinary occasion , that the loss of a person even of his importance should have prevented me from undertaking the formation of a Go- vernment . But when I took into view the risk which was to ...
... never- theless , not have thought , on an ordinary occasion , that the loss of a person even of his importance should have prevented me from undertaking the formation of a Go- vernment . But when I took into view the risk which was to ...
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... never carry their thoughts forward ? Was there any one who had watched events that would say the law of 1842 was sufficient of itself to provide for the food of the people in 1846 ? The House had just heard what the author of that law ...
... never carry their thoughts forward ? Was there any one who had watched events that would say the law of 1842 was sufficient of itself to provide for the food of the people in 1846 ? The House had just heard what the author of that law ...
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... never had been , he never should be , for such an arrangement . On the contrary , he thought that we must either have the present duties under the sliding scale , or else sub- mit to the new duties proposed by Sir R. Peel , and to their ...
... never had been , he never should be , for such an arrangement . On the contrary , he thought that we must either have the present duties under the sliding scale , or else sub- mit to the new duties proposed by Sir R. Peel , and to their ...
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... never yet spoken on the question of the Corn Laws , he was anxious to explain the grounds on which he gave his cordial support to this measure for their final ad- justment . He then proceeded to expose the fallacy contained in the ...
... never yet spoken on the question of the Corn Laws , he was anxious to explain the grounds on which he gave his cordial support to this measure for their final ad- justment . He then proceeded to expose the fallacy contained in the ...
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... never taken his comparison during an average of years , but had always made his contrast between the best year of protection , and the worst year of free trade . After stating that he could not congratulate the honourable Member on his ...
... never taken his comparison during an average of years , but had always made his contrast between the best year of protection , and the worst year of free trade . After stating that he could not congratulate the honourable Member on his ...
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Էջ 274 - Majesty shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's Straits, to the Pacific Ocean...
Էջ 261 - It is agreed that any country that may be claimed by either party on the northwest coast of America, westward of the Stony Mountains, shall, together with its harbours, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open, for the term of ten years from the date of the signature of the present convention, to the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two Powers...
Էջ 274 - River, the navigation of the said branch shall be free and open to the Hudson's Bay Company, and to all British subjects trading with the same, to the point where the said branch meets the main stream of the Columbia, and thence down the said main stream...
Էջ 273 - House dissenting) had declared that " by the act of the Republic of Mexico a state of war exists between that Government and the United States...
Էջ 280 - We. therefore, the delegates with plenary powers of the people of Texas, in solemn convention assembled, appealing to a candid world for the necessities of our condition, do hereby resolve and declare, that our political connection with the Mexican nation has forever ended, and that the people of Texas do now constitute a free, sovereign, and independent republic, and are fully invested with all the rights and attributes which properly belong to independent nations; and, conscious of the rectitude...
Էջ 339 - Most Gracious Sovereign, WE, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the...
Էջ 296 - Sutlej, which a sudden rise of seven inches had rendered hardly fordable. In their efforts to reach the right bank through the deepened water, they suffered from our horse artillery a terrible carnage. Hundreds fell under this cannonade; hundreds upon hundreds were drowned in attempting the perilous passage.
Էջ 285 - I refer you to the report of the secretary of the navy, for a highly satisfactory account of the manner in which the concerns of that department have been conducted during the present year.
Էջ 296 - ... gun which could be sent to their aid, had been cast into the scale, that victory finally declared for the British. The fire of the Sikhs...
Էջ 304 - Singh acknowledges the supremacy of the British Government, and will, in token of such supremacy, present annually to the British Government one horse, twelve perfect shawl goats of approved breed (six male, and six female), and three pairs of Kashmir shawls.