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Page 93
... thought all this must ultimately prise - in the character of our free labourers , though it has diminished their wages 25 per cent , has raised our opinion of the prospects of the colony at least fifty . " This was a most satisfactory ...
... thought all this must ultimately prise - in the character of our free labourers , though it has diminished their wages 25 per cent , has raised our opinion of the prospects of the colony at least fifty . " This was a most satisfactory ...
Page 179
... thought tical difficulties and obstructions in the expedient - and I concurred in the vote- way of the sugar - planters of the West In- at once to reduce the amount of duty dies ; and I insist that for this reason chargeable upon the ...
... thought tical difficulties and obstructions in the expedient - and I concurred in the vote- way of the sugar - planters of the West In- at once to reduce the amount of duty dies ; and I insist that for this reason chargeable upon the ...
Page 193
... thought the West India colo- tain it for a mere nominal consideration . nies were cruelly and hardly treated in that He would , therefore , still obtain the use of matter of apprenticeship . The system was land as he did previous to ...
... thought the West India colo- tain it for a mere nominal consideration . nies were cruelly and hardly treated in that He would , therefore , still obtain the use of matter of apprenticeship . The system was land as he did previous to ...
Page 195
... thought it desirable to live . more so because there were other circum- That was , he thought , clear upon the or- stances which exposed the planter to con- dinary laws which governed supply and de- siderable difficulties . Amongst ...
... thought it desirable to live . more so because there were other circum- That was , he thought , clear upon the or- stances which exposed the planter to con- dinary laws which governed supply and de- siderable difficulties . Amongst ...
Page 199
... thought it fair to say that tective duties . But it certainly was right for the future that expense should be de- and just that whatever Parliament could frayed from the British Treasury instead do should be done for the relief of the ...
... thought it fair to say that tective duties . But it certainly was right for the future that expense should be de- and just that whatever Parliament could frayed from the British Treasury instead do should be done for the relief of the ...
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Page 235 - No Native of the said Territories, nor any natural-born subject of His Majesty resident therein, shall by reason only of his religion, place of birth, descent, colour or any of them, be disabled from holding any place, office, or employment under the said Company.
Page 525 - I, AB , do sincerely promise and swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to her Majesty, Queen Victoria...
Page 3 - means the Act of the session of the eleventh and twelfth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter forty-three, intituled " An Act to facilitate the performance of the duties of justices of the peace out of sessions within England and Wales, with respect to summary convictions and orders...
Page 165 - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night And his affections dark as Erebus: Let no such man be trusted.
Page 281 - In whomsoever these things are, the Church doth acknowledge them for her children; them only she holdeth for aliens and strangers, in whom these things are not found. For want of these it is, that Saracens, Jews, and Infidels are excluded out of the bounds of the Church. Others we may not deny to be of the visible Church, as long as these things are not wanting in them. For apparent it is, that all men are of necessity either Christians or not Christians.
Page 521 - But for the Jews I see no plea of justice whatever ; they are voluntary strangers here, and have no claim to become citizens, but by conforming to our moral law, which is the Gospel.
Page 747 - Ireland, have been settled and established by law ; be it therefore enacted, that if any person, after the commencement of this act, other than the person thereunto authorized by law, shall assume or use the name, style, or title of archbishop of any province, bishop of any bishopric, or dean of any deanery, in England or Ireland, he shall for every such offence forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred pounds.
Page 281 - Is it then possible, that the selfsame men should belong both to the synagogue of Satan and to the Church of Jesus Christ ? Unto that Church which is his mystical body, not possible ; because that body consisteth of none but only true Israelites, true sons of Abraham, true servants and saints of God. Howbeit of the visible body and Church of Jesus Christ...
Page 1029 - Quebec. The case of this ship was not one of peculiar misconduct; on the contrary, I have the strongest reason to know, from information which I have received from very many emigrants, well known to me, who came over this year in different vessels, that this ship was better regulated and more comfortable than many.
Page 273 - England, reason will not long be baffled, and truth, in fulfilment of its great aphorism, will at last prevail. I will assume that the exclusion from this House is a great privation, and I proceed to consider whether it be not a great wrong. Nothing but necessity could afford its justification; and of this plea we should be taught, by a phrase which has almost grown proverbial, to beware. Cardinal Caraffa relied upon necessity when he founded that celebrated tribunal whose practices are denounced...