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Page 268 - the coup de grace upon this hapless Administration. He gave notice of a resolution to apply the surplus revenues of the Irish Church " to the general education of all classes of the people, without distinction of religious persuasion." But before this question came forward, Sir
Page 47 - varlet's jacket for him in the next number of the Blue and Ydlow. I detest him more than cold boiled veal." | He had long been waiting for his opportunity to settle his private account with Mr. Croker. In the previous month of March he was watching eagerly for the publication of the ' BoswelL' " / will certainly review Croker's
Page 184 - JWC London, August 14th, 1832. I have received your letter. I am very sorry that you do not intend again to be elected to serve in Parliament. I cannot conceive for what reason. Ever yours most sincerely, WELLINGTON. Thus the Duke, having received, and doubtless carefully considered, Mr. Croker's letter, briefly tells
Page 30 - This did not prevent his being a terribly proud aristocrat, and great was the contempt he entertained and expressed for his son James for the nature of his friendships, and the character of the personages of whom he was
Page 392 - arrived at Washington, a map of the whole region in dispute was discovered by Mr. Jared Sparks at Paris, and upon this map Benjamin Franklin had marked with " a strong red line " the boundaries of the United States as fixed by the Treaty of 1783. This line indicated precisely the boundary originally claimed by Great Britain—running south of the St. John's
Page 380 - is, relaxation of prohibitions and protections—not that we have gone too far. Something effectual must be done to revive, and revive permanently, the languishing commerce and languishing manufacturing industry of this country. France, Belgium, and Germany are closing their doors upon us. Look at the state of society in this country
Page 5 - I have received your letter of the 4th inst., and I assure you that you do me justice in believing that I am sincerely anxious to witness the settlement of the Roman Catholic Question, which by
Page 315 - insuper altos, Imposuit, Regemque dedit, qui fcedere certo Et premere, et laxas sciret dare jussus habenas." If at other times this paternal authority were requisite, the authority to be exercised fcedere certo, by the nice tact of an experienced hand, how much more necessary, when every institution is reeling, when
Page 397 - be drawn straight to the head of the St. Croix, and that this should be regarded as the north-eastern boundary of the United States. This proposition, it was generally admitted, would have given the whole or the greater part of the disputed territory to England. But Lord Palmerstou first " pigeon-holed
Page 131 - England to beware of resisting the popular will, and he draws from the fate of the French nobility at the Revolution the example of the fact and the folly of a simiLar resistance. Good God! Sir, where has the learned gentleman lived,— what works must he have read,—with what authorities must he have communed, when he attributes the downfall of the