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Page 178 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore.
Page xxi - ... he looked upon the independence and uprightness of the judges, as essential to the impartial administration of justice ; as one of the best securities of the rights and liberties of his subjects; and as most conducive to the honour of the crown.
Page 81 - And hang their heads with sorrow. Good grows with her; In her days every man shall eat in safety Under his own vine what he plants, and sing The merry songs of peace to all his neighbours.
Page 130 - An Act to give Summary Protection to Persons employed in the Publication of Parliamentary Papers. [14th April, 1840.] WHEREAS it is essential to the due and effectual exercise and discharge of the functions and duties of Parliament, and to the promotion of wise legislation, that...
Page 96 - Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear.
Page 62 - Bessy and I thought all our troubles were over : business was to pour in, and we were to be almost rich immediately. So I made a bargain with her, that during the following year, all the money I should receive in the first eleven months should be mine, and whatever I should get in the twelfth month should be hers. What a stingy dog I must have been to make such a bargain ! I would...
Page 23 - ... occurred to disappoint their purpose, I never should have seen her. But it happened that on the preceding day she was one of an equestrian party which was made to visit this curious object. She overheated herself by her ride ; a violent cold and pain in her face was the consequence ; the father found it indispensably necessary to defer his journey for several days, and in the meantime I arrived.
Page xxvii - ... at the dictation of any section of their supporters. Yet, thus disgraced and trampled upon, they still condescend to hold the reins of Government...
Page xxxii - Jervis ; I do not forget the great victory of the Nile, nor, last of all, that triumphant fight at Trafalgar, which almost annihilated the navies of France and Spain. I contrast the position which we occupied at that period with that which we now hold. I recollect the expulsion of the French from Egypt ; the achievement of victory after victory in Spain ; the British army...
Page 53 - L'avenir ne trahira pas cette belle cause : il restera toujours de ces hommes pour qui la justice est une passion , la défense du faible un besoin. La nature a voulu cette succession : nul n'a jamais pu l'interrompre , nul ne l'interrompra jamais. Ces hommes céderont toujours à cette impulsion magnanime : beaucoup souffriront, beaucoup périront peut-être ; mais la terre, à laquelle ira se mêler leur cendre , sera soulevée par cette cendre, et s'entr'ouvrira tôt ou tard.