The Twentieth Century, Volume 21Nineteenth Century and After, 1887 |
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Page 10
... given to such pleading . Science and legis- lation have been partners in a great work . There is no question now about the shares of their respective contributions . It is enough for my purpose that the work has been done , and that the ...
... given to such pleading . Science and legis- lation have been partners in a great work . There is no question now about the shares of their respective contributions . It is enough for my purpose that the work has been done , and that the ...
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... given to Great Britain as the first among the shipbuilding countries of the world . If we look now to the vital subject of the relations between the two Islands , we come on the brink of controversies I would rather avoid ; and I do not ...
... given to Great Britain as the first among the shipbuilding countries of the world . If we look now to the vital subject of the relations between the two Islands , we come on the brink of controversies I would rather avoid ; and I do not ...
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... given up their respective shares of the patronage , which the friends of each successive Administration habitually exercised through the Treasury ; and a wide career of unequalled security , with emoluments un- doubtedly liberal for the ...
... given up their respective shares of the patronage , which the friends of each successive Administration habitually exercised through the Treasury ; and a wide career of unequalled security , with emoluments un- doubtedly liberal for the ...
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... given to the country on the Abolition of Purchase in 1871 by the Government of the day have not been re- deemed ; fourthly , that the dangerous invasion by the House of Commons of the province of the Executive with regard to expenditure ...
... given to the country on the Abolition of Purchase in 1871 by the Government of the day have not been re- deemed ; fourthly , that the dangerous invasion by the House of Commons of the province of the Executive with regard to expenditure ...
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... given innovation must be rigorously scrutinised , but in the mere change or in the fact of innovation there is no valid reproach . Mr. Dicey himself suggests ( p . 125 ) that we might look for a more searching remedy than change of ...
... given innovation must be rigorously scrutinised , but in the mere change or in the fact of innovation there is no valid reproach . Mr. Dicey himself suggests ( p . 125 ) that we might look for a more searching remedy than change of ...
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Page 654 - For woman is not undevelopt man, But diverse : could we make her as the man, Sweet Love were slain: his dearest bond is this, Not like to like, but like in difference. Yet in the long years liker must they grow; The man be more of woman, she of man; He gain in sweetness and in moral height, Nor lose the wrestling thews that throw the world; She mental breadth, nor fail in childward care, Nor lose the childlike in the larger mind; Till at the last she set herself to man, Like perfect music unto noble...
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Page 274 - The eager spirit has darted from my hold, And, with the intemperate energy of love, Flies to the dear feet of Emmanuel; But, ere it reach them, the keen sanctity, Which with its effluence, like a glory, clothes And circles round the Crucified, has seized, And scorch'd, and shrivell'd it; and now it lies Passive and still before the awful Throne.
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