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Page 73
... effect quite worth- less . It did not recognise existing improvements , which had cost the tenants untold millions ; the compensation to be granted for future improvements applied to drains and farm buildings exclusively , and was ...
... effect quite worth- less . It did not recognise existing improvements , which had cost the tenants untold millions ; the compensation to be granted for future improvements applied to drains and farm buildings exclusively , and was ...
Page 77
... effect that the calamity must be treated as an Irish , not as an Imperial one , and must be borne by Ireland exclu- sively . To make Irish property support Irish poverty would have been substantial justice , had the owners been ...
... effect that the calamity must be treated as an Irish , not as an Imperial one , and must be borne by Ireland exclu- sively . To make Irish property support Irish poverty would have been substantial justice , had the owners been ...
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... effect . To open the mouths of the rivers seems the most necessary measure . To clear the channels of silt and weeds , to make embankments when necessary , may also be desirable . Before , however , undertaking any work at the general ...
... effect . To open the mouths of the rivers seems the most necessary measure . To clear the channels of silt and weeds , to make embankments when necessary , may also be desirable . Before , however , undertaking any work at the general ...
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... effect a salutary retrenchment - as when the monks of St. Alban's agreed to give up the use of wine for fifteen years , and actually did so , that they might be able to rebuild their refectory and dormitory in the days of John the ...
... effect a salutary retrenchment - as when the monks of St. Alban's agreed to give up the use of wine for fifteen years , and actually did so , that they might be able to rebuild their refectory and dormitory in the days of John the ...
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... effect as the report of an election committee . In 1872 secret voting was established by the Ballot Act , ' which also made personation a felony , to be punished by imprisonment with hard labour for a term not exceeding two years . The ...
... effect as the report of an election committee . In 1872 secret voting was established by the Ballot Act , ' which also made personation a felony , to be punished by imprisonment with hard labour for a term not exceeding two years . The ...
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Page 345 - And the bow shall be in the cloud, and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
Page 341 - God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands ; neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life and breath and all things...
Page 772 - Will no one tell me what she sings? — Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things And battles long ago; Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of today Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again?
Page 413 - But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.
Page 834 - He makes the figs our mouths to meet And throws the melons at our feet; But apples plants of such a price, No tree could ever bear them twice.
Page 667 - Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be : Why then should we desire to be deceived?
Page 147 - From the nations' airy navies grappling in the central blue ; Far along the world-wide whisper of the south-wind rushing warm, With the standards of the peoples plunging thro...
Page 12 - Amid the mysteries which become the more mysterious the more they are thought about, there will remain the ONE absolute certainty, that he is ever in the presence of an Infinite and Eternal Energy from which all things proceed.
Page 345 - I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Page 670 - For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them shall return : a consumption is determined, overflowing with righteousness.