London Society, Volume 33William Clowes and Sons, 1878 |
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Page 217 - A dungeon horrible on all sides round As one great furnace flamed; yet from those flames No light; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all; but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Page 215 - Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.
Page 187 - And ye shall truly counsel them that ye shall be retained with, after your cunning, and ye shall not defer, tract, nor delay their causes willingly for covetousness of mony, or other thing that may turn you to profit, and ye shall give due attendance according. As God you help, and his Saints.
Page 222 - Every peer who becomes a bankrupt shall be disqualified from sitting or voting in the House of Lords, or in any Committee thereof, and further, if a peer of Scotland or Ireland, shall be disqualified from being elected to sit and vote in the House of Lords.
Page 221 - Act, 1862. 124. If a person having privilege of Parliament commits an act of bankruptcy, he may be dealt with under this Act in like manner as if he had not such privilege.
Page 189 - He who makes two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before is a benefactor of the race.
Page 222 - WHEREAS it is highly necessary, for the preservation of the dignity and independence of parliament, that members of the house of commons of the united kingdom, who become bankrupts, and do not pay their debts in full, shall not retain their seats...
Page 144 - ... ill-health, he maintains, ensues from acid substances in the soil, which, being absorbed by the roots, act as poison. The small roots wither and cease to act, and the upper and younger shoots consequently turn yellow, or become spotted, indicative of their morbid state. In such cases the usual remedy is to transplant into fresh soil, in clean pots with good drainage, and this often with the best results. But his experience of several years has proved the unfailing efficacy of the simpler treatment,...
Page 377 - South Africa is a country of black men, — and not of white men. It has been so; it is so; and it will continue to be so. In this respect it is altogether unlike Australia, unlike the Canadas, and unlike New Zealand. And, as it is unlike them, so should it be to us a matter of much purer gratification than are those successful Colonies.
Page 139 - Already now the snow-drop dares appear, The first pale blossom of the unripened year ; As Flora's breath, by some transforming power, Had changed an icicle into a flower : Its name and hue the scentless plant retains, And winter lingers in its icy veins.