Selections from the Speeches and Writings of the Right Honourable Henry, Lord Brougham & Vaux, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain: With a Brief Memoir of His Lordship's Life |
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... improvement of the poor ; " an academy for the richer classes of society ; " an agricultural institution for a limited num- " ber of pupils ; and a manufactory of agricul- " tural implements ; " ) and a similar one , at Yverdun ...
... improvement of the poor ; " an academy for the richer classes of society ; " an agricultural institution for a limited num- " ber of pupils ; and a manufactory of agricul- " tural implements ; " ) and a similar one , at Yverdun ...
Page 40
... improving era in the annals of elections . That it added mate- rially to his already extensive influence , there can be little doubt ; he himself declared , " that " it would arm him with an extraordinary , and 66 vast , and important ...
... improving era in the annals of elections . That it added mate- rially to his already extensive influence , there can be little doubt ; he himself declared , " that " it would arm him with an extraordinary , and 66 vast , and important ...
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... improve its institutions , and to diffuse the advantages of education amongst all classes of the community , have justly endeared him to his fellow countrymen . Though esteeming war as the great obstacle to the improvement of mankind ...
... improve its institutions , and to diffuse the advantages of education amongst all classes of the community , have justly endeared him to his fellow countrymen . Though esteeming war as the great obstacle to the improvement of mankind ...
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... improving , in every possible way , the moral and political condition of mankind . Those who have had the honour of being personally acquainted with his Lordship , re- present him as a truly amiable man , a kind and sincere friend , an ...
... improving , in every possible way , the moral and political condition of mankind . Those who have had the honour of being personally acquainted with his Lordship , re- present him as a truly amiable man , a kind and sincere friend , an ...
Page 64
... improving ) attempts at the loom - whose assembled navies could not lay siege to an English sloop of war : jealousy of a power which is necessarily peaceful as well as weak , but which , if it had all the ambition of France and her ...
... improving ) attempts at the loom - whose assembled navies could not lay siege to an English sloop of war : jealousy of a power which is necessarily peaceful as well as weak , but which , if it had all the ambition of France and her ...
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