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...City (New York City-exception); (2) Department of the Lakes, Town- of Lake, Borough of Man- hattan; (3) the Union, the States, the Republic (=United... ...on and the publisher's name in literary references: Clement of Alexandria (London: Macmillan), 11, 97. 123. The colon should be placed outside the ... ... the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed, the canons of the early ecumenical councils, the Westminster Confession, the Thirty- nine Articles." "Shaks... ...hitely." John Ruskin. By Henry Carpenter. ["English Men of Letters," 111.1 London: Black, 1900. "As the Italian [Englishman] Dante Gabriel Rodslett... ..., in connection with the numerals : Miller, The French Revolution (2d ed.; London: Abra- hams, 1888), 11, Part IV, iii. ' S. I. Curtiss, "The Plac...

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...he tribal structure of hierarchy setting in. Then you get clans, chieftains, councils; and from there, you end up with all of the structural proble... ...yet poisoned by an overpopulated civilization, sent there by investors of the London company of Virginia to get rich quick. . After dying in dr... ...: it was a hasty, ill-planned get-rich-quick scheme by the shareholders of the London Company. They had not even planned on feeding themselves or gr... ...oing, which unwittingly became a settlement, when the original purpose of the London company was not establishing a colony at all. Why? It do... ...hidden lies… oops: that what a privy council does also… Humans go into privy councils behind closed doors: and expose their rotten souls to others ... ...en They do not do this in public. The privileges they have and use in privy councils is their private shit, And it is kept private to their dying ... ...A neighbor used to be someone who lives within a horse-call of your house, or ‘borough’. If you can hear their horses neigh then; you know all is we...

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...sent to a German university, and at the age of twenty- one had appeared in London, in a stockbroker’s office, where he was soon known as an accomplish... ...and yet he did not look like a statue, for it was acknowledged through all London that he was a good horseman. He lived luxuri- ously too,—though whet... ... was over, and the east wind was still blowing, and a great portion of the London world was out of town taking its Easter holiday, when on an unpleasa... ...a hint to be given, and a lesson to be learned,—for of these inner Cabinet Councils between these 150 The Prime Minister two statesmen there was freq... ...e Duke’s intimate friend, and was at this time member for the neighbouring borough of Silverbridge. ‘I think he will go. I’ve no doubt about it. He is... ..., Cora,’ he continued. ‘The influence which owners of property may have in boroughs is decreasing every day, and there arises the question whether a c... ... I wouldn’t say a word. What more patriotic thing can a patron do with his borough than to select a man who is un- known to him, not related to him, a... ...e “People’s Banner” made sundry severe remarks on the ab- sence of Cabinet Councils through the autumn. After Christmas they returned to Matching, and... ...who is supposed to have earned the name of statesman, and been high in the councils of his sov- ereign, induced by personal jealousy to do as he is do...

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...dith ONE OF OUR CONQUERORS By George Meredith 1897 BOOK 1 CHAPTER I ACROSS LONDON BRIDGE A GENTLEMAN, noteworthy for a lively countenance and a waistc... ... noteworthy for a lively countenance and a waistcoat to match it, crossing London Bridge at noon on a gusty April day, was almost magically detached f... ...living, could by any chance have got into a wrangle, in a thoroughfare, on London Bridge, of all places in the world!—he, so popular, renowned for his... ...momentary strain. Your father has an idea of Parliament; one of the London Boroughs.’ 279 George Meredith ‘And I, Captain Dartrey, when do I go back ... ...thing stops him. Now it is Parliament—a vacant London 287 George Meredith Borough. He counts on a death: Ah! terrible! I have it like a snake’s bite ... ... a glorious England if there were men and women to welcome a girl to their councils. Oh! that is the broad free England where gentlemen and gentlewome... ...me regard as a small affair. ‘News in the City to-day of that South London borough being vacated. Quatley urges me. A death again! I saw Pempton, too....

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... most remarkable occurrences, as well public as private, which happened in London during the last great visitation in 1665. Written by a Citizen who c... ...at visitation in 1665. Written by a Citizen who continued all the while in London. Never made public before. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series P... ... most remarkable occurrences, as well public as private, which happened in London during the last great visitation in 1665. Written by a Citizen who c... ...ow. But it seems that the Government had a true account of it, and several councils were held about ways to prevent its coming over; but all was kept ... ...r power. In pursuance of these orders, the Lord Mayor, sheriffs, &c., held councils every day , more or less, for making such disposi- tions as they f... ... to inferior people, I think there died six-and- forty constables and head-boroughs in the two parishes of Stepney and Whitechappel; but I could not c... ...but leave it upon record that the civil officers, such as constables, head-boroughs, Lord Mayor’ s and sheriffs’-men, as also parish officers, whose b...

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...em per hour, and they had all been undone, But for the maker, Mr. Mann, of London. Byron’s Don Juan “Canto Two” 48 As day advanced the weather... ...d of toises thousands three. Within the extent of this fortification A borough is comprised along the height Upon the left, which from its lof... ...rgin of a nuptial chime; Soft words, too, fitted for the peroration Of Londonderry drawling against time, Ending in ‘ischskin, ’ ‘ousckin, ’ ‘... ...ength descried In this plain pair, Suwarrow and his guide. ‘Great joy to London now!’ says some great fool, When London had a grand illuminati... ... was held A general council, in which unanimity, That stranger to most councils, here prevail’d, As sometimes happens in a great extremity; ... ...esperation, And wedded unto one she had loved well— A man known in the councils of the nation, Cool, and quite English, imperturbable, Tho... ...and next election. Lord Henry was a great electioneerer, Burrowing for boroughs like a rat or rabbit; But county contests cost him rather dear...

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...pointment; and Sir Richard V arney the other, dying about the same time in London, cried miserably, and blasphemed God, and said to a person of note (... ...t to reputation as a traveller. A country fellow might as well return from London without looking in the face of majesty. The men of Cumnor were proud... ...as done at the Three Cranes in the Vintry, then the most topping tavern in London. This last accident so far recalled him to his better self, that he ... ...t these thirty years in the town of Cumnor, and being at this instant head-borough, wilt thou suffer this guest of guests, this man of men, this six-h... ...be- ware of taking to cold steel; but send for me, Giles Gosling, the head-borough, and I may be able to make something out of T ony yet, for as proud... ...l regard than on the indispensable services which they could render to her councils and her crown. The favour of Burleigh or of Walsingham, of a descr... ...h Bedford I lead the Puritans, with their interest, so powerful in all the boroughs. My brother of W arwick is equal, well-nigh, to myself, in wealth,... ... of mind, was no less dis- tinguished for delicacy and refinement than her councils for wisdom and fortitude. But whether from the political wish to s... ...d, “I am a statesman, but I am also a man— a man already grown old in your councils—who have not and cannot have a wish on earth but your glory and ha...

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...ss, the cross and the money-changers’ offices, the splendid grime of giant London and the crowds going perpetually to and fro, the lights by night and... ...tific and efficient machinery. When I was a boy, Bromstead, which is now a borough, was ruled by a strange body called a Local Board—it was the Age of... ...inctly my father rejoicing at the break- fast-table over the liberation of London from the corrupt and devastating control of a Metropolitan Board of ... ...ere also School Boards; I was already practically in poli- tics before the London School Board was absorbed by the spreading tentacles of the London C... ...ht us all, as it were, within personal touch of them. One heard of cabinet councils and meetings at coun- try houses. Some of us, pursuing such intere... ... a great man in his ward, J. P . within seven miles of the boundary of the borough, and a God in his home. Here he was nobody, and very shy, and eithe... ... misunderstanding widened. I was forced back upon myself and my own secret councils. For a time I went my way alone; an unmixed evil for both of us. E...

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...ssor Redwood was Professor of Physiology in the Bond Street College of the London University, and he had been grossly libelled by the anti-vivisection... ...his flat with farm hunting up and down the lines that run southward out of London, and his peering spectacles, his simple baldness, and his lacerated ... ...inimum of alteration. He took the place there and then; on his way back to London he stopped at Dunton Green and closed with an eligible couple that h... ...he special privileges and property of an urban district board, nine parish councils, a county council, two gasworks, and a railway company….” “Goodney... ...walks and keep out of the towns”— for by that time they were forbidden all boroughs and urban districts, “Doing nothing’s just wicked. Can’t we find o...

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... side, of Manchester. But so it was. Oxford Street, like its name- sake in London, was then called the Oxford Road; and dur- ing the currency of our a... ...blic, (viz., of Mrs. Evans,) a regular gazette, which, in imitation of the London Ga- 68 Thomas de Quincey zette, was published twice a week. I suppo... ...abscond from public justice? Let him hurry into the frantic publicities of London, and by no means into the quiet privacies of the country. So, and up... ... father’s patriotism in voting for the union, and promoting it through his borough influence. Yet oftentimes it seemed to me, when I introduced the su... ... was retorted, “having had this very considerable influence upon the rebel councils; your influence extended to the saving of lives; in that case we m... ...ve the power, each in its proportion, of reacting upon the capital and the councils of the nation in so conspicious a way, there is a result waiting o...

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... Yet what were the dangers, after all, but just the dangers of life and of London? Mrs. Lowder was London, was life—the roar of the siege and the thic... ...t account of it. The accident meanwhile had been as natural as anything in London ever is: Kate had one afternoon found herself opposite Mr. Densher o... ...ar about it—was now her only possible basis; she was just the contemporary London female, highly modern, inevitably battered, honourably free. She had... ...im- self”—closed practically, with some inconsequence, this first of their councils. Book Seventh Chapter 2 It had at least made the difference for th... ...fresh for him; yet this was what she had— that on the top of a tram in the Borough he felt as if he were next her at dinner. What a person she would b...

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..., the present is the first English version ever brought before the public. London, January, 1874 6 Balzac FIRST TEN TALES PROLOGUE This is a book of ... ...ts with carpets and with flowers. The young girls of St. Martin and of the boroughs of Chateau-Neuf, all envied the long brown tresses with which doub... ...too much after the other world, the which was a grave her- esy, which many councils have put right’. And this was how the Chiquons became rich, and we...

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...ace Lamotte’s Husband is in these Prisons (she long since squelched on the London Pavements); but gets delivered. Gross de Morande, of the Courier de ... ...tching pre- mature rheumatism. (Helen Maria Williams, Letters from France (London, 1791-93), iii. 96.) Clermont may ring the tocsin now, and illuminat... ..., with horror and astonishment; (Mrs. Hannah More, Letter to Jacob Dupont (London, 1793); &c. &c.) a most miser- able influence this! And now if to th... ...of Jacobin temper; our friends all cowed, our cause the losing one. In the Borough of Moncontour, by ill chance, it is market- day: to the gaping publ... ...arsh, mute ever since Girondism sank under, even ye now must croak or die! Councils are held, with word and beck; nocturnal, mysterious as death. Doe... ...ludes all that you can reasonably ask Constitution of the Year One, Rotten-Borough, Ballot- Box, or other miraculous Political Ark of the Covenant to ...

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...hurst, and, after the unhappy marriage, my brother happened to meet him in London, heard his story, and tried to bring about a reconciliation.’ ‘Ha!’ ... ...ed about your father,’ said Mrs, Edmonstone; ‘and happening to meet him in London some little time after his marriage, he—he was pleased with the mann... ... singing to be practised, or preparations made for evening’s diversion, or councils to be held, which Laura’s absence could not break up, though it of... ...ith his uncle as long as he could, and promised to spend a day with him in London, on his way to Oxford, in October. 162 The Heir of Redclyffe The ne... ...ccounts of how the Thorndale and Morville influence had always divided the borough of Moorworth, and, if united, might dispose of it at will, and retu... ... familiar scenes, and found himself rattling over the stones of the little borough of Moorworth, with the gray, large-windowed, old-fashioned houses, ... ...ayerne.’ ‘Mamma will never forgive us if we don’t take the doctor into our councils.’ ‘Arnaud can manage for us. We would sleep in London, and go on b...

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...r,—first, that Richard Waverley, Esquire, was returned for the ministerial borough of Barterfaith; next, that Richard W averley, Esquire, had taken a ... ..., or was supposed to suffer (which is quite the same thing), by the air of London. As soon, therefore, as official duties, atten- dance on Parliament,... ...ichard Waverley himself, who, after this event, resided more constantly in London, was too much interested in his own plans of wealth and ambition, to... ...s said to have given an uncommon instance. On the road between Preston and London he made his escape from his guards; but being afterwards found loite... ...il therefore broke up without coming to any conclusion, as has occurred to councils of more importance; only it was determined that the Bailie should ... ...her, you are provided with a version; for I know you are in all the bard’s councils, and acquainted with his songs long before he re- hearses them in ... ... course, there- fore, seemed to be, to get into the great north road about Boroughbridge, and there take a place in the Northern Dili- gence,—a huge o... ...Fergus, and as he had, from former secret services, some in- terest in the councils of the Chevalier, he resolved to make hay while the sun shone. He ...

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... after Easter; and im- mediately after, the Rivers family had departed for London, and T om May had returned to Cambridge, leaving the home party at t... ...n young Ward, but on his father; and till medical assistance was sent from London, they had the whole town on their hands, and for nearly a week lived... ... his father’s practice. Burdon, that young prig that Spencer got down from London, met me at Gavin’s, when I looked in there on my way home, and came ... ...our corps. How does he come here?’ ‘Oh! the old man has some houses in the borough, and an omnium gatherum like this was a good time to do the civil t... ...each me alone,’ said Dickie, who seemed to have been taken into the family councils; ‘and mamma is always busy, and I wasn’t getting any good with som...

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...s. They will hereafter appear in a separate publication. Mary W . Shelley. London, June 1, 1824. 26 V olume One THE DAEMON OF THE DAEMON OF THE DAEMO... ...in- ing other poems (see “Biographical List”, by Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, London, 1816 (March). Reprinted—the first edition being sold out—amongst th... ...ce of abode was fixed chiefly by this town being at no great distance from London, and its neighbourhood to the Thames. The poem was written in his bo... .... 3. 3. 3. 3. Stupid brains, while one might count As many beads as he had boroughs,— At length replies; from his mean front, ... ...N: As adders cast their skins And keep their venom, so kings often change; Councils and counsellors hang on one another, Hiding the loathsome ...

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...consideration. Ending with the Soldier’s Meditations on going on Service.”—London, 1637. Another worthy of the same school, and nearly the same views ... ...; and if the ministers could formerly preach the old women of the Scottish boroughs out of their webs of na- pery, to make tents to the fellows on Dun... ... purpose. The cold spirit of Argyle himself, however, clogged the military councils of his more intrepid assistants; and it was resolved, notwithstand...

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...R L. M. GOLDSBOROUGH. W ASHINGTON, D.C., June 28, 1862. FLAG-OFFICER GOLDS BOROUGH, Fort Monroe: Enemy has cut McClellan’s communication with White Ho... ...re that a spirit of amity and peace toward this country may prevail in the councils of your Queen, who is respected and esteemed in your own country o... ...COLN. 242 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Six TO THE WORKING-MEN OF LONDON, EN- GLAND. EXECUTIVE MANSION, February z, i8G3. TO THE WORKING-MEN ... ...DON, EN- GLAND. EXECUTIVE MANSION, February z, i8G3. TO THE WORKING-MEN OF LONDON: I have received the New Y ear’s address which you have sent me, wit...

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...nion and unanimity which for some 5 Sir W alter Scott time animated their councils, were all in a considerable de- gree produced by the smallness of ... ... soon convinced that he had been deceived; and, therefore, after a stay in London of five days only, he returned to the place from whence he came.’ Dr... ...pect to his private conduct, from any man alive. When M’Namara returned to London, and reported the prince’s answer to the gentlemen who had employed ... ...oth. This same methodical Samuel Griffiths, of Ironmonger Lane, Guildhall, London, whose letter arrives as duly as quarter-day, has sent me, as I told... ...ainst the Union, in the respectable character of town-clerk to the ancient Borough of Birlthegroat; and there is some reason—shall I say to hope, or t...

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... take a voyage to Chaney, Mrs Richards, but I mayn’t know how to leave the London Docks.’ Richards assented to the proposition. ‘This house ain’t so e... ...UGH THE OFFICES of Dombey and Son were within the liberties of the City of London, and within hearing of Bow Bells, when their clashing voices were no... ...n married his master’ s daughter.’ ‘“Turn again Whittington, Lord Mayor of London, and when you are old you will never depart from it,”’ interposed th... ...asy red cover, perpetually in question, and concerning which divers secret councils and conferences were continually being held between the parties to... ... by!’ But In a whisper. ‘You hatch nice little plots, and hold nice little councils, and make nice little appointments, and receive nice little visi- ... ...in his eye, and slight impediment in his speech—man who sat for somebody’s borough. We used to call him in my par- liamentary time W. P . Adams, in co...

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...Introduction: Queen Elizabeth herself, and London as it was in her time, with sketches of Elizabethan England, and of its great men in the way of social dignity, are here brought home to us by Paul Hentzner and Sir Robert Naunton....

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...IN ENGLAND AND FRAGMENTA REGALIA INTRODUCTION QUEEN ELIZABETH HERSELF, and London as it was in her time, with sketches of Elizabethan England, and of ... ...entertained; as one generally is in this country. W e took post-horses for London: it is surprising how swiftly they run; their bridles are very light... ... Chepstead, another village: here, for the second time, we changed horses. London, the head and metropolis of England: called by Tacitus, Londinium; b... .... V aux, Baron V aux. Windsor, Baron Windsor. W entworth, Baron Wentworth. Borough, Baron Borough, reduced to want. Baron Mordaunt. Baron Eure. Baron ... ...by degrees to a higher conversation with the chiefest affairs of State and Councils; but, on the fall of the duke, he stood some years in umbrage and ...

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... ceremony was performed by the Rev. A. Payne, of the Deaf and Dumb Church, London.”] he must not be- get children heedlessly and unwittingly because o... ... should be written the most tragic consequences. The Foundling Hospital of London, estab- lished by Coram—to save infant lives!—buried, between 1756 a... ...tentions in the world, have, for all practical purposes, organized it. The London Foundling, be it noted, in the reorganized form it assumed after its... ...dies, for example,—in America, state legisla- tures and in England, county councils,—might confer rank on a limited number of men or women yearly; jur... ...to create non-hereditary peerages in the three kingdoms. The several Privy Councils might next be added to the three national constituencies by which ... ...night is, that the existing local government bodies, your town coun- cils, borough councils, urban district boards, and so forth, are, for the purpose... ..., that the existing local government bodies, your town coun- cils, borough councils, urban district boards, and so forth, are, for the purposes of mun... ...nception of local government areas arose, the villages, and still more the boroughs, and even the counties, were practically complete minor economic s... ...pulation. Probably you find the thinnest sham of a community in the London boroughs, where a clerk or a working man will shift his sticks from one bor...

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... the people them selves. He might even surround himself with a council or councils of government, freely chosen by the whole or some portion of the n... ...wealth which he administered, and with the part he was able to play in its councils. This dignity and estimation were quite different things from the ... ...men or attorneys, are sent down by one of the two great parties from their London clubs, as men whose votes the party can depend on under all circumst... ...an hardly be without misgivings that the Themistocles or Demosthenes whose councils would have saved the nation, might be unable during his whole life... ...ove ment in our Parliamentary constitution if the members for the City of London were chosen by the aldermen and Com mon Council, and those for the ... ...London were chosen by the aldermen and Com mon Council, and those for the borough of Marylebone avowedly, as they already are virtually, by the vestr... ...duced, in point of conveniences for bribery, to the condition of the small boroughs at present. It would be sufficient to gain over a small number of ... ...nstitutions and the administration of the state—the power of landlords and boroughmongers. 136 Considerations on Representative Government “The ballo... ..., be different for different quarters of the same town. The subdivision of London into six or seven indepen dent districts, each with its separate ar...

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... allowed her to do. He had a shooting lodge in Scotland, and apartments in London, and a string of horses in Leicestershire—much to the disgust of the... .... After all, there was nothing so very dangerous about them; for it was in London, not in the country, that Mr Sowerby indulged, if he did so indulge,... ...r had he told them how often Mr Sowerby and Lord Lufton were to- gether in London. Why trouble women with such matters? 25 Anthony Trollope Why annoy... ...gentleman who had lately been returned by his uncle’s interference for the borough of Crewe Junction, and had immediately made his entrance into publi... ...ng of Olympus, hero among gods and men, how does he carry himself in these councils summoned by his voice? Does he lie there at his ease, with his pur... ...n himself? Harold Smith, when he was summoned to the august hall of divine councils, did feel himself to be a proud man; but we may perhaps conclude t... ... the Enceladus of the press. And in this universal cataclysm of the starry councils, what could a poor Diana do, Diana of the Petty Bag, but abandon h... ...wicked attempt, ’ said Harold Smith, who was not equally secure in his own borough, and to whom the expense of an election was disagreeable. ‘It is do... ...hich it would fall on Mr Sowerby. Harold Smith might or might not lose his borough; but Mr Sowerby would undoubtedly lose his county; and, in losing t...

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... an implied approbation of those cries, we shall see how they illumine the councils of a governing people. They are wiser than the barking dogs. Cromw... ... the strike across country to catch the tail of a train offering dinner in London, at the cost of a run through hedges, over ditches and fellows, past... ...m Our Own Correspondent FERRARA, June 22, 1866. Before this letter reaches London the guns will have awak- ened both the echo of the old river Po and ... ...ion and of his family ties, the Duke of Sant’ Arpino, who is well known in London fashionable society, entered as a volunteer in the Italian army, and... ... the victories of Pyrrhus! There is at Verona some element in the Austrian councils of war which we don’t understand, but which gives to their operati... ...aw the cavalry Angioletti had sent to reconnoitre both the country and the borough of Castellucchio. News has just arrived here that General Angiolett... ...pear unmistakably to exist. The opinions are, I think, divided in the high councils of the Crown, and the country is still anxious to know the result ...

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...ed such results. As it was, her poor weak darlings were carried about from London to Brighton, from Brighton to some German baths, from the German bat... ...ember of Parliament with a young wife and two or three children to live in London and keep up their country family mansion; but then the De Courcys we... ... not in future be required to move her family to that residence during the London sea- sons. The sort of conversation which grew from such a commencem... ...ng his violence to bear. With this view he was about to contest his native borough of Barchester, in the hope of being returned in opposition to the D... ...s she may have desired, and did desire, to sever him from all Greshamsbury councils in all matters not touching the healing art. Now the complaint of ... ... the thirtieth time, as having been the means of depriving our legislative councils of the great assistance of Sir Roger’s experience. ‘Sir Roger,’ sa... ...that I am at home, and that you are with me. He is going to stand for some borough in the west of Ireland. He’s used to shillelaghs by this time. ‘By ...

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... by eight horses, in about six weeks time, carries and brings back between London and Edinburgh near four ton weight of goods. In about the same time ... ...ime a ship navigated by six or eight men, and sailing between the ports of London and Leith, frequently carries and brings back two hun- dred ton weig... ...carry and bring back, in the same time, the same quantity of goods between London and Edinburgh as fifty broad-wheeled waggons, attended by a hundred ... ...iest, as we find it regulated by the decrees of several different national councils. At the same period, fourpence a-day, containing the same quan- ti... ...nt only of all those taxes. {see Brady’s Historical Treatise of Cities and Boroughs, p. 3. etc.} But how servile soever may have been originally the c... ...h antiquarians, that we are to date the institution of the magistrates and councils of cities in France. It was during the unprosperous reigns of the ... ...were addressed. They were addressed by merchants to parliaments and to the councils of princes, to nobles, and to country gentlemen; by those who were...

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... men about town of the present day, in a word, can have but little idea of London some six or eight score years back. Thou pudding-sided old dandy of ... ...ith the odors of pulvillio and pomander, proclaim the celebrated resort of London’s Wit and Fashion. It is the corner of Regent Street. Carlton House ... ...antime who was he? where was he, this youth who had struck all the wits of London with admiration? His galloping charger had returned to the City; his... ...mire him in the dress—Polly Pattens, the fairest of maids-of-all- work—the Borough V enus, adored by half the youth of Guy’s. “Y ou look like a prince... ...law, and as- trology, and all sciences; he shall aid my Ministers in their councils. I have written to him by the post. There shall be no more infamou...

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...nd said little or nothing. (Weber, Memoires concernant Marie- Antoinette (London, 1809), i. 22.) So it has lasted for the better half of a fortnight;... ...ier d’Eon, now in petticoats, now in breeches, is no less problem- atic in London than in Paris; and causes bets and lawsuits. Beautiful days of inter... ...n. ’ We have a Courrier de l’Europe in those years, regularly published at London; by a De Morande, whom the guillotine has not yet devoured. There to... ...ry strange Assemblages, Sanhedrims, Amphictyonics, Trades Unions, Ecumenic Councils, Parliaments and Congresses, have met together on this Planet, and... ...of Jacobin temper; our friends all cowed, our cause the losing one. In the Borough of Moncontour, by ill chance, it is market-day: to the gaping publi... ...arsh, mute ever since Girondism sank under, even ye now must croak or die! Councils are held, with word and beck; nocturnal, mysterious as death. Does...

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..., told Florence she had come to take her to her own home. ‘We have come to London now, my mother and I,’ said Edith, ‘and you shall stay with us until... ...l surmises as to the fate of the missing vessel, the Son and Heir, port of London, bound for Barbados, are now set at rest for ever; that she broke up... ... by!’ But In a whisper. ‘You hatch nice little plots, and hold nice little councils, and make nice little appointments, and receive nice little visi- ... ...ing establishments of which there is abundant choice at the eastern end of London, purchased on the spot two suits of mourning—one for Rob the Grinder... ...in his eye, and slight impediment in his speech—man who sat for somebody’s borough. We used to call him in my par- liamentary time W. P . Adams, in co...

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...” “No, my lord; those who traffic in such commodities do not call to their councils the old, blind, and infirm. My warn- ing is of another kind. You h... ...and in safety?” “Free and safe as a Whig bailie on the causeway of his own borough, or a canting Presbyterian minister in his own pul- pit; and I came... ...had long detained her in Edinburgh had afterwards induced her to travel to London, not without the hope that she might contribute her share to disconc... ...e to be consulted in the first instance.” “Be it so,” replied Ravenswood. “London is distant, but a letter will reach it and receive an answer within ... ...ht be easily superseded and annulled by a journey to Edinburgh, or even to London, a new set of Brussels lace, and the soft whispers of half a dozen l... ...k place, and the Tory party obtained in the Scot- tish, as in the English, councils of Queen Anne a short-lived ascendency, of which it is not our bus...