Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 178W. Blackwood & Sons, 1905 - Scotland |
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He adds to that the dignity of Under - Secretary for Foreign Affairs , is of great personal and family influence , eventually becomes Home Secretary , and is marked out as a idea of the future is , Poor child ! what 18 A Word with Mrs ...
He adds to that the dignity of Under - Secretary for Foreign Affairs , is of great personal and family influence , eventually becomes Home Secretary , and is marked out as a idea of the future is , Poor child ! what 18 A Word with Mrs ...
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Richard Layton , describing his deathbed to Secretary Cromwell , wrote " this iij wekes he hade no money but by borowyng , as his servauntes declarede to me . " - - Nevertheless , even this illstarred earl had his brief hour of ...
Richard Layton , describing his deathbed to Secretary Cromwell , wrote " this iij wekes he hade no money but by borowyng , as his servauntes declarede to me . " - - Nevertheless , even this illstarred earl had his brief hour of ...
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It would be an ideal state had the Secretary to the Edu- cation Department to serve an apprenticeship as a compulsory officer to a school board . But Dr Struthers has inherited a system invented by the " wisdom " of our ancestors 146 ...
It would be an ideal state had the Secretary to the Edu- cation Department to serve an apprenticeship as a compulsory officer to a school board . But Dr Struthers has inherited a system invented by the " wisdom " of our ancestors 146 ...
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Ignorance as to the respective powers of the Secretary of State and of the Council of India , ignorance as to the plenary authority of the Governor - General and the constitutional rights of the Council of the Governor - General ...
Ignorance as to the respective powers of the Secretary of State and of the Council of India , ignorance as to the plenary authority of the Governor - General and the constitutional rights of the Council of the Governor - General ...
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In order to have a supervising control over the Company , the important power was taken for the Secretary of State and the Board of Treasury to examine all correspondence received in England from India . The Governor - General and ...
In order to have a supervising control over the Company , the important power was taken for the Secretary of State and the Board of Treasury to examine all correspondence received in England from India . The Governor - General and ...
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Page 399 - Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear, It is not night if thou be near ; Oh, may no earth-born cloud arise To hide thee from thy servant's eyes.
Page 410 - Come near and bless us when we wake, Ere through the world our way we take ; Till in the ocean of Thy love We lose ourselves in Heaven above.
Page 365 - Therefore, since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavour to obtain good customs. Certainly custom is most perfect when it beginneth in young years : this we call education, which is in effect but an early custom.
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Page 483 - His Majesty allowed Earl Temple to say that whoever voted for the India Bill was not only not his friend, but would be considered by him as an enemy ; and if these words were not strong enough, Earl Temple might use whatever words he might deem stronger and more to the purpose.
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Page 148 - And be it enacted, that the Superintendence, Direction, and Control of the whole Civil and Military Government of all the said Territories and Revenues in India shall be and is "hereby vested in a GovernorGeneral and Counsellors, to be styled " The GovernorGeneral of India in Council.