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" I have not money enough for gunpowder," are well known. These difficulties were, however, overcome, and on the recommendation of a committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the... "
The History of England, During the Reign of George III - Page 65
by James Robins - 1824
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Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 79, Part 2

1809 - 746 pages
...having been unfortunately purchased by his employers. This man's singular talent would have deceived a Committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire into the financial state of the Nation." Drukurd's Slamford Nevis, 24. In his 64th year, the I?ev. William Bradley,...
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The Pamphleteer, Volume 5

Abraham John Valpy - 1815 - 596 pages
...debt. 1 7. The consequences of this deviation may be seen in a very interesting and affecting report by a Committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire into the practice and effects of imprisonment for debt. From this report, published in the year 1792, I subjoin...
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History of the Wars of the French Revolution, from the Breaking ..., Volume 2

Edward Baines - 1818 - 746 pages
...consolation from the idea that these evils were felt with equal force throughout the greatest part of Europe. The distress of the West India planters, in consequence...through the medium of the United States, to Europe. The suggestion of the committee relative to the suspension of French and American intercourse, leads...
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The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine

1849 - 700 pages
...were tried. Howard visited the " Justitia," stationed at Woolwich ; and subsequently appeared before a Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the working of the Hulk experiment. He preferred the Hulks to Transportation, though in many respects the...
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1822 - 572 pages
...improved our roads, our carriages retain the form which they bore a century ago. In the year 1808, a Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the state of the roads and the construction of wheels, carriages, &c., made three distinct reports, which...
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The baptist Magazine

1824 - 570 pages
...hope, will meet with that just disapprobation which their shameless conduct demands. There has been a Committee of the House of Commons appointed, to inquire into the state of Ireland, and to investigate the cause of the evib which afflict this country. Though those...
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The influence of interest and prejudice upon proceedings in parliament ...

Alexander Mundell - 1825 - 244 pages
...land. This opinion gave rise to the insertion of words in the preamble of the Bubble Act Re* Report of a Committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire into the state of marine insurance in 1810. t Joint stock companies for the purposes of banking, composed of...
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The Commercial Power of Great Britain: Exhibiting a Complete View ..., Volume 2

Charles baron Dupin - 1825 - 430 pages
...of twenty-eight guns. Under this impression, he proposed to give the canal a depth of twenty feet. A committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the state of the highlands, and to devise the most efficacious means of improving their condition, took...
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Tales of a Voyager to the Arctic Ocean. [By R. P. Gillies.], Volume 3

Robert Pearse Gillies - 1826 - 384 pages
...very board itself included,) were in mortal coil, to arrange matters so as to present a fair front to a committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the state of its affairs. In those days, most men in office were in the habit of appropriating to themselves...
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Statements and Observations Concerning the Hulks

George Holford - 1826 - 148 pages
...provisions as relating to " temporary places of confine" ment." It also appears from two Reports made by a committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the proceedings which had taken place under the 24 80 Geo. Ill, in 1785, (the one dated on the 9th, and...
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