... electioneering- speeches, have made immense fools of themselves. Men who have the cares of state on their shoulders should speak as seldom as possible. At any rate they should not talk in their cups. Talking in this state, on the part of a Minister, is ...

... this superstition, hut I shall refer you to ihe words of the immortal Scott, who writes of it in his Tales of a Grandfather: speaking of the persecutions of the Scottish nonconformists, when they retired to the mountain recesses, in order to worship their ...

... for its prosperity and subsistence, and that the Agl icul- tural Classes, and those depending upon them, are, pi-operly speaking, the Nation, they being the only individualsin it who have a permanent interest in it-, prosperity. Is it not absolutely ...

... Fleinings in a great measure distinct from the other inhabitants and it is rare to meet with a person in Gower who does not speak the English language. Many families indeed are to be found (as we have been informed) in the south-western portion of the Peninsula ...

... tho' laden with woe, To be judged on high it hath flown, Tho' its records are stained with crime from below. Still its page speaks of ilope,-for 'tis bright with the glow Of a ray from th' ETE R N AL TH'RON E. For the voice of pi-ay'r hath been heard through ...

... under the influ- ence of money. It must be avowed, that money is the sole sod of this liarpagonian epoch and who, generally speaking, would refuse being flogged for the sake of a frank ? Money the sole aim of every action of life. Devotedr.ess is a bill ...

... rob the humbler voter of his noblest attribute, namely. independence. It would deprive him of the pride which arises from speaking one's mind fearlessly. It would be gag upon the tongue, and a shackle upon public opinion. It would make principle like a ...

... spontaneously sprung) asserts that it was all owing to the more active exertions of a female. But let the chosen of the people speak for himself. Far be it from me says hc, to detract in the least from the praise due to Leigh but I feel quite sure that ...

... 21 tiiatM. Seguicr, th first President, always juste milieu, made the proposi ion which prevailed last year, to hear the speaking without pronouncing the decree; but that this motion was rejected by the majority, who decided that the 21st of January should ...

... citizen king for the more effectually putting down journalism. One would really suppose, from the style in which M. de Prodt speaks of the press, that nothing has e'er been done to prevent its abuses, and that law. givers have entirely omitted to provide ...

... necessary. also supply the 9peakers with a glass ot water, which is placed on their desk, in case of their requiring it while speaking. Sp-akers in the pulpit have generally a glass ot water placed within their reach. The employment of little boys in the way ...

... chosen to describe his military services in more Guttering terms than they appeared to him to merit—(cries of no, no)- and to speak of them with the partiality of a friend :—in this encomium he had associated his name with that of the British army, and he ...