The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Zväzok 1

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T. De La Rue & Company, 1880

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Strana 26 - The Lord, ye know, is God indeed ; Without our aid he did us make : We are his flock, he doth us feed, And for his sheep he doth us take.
Strana 183 - Strengthened and braced, by breathing in content The keen, the wholesome air of poverty, And drinking from the well of homely life...
Strana 21 - ... if any person be desirous of having an adequate idea of the mischievous effects which have been produced in this country by the French revolution and all its attendant horrors, he should attempt some reforms on humane and liberal principles.
Strana xxiii - When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing ; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do What might be public good; myself I thought Born to that end, born to promote all truth, All righteous things...
Strana 226 - SIR, HAVING laid before the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, your memorial of the 13th ult.
Strana 192 - Bentham had advocated — that the object of all government, and of all social institutions, should be the greatest happiness of the greatest number for the greatest length of time.
Strana 192 - Keble was a man who guided himself and formed his judgments, not by processes of reason, by inquiry or by argument, but, to use the word in a broad sense, by authority.
Strana 268 - Post-office for one penny each, was under consideration, it was proposed by Mr. Charles Knight, the publisher, that the postage on newspapers might be collected by selling stamped wrappers at one penny each. Availing myself of this excellent suggestion, I propose the following arrangement :—Let stamped covers and sheets of paper be supplied to the public from the Stamp-office, or Post-office, as may be most convenient, and sold at such a price as to include the postage: letters so stamped, might...
Strana 26 - And still to love, though prest with ill, In wintry age to feel no chill, With me is to be lovely still, My Mary! But ah! by constant heed I know How oft the sadness that I show Transforms thy smiles to looks of woe, My Mary! And should my future lot be cast With much resemblance of the past, Thy worn-out heart will break at last — My Mary!
Strana 348 - Chancellor proposed a resolution declaring that ' it is expedient to reduce the postage on letters to one uniform rate of one penny charged upon every letter of a weight to be hereafter fixed by law; parliamentary privileges of franking being abolished and official franking strictly regulated ; this House pledging itself at the same time to make good any deficiency of revenue which may be occasioned by such an alteration...

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