Parliament, whose previous conduct in connection with railway legislation was so open to reprehension, interposed no check — attempted no remedy. On the contrary, it helped to intensify the evils arising from this unseemly state of things. Many of its... Success of Our Republic: An Oration - Seite 18von Edward Everett - 1860 - 24 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Samuel Smiles - 1857 - 550 Seiten
...schemes in the hope of realising profits more rapidly, or obtaining a higher interest for their money. Parliament, whose previous conduct in connection with...remedy. On the contrary, it helped to intensify the evils arising from this unseemly state of things. Many of its members were themselves involved in the... | |
| Samuel Smiles - 1857 - 576 Seiten
...schemes in the hope of realising profits more rapidly, or obtaining a higher interest for their money. Parliament, whose previous conduct in connection with...remedy. On the contrary, it helped to intensify the evils arising from this unseemly state of things. Many of its members were themselves involved in the... | |
| Edward Everett - 1859 - 140 Seiten
...personages in the realm, ran mad after dishonest gains, and this in England's Augustan age. Lord Grauville, in reply, observed that the " early legislation of...it helped to intensify the evil arising from this unscemly state of things. Many of its members were themselves involved in the mania, and as much interested... | |
| Samuel Lucas - 1859 - 378 Seiten
...be mentioned, to his everlasting credit. When the whole nation was turned into gamblers in 1845-6, Parliament, whose previous conduct in connection with railway legislation was so open to reprehension, now erred in the other direction. It interposed no check, attempted no remedy, but, on the contrary,... | |
| 1860 - 894 Seiten
...magistrate, who reprehension, interposed no check, attempted no unites the vigor of youth to the experience remedy. On the contrary, it helped to intensify the evil arising from this unseemly state of and authority of four-score years, remarks, with a candor not very flattering to the United States,... | |
| Samuel Smiles - 1862 - 558 Seiten
...fact that mainly concerned them, and of the profitable character of which there could be no doubt. Parliament, whose previous conduct in connection with...remedy. On the contrary, it helped to intensify the evils arising from this unseemly state of things. Many of its members were themselves involved in the... | |
| Samuel Smiles - 1862 - 792 Seiten
...fact that mainly concerned them, and of the profitable character of which there could be no doubt. Parliament, whose previous conduct in connection with railway legislation was so open to reprehension, inteqiosed no check — attempted no remedy. On the contrary, it helped to intensify the evils arising... | |
| Pamphilius (pseud.) - 1865 - 104 Seiten
...remunerative. " To his everlasting credit," says the Times, " when the nation was turned into gamblers — when Parliament, whose previous conduct in connection with railway legislation was so open to reprehension, had no fewer than 157 of its members on the lists of new companies, — at this period, when the railway... | |
| Pamphilius (pseud.) - 1869 - 282 Seiten
...remunerative. " To his everlasting credit," says the Tunes, " when the nation was turned into gamblers — when Parliament, whose previous conduct in connection with railway legislation was so open to reprehension, had no fewer than 157 of its members on the lists of new companies,— at this period, when the railway... | |
| Samuel Smiles - 2001 - 240 Seiten
...great fact that mainly concerned them, of the profitable character of which there could be no doubt. Parliament, whose previous conduct in connection with...legislation was so open to reprehension, interposed no check—attempted no remedy. On the contrary, it helped to intensify the evils arising from this unseemly... | |
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