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Page 281 - fructify—they circulate it at home. It has been said that the man who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, is a benefactor to his country; but the man who
Page 162 - Mr. Fisher set two or three clerks to work to finish the briefs that had been some weeks laid aside, and Mrs. Norberry returned home to communicate to her father the result of the day's proceedings. He was well satisfied with all that had been done, and all that was intended to be done for the future.
Page 43 - could have none but the purest motives of rendering service to the cause of morality and his country: and, had he
Page 313 - A batch of the conspirators, among whom was Owen M'Gill, were put on their trial; the same wretches were the witnesses against them, and the jury, without leaving the box, brought in a verdict of guilty.
Page 43 - as O'Leary his particular friend ; that his works might be placed on a footing with the finest writers of any age. They originated from the urbanity of the heart, because, unattached to the world's affairs,
Page 274 - if you insist upon it, it shall be put in, with a note that it has been supplied by yourself; but if you take my advice, you will let the matter drop. We will make amends to you some other time. It will be enough to say,
Page 268 - You are a young gentleman of great ability indeed, and I shall be happy to see you at my house at any time. Mr Decimus is always fortunate in selecting gentlemen of talent and ability as reporters and contributors to his journal. Five tomorrow—five, sharp,"—said Grapple, as he
Page 109 - should never miss an opportunity of doing all the injury in my power to my fellowman : in a word, I was at war with the world, and the world was at war with me. My father, who, in common with all country apothecaries, was
Page 84 - The commission sat on the appointed day, the lord chief justice of the King's Bench and Mr. .Justice Patterson presided, and, to the joy and astonishment of Fogarty,
Page 279 - from reading. They know nothing of what is going on in the world. I have had to do with some of them. I have found them men of integrity, but fools in business."