Greece Revisited, and Sketches in Lower Egypt, in 1840: With Thirty-six Hours of a Campaign in Greece in 1825Saunders & Otley, 1842 - Egypt |
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Greece Revisited, and Sketches in Lower Egypt, In 1840: With Thirty-Six ... Edgar Garston No preview available - 1999 |
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Page 234 - I entered the settlement in the evening, and the first person I met was a common labourer, whistling and walking gaily along, with his axe over his shoulder. I accosted him, and had some conversation with him, in the course of which he informed me, that he had commenced farming two years before, not being then possessed of subsistence for two months ; but things had prospered with him, and he now owned a house, three cows, several sheep, and seven acres of very fine wheat. He seemed in high spirits,...
Page 50 - ... effect of this remedy, in case of refusal by the governor to obey the laws of the land, would be to deprive the people of the state of the head of one of the departments of the government. This ministerial act, required by the law, is to be performed by the same officer who is, by the constitution, placed at the head of one of the departments of the government, and is required, by the constitution, to perform certain other duties of which the people may not be deprived.
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Page 174 - I have been able to find no written account of the matter ; but from such information as I have been able to collect, it...