 ... existence, this obstinate adherence to an obsolete custom ought to be continued, and whether a change ought not to be effected. All the red tape in the country grew redder at the bare mention of this bold and original conception, and it took till...  Letters, Speeches, Plays and Poemsby Charles Dickens, Frederic George Kitton - 1908 - 625 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Chambers - 1832 - 846 pages
...abolished. In 1834, it was found that there was a considerable accumulatimi of them, and the qui/stimi then arose, what was to be done with such worn-out, wormeaten, rotten old bits of wood II daresay there was a vast amount of minuting, memoranduming, and despatch-boxing on this mighty subject.... | |
 | Blanchard Jerrold - 1872 - 502 pages
...this bold and original conception, and it took till 1826 to get these sticks abolished. In 183411 was found that there was a considerable accumulation of...bits of wood? I dare say there was a vast amount of uninviting memoranduming and despatch-boxing on this mighty subject. The sticks were housed at Westminster,... | |
 | John Camden Hotten - 1873 - 812 pages
...this bold and original conception, and it took till 1826 to get these sticks abolished. In 1834 it was found that there was a considerable accumulation of...memoranduming, and despatch-boxing, on this mighty subject. The slicks were housed at Westminster, and it would naturally occur to any intelligent person that nothing... | |
 | Blanchard Jerrold - 1873 - 90 pages
...bold and original conception ; and it took till 1826 to get these sticks abolished. In 1834, it was found that there was a considerable accumulation of...bits of wood ? I dare say, there was a vast amount of uninviting memoranduming and despatch-boxing on this mighty subject. The sticks were housed at Westminster,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1883 - 866 pages
...bold and original conception, and it took till 1826 to get these sticks abolished. In 1834, it was found that there was a considerable accumulation of...the question then arose, what was to be done with euch worn-out, wormeaten, rotten old bits of wood ? I daresay there was a' vast amount of minuting,... | |
 | Walter Thornbury - 1879 - 604 pages
...bold and original conception, and it took till 1826 to get these, sticks abolished. In 1834 it was found that there was a considerable accumulation of...such worn-out, wormeaten, rotten old bits of wood? The sticks were housed at Westminster, and it would naturally occur to any intelligent person that... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1864 - 866 pages
...bold and original conception, and it took till 1826 to get these sticks abolished. In 1834, it was found that there was a considerable accumulation of...such worn-out, wormeaten, rotten old bits of wood 7 I daresay there was a vast amount of minuting, ineinoranduniing, and despatch-boxing on tliia mighty... | |
 | William Walter Crotch - 1913 - 338 pages
...this bold and original conception, and it took till 1826 to get these sticks abolished. In 1834 it was found that there was a considerable accumulation of...worn-out, worm-eaten, rotten old bits of wood ? I daresay there was a vast amount of minuting, memoranduming, and despatch-boxing, on this mighty subject.... | |
 | Wilfred Whitten - 1913 - 422 pages
...this bold and original conception, and it took till 1826 to get these sticks abolished. In 1834 it was found that there was a considerable accumulation of...arose — what was to be done with such worn-out, rotten old bits of wood ? It came to pass that they were burnt in a stove in the House of Lords. The... | |
 | Tobias Dantzig, Joseph Mazur - 2007 - 420 pages
...bold and original conception, and it took until 1826 to get these sticks abolished. In 1834 it was found that there was a considerable accumulation of...such worn-out, worm-eaten, rotten old bits of wood? The sticks were housed in Westminster, and it would naturally occur to any intelligent person that... | |
| |
