 | Portfolio - 1843 - 676 pages
...fataler forms of scoundrelism, be not resorted to in England, except in cases of the very last extremily. When some new Gunpowder Plot may be in the wind, some double-dyed high treason, or eminent national wreck not avoidable otherwise, then let us open letters : not till then. To all Austrian... | |
 | 1844 - 616 pages
...them. " Whether the extraneous Austrian Emperor and miserable old chimera of a Pope shall main tain themselves in Italy, or be obliged to decamp from...answered : — Not by such means is help here for you. Such means, allied to picking of pockets and viler forms of scoundrelism, are not permitted in this... | |
 | David Urquhart - Great Britain - 1844 - 702 pages
...in an English post office be, as we all fancied they were, respected as things sacred ; that opening men's letters, a practice near of kin to picking men's...be in the wind, some double-dyed high treason, or eminent national wreck not avoidable otherwise, then let us open letters : not till then. To all Austrian... | |
 | David Urquhart - Europe - 1844 - 666 pages
...in an English post office be, as we all fancied they were, respected as things sacred ; that opening men's letters, a practice near of kin to picking men's...be in the wind, some double-dyed high treason, or eminent national wreck not avoidable otherwise, then let us open letters : not till then. To all Austrian... | |
 | William Lewins - Postal service - 1864 - 390 pages
...inquiry on the subject gave rise, we find the following characteristic effusion from Thomas Carlyle : "It is a question vital to us that sealed letters...answered — Not by such means is help here for you." CHAPTER X. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POST-OFFICE. FROM the year 1844 to the present time the progress... | |
 | William Lewins - Postal service - 1864 - 402 pages
...inquiry on the subject gave rise, we find the following characteristic effusion from Thomas Carlyle : " It is a question vital to us that sealed letters in...answered — Not by such means is help here for you." CHAPTER X. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POST-OFFICE. FROM the year 1844 to the present time the progress... | |
 | William Lewins - Postal service - 1865 - 362 pages
...inquiry on the subject gave rise, we find the following characteristic effusion from Thomas Carlyle : " It is a question vital to us that sealed letters in...answered — Not by such means is help here for you." Sunday Labour. 227 of road ; and that no better arrangement could be made for certain classes of letters... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - Books and reading - 1871 - 256 pages
...near of kin to picking men's pockets, and to other still viler and far fataler forms of scounclrelism. be not resorted to in England, except in cases of...answered : — Not by such means is help here for you. Such means, allied to picking of pockets and viler forms of scoundrelism, are not permitted in this... | |
 | Giuseppe Mazzini - Italy - 1872 - 414 pages
...cases of the very last extremity. When some new Gunpowder Plot may be in the wind, some double-dyed treason or imminent national wreck not avoidable otherwise,...answered: Not by such means is help here for you. Such means, allied to picking of pockets and viler forms of scoundrelism, are not permitted in this... | |
 | Justin McCarthy - Great Britain - 1879 - 460 pages
...that such a right should never be exercised. Carlyle admitted that he would tolerate the practice ' when some new Gunpowder Plot may be in the wind, some...imminent national wreck not avoidable otherwise.' In the particular case of Mazzini it seemed an odious trick, and everyone was ashamed of it. Such a... | |
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English post-office be, as we all fancied they -were, respected as things sacred; that opening of men's letters, a practice near of kin to picking men's pockets, and to other still viler and far fataler forms of scoundrelism. be not resorted to in England,... 
