Selected Speeches of the Late Right Honourable the Earl of Beaconsfield, Band 2Longmans, 1882 |
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... important subject of modern politics . We have now , Sir , for nearly forty years , had the blessing of peace between Great Britain and France . During that interval the social relations of the two countries have become various and ...
... important subject of modern politics . We have now , Sir , for nearly forty years , had the blessing of peace between Great Britain and France . During that interval the social relations of the two countries have become various and ...
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... important causes to which may be imputed the present unfortunate opinion that is prevalent on the subject of our relations with France , and the first , and the most important , unquestionably , may be found in the increase of the ...
... important causes to which may be imputed the present unfortunate opinion that is prevalent on the subject of our relations with France , and the first , and the most important , unquestionably , may be found in the increase of the ...
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... important arm - in an efficient state . Thirdly , we introduced measures , or we prepared arrangements , which would have completely , and will completely , fortify the arsenals of the country , and some important posts upon the coast ...
... important arm - in an efficient state . Thirdly , we introduced measures , or we prepared arrangements , which would have completely , and will completely , fortify the arsenals of the country , and some important posts upon the coast ...
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... important subject . I do not say that it is not cer- tainly the privilege of the English Press , or of any foreign Press , to make any observations they may please upon the conduct of foreign rulers , and upon the conduct of foreign ...
... important subject . I do not say that it is not cer- tainly the privilege of the English Press , or of any foreign Press , to make any observations they may please upon the conduct of foreign rulers , and upon the conduct of foreign ...
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... important declaration upon their attention at this moment ; it is , because this is the speech of the noble lord when he was at the head of a Government , and I am anxious to ascertain to - night whether his opinions since he has taken ...
... important declaration upon their attention at this moment ; it is , because this is the speech of the noble lord when he was at the head of a Government , and I am anxious to ascertain to - night whether his opinions since he has taken ...
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Seite 162 - that it is an essential principle of the law of nations that no Power can liberate itself from the engagements of a Treaty, nor modify the stipulations thereof, unless with the consent of the contracting Powers by means of an amicable arrangement*.
Seite 627 - Look once more ere we leave this specular mount Westward, much nearer by south-west, behold Where on the ^Egean shore a city stands Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil ; Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence...
Seite 513 - Had we remained in office, that would have been done. But we were destined to quit it, and we quitted it without a murmur. The policy of our successors was different. Their specific was to despoil churches and plunder landlords, and what has been the result? Sedition rampant, treason thinly veiled, and whenever a vacancy occurs in the representation a candidate is returned pledged to the disruption of the realm. Her Majesty's new Ministers proceeded in their career like a body of men under the influence...
Seite 162 - Powers, signed a declaration affirming it to be " an essential principle of the law of nations that no Power can liberate itself from the engagements of a treaty, nor modify the stipulations thereof, unless with the consent of the contracting parties by means of an amicable arrangement.
Seite 487 - In a progressive country change is constant; and the great question is, not whether you should resist change which is inevitable, but whether that change should be carried out in deference to the manners, the customs, the laws, the traditions of the people, or in deference to abstract principles and arbitrary and general doctrines.
Seite 530 - ... ought to have been conceded as part of a great policy of Imperial consolidation. It ought to have been accompanied- by an Imperial tariff, by securities for the people of England for the enjoyment of the unappropriated lands which belonged to the sovereign as their trustee, and by a. military code which should have precisely denned the means and the responsibilities by which the colonies should be defended, and by which, if necessary, this country should call for aid from the Colonies themselves.
Seite 530 - If you look to the history of this country since the advent of Liberalism — forty years ago — you will find that there has been no effort so continuous, so subtle, supported by so much energy, and carried on with so much ability and acumen, as the attempts of Liberalism to effect the disintegration of the Empire of England.
Seite 512 - ... if the population every ten years decreases, and the stature of the race every ten years diminishes, the history of that country will soon be the history of the past.
Seite 491 - But if to have a policy with distinct ends, and these such as most deeply interest the great body of the nation, be a becoming programme for a political party, then I contend we have an adequate programme, and one which, here or elsewhere, I shall always be prepared to assert and to vindicate. Gentlemen, the programme of the Conservative party is to maintain the constitution of the country.
Seite 522 - I express here my confident conviction that there never was a moment in our history when the power of England was so great and her resources so vast and inexhaustible. And yet, gentlemen, it is not merely our fleets and armies, our powerful artillery, our accumulated capital, and our unlimited credit on which I so much depend, aa upon that unbroken spirit of her people, which I believe was never prouder of the imperial country to which they belong.