Selected Speeches of the Late Right Honourable the Earl of Beaconsfield, Band 2Longmans, 1882 |
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... present occasion he quoted speeches of Lord John Russell , Sir James Graham , and Sir Charles Wood on the Government lately established in France by Louis Napoleon , and asked which of the three expressed the opinion of the cabinet ...
... present occasion he quoted speeches of Lord John Russell , Sir James Graham , and Sir Charles Wood on the Government lately established in France by Louis Napoleon , and asked which of the three expressed the opinion of the cabinet ...
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... present . I know , Sir , that to persons influenced by such a conviction , it is in vain to appeal by any of those economical considerations which are often mentioned in the present day . I know that it is in vain to impress on them ...
... present . I know , Sir , that to persons influenced by such a conviction , it is in vain to appeal by any of those economical considerations which are often mentioned in the present day . I know that it is in vain to impress on them ...
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... present Emperor of the French , who in a certain sense must be said to owe his throne to his connection with a great conqueror , is not even by profession a military man , we find a circumstance which further enforces the truth of the ...
... present Emperor of the French , who in a certain sense must be said to owe his throne to his connection with a great conqueror , is not even by profession a military man , we find a circumstance which further enforces the truth of the ...
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... present ruler of France - I say it without reserve - for two reasons . It is understood that in acceding to power he has ter- minated what we esteem a Parliamentary Constitution , and that he has abrogated the liberty of the Press . I ...
... present ruler of France - I say it without reserve - for two reasons . It is understood that in acceding to power he has ter- minated what we esteem a Parliamentary Constitution , and that he has abrogated the liberty of the Press . I ...
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... present ruler of France has stopped that liberty of the Press which we so much prize has occasioned great odium against him in this country , and has arrayed the feelings of the powerful Press of England against the French Government ...
... present ruler of France has stopped that liberty of the Press which we so much prize has occasioned great odium against him in this country , and has arrayed the feelings of the powerful Press of England against the French Government ...
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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.