Select British Eloquence: Embracing the Best Speeches Entire, of the Most Eminent Orators of Great Britain for the Last Two Centuries; with Sketches of Their Lives, an Estimate of Their Genius, and Notes, Critical and ExplanatoryHarper & brothers, 1853 - 947 Seiten |
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... nation , then he justly merits to have a statue of gold erected for himself ; but if it shall tend to the entire destruction and abolition of our na- tion , and that we , the nation's trustees , shall go into it , then I must say , that ...
... nation , then he justly merits to have a statue of gold erected for himself ; but if it shall tend to the entire destruction and abolition of our na- tion , and that we , the nation's trustees , shall go into it , then I must say , that ...
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... nation , with the hazard of their lives and fortunes . Shall not we , then , argue for that which our progenitors have purchased for us at so dear a rate , and with so much immortal honor and glory ? God forbid . Shall the hazard of a ...
... nation , with the hazard of their lives and fortunes . Shall not we , then , argue for that which our progenitors have purchased for us at so dear a rate , and with so much immortal honor and glory ? God forbid . Shall the hazard of a ...
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... nation's peace and tranquillity in danger ? Will a change of parties make the nation more happy ? No , my Lord . The seed is sown that is like to af- ford us a perpetual increase . It is not an annual herb , it takes deep root ; it ...
... nation's peace and tranquillity in danger ? Will a change of parties make the nation more happy ? No , my Lord . The seed is sown that is like to af- ford us a perpetual increase . It is not an annual herb , it takes deep root ; it ...
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... nation , must have been killed , and lying dead on the bed of honor , before the nation could ever condescend to such mean and contemptible terms ! Where were the great men of the noble families - the Stewarts , Hamiltons , Grahams ...
... nation , must have been killed , and lying dead on the bed of honor , before the nation could ever condescend to such mean and contemptible terms ! Where were the great men of the noble families - the Stewarts , Hamiltons , Grahams ...
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... nation , by such means , neglected or misunderstood ; her honor and credit lost ; her trade insulted ; her merchants plundered ; and her sailors murdered ; and all these things overlooked , only for fear his administration should be ...
... nation , by such means , neglected or misunderstood ; her honor and credit lost ; her trade insulted ; her merchants plundered ; and her sailors murdered ; and all these things overlooked , only for fear his administration should be ...
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