Celebrated Speeches of Chatham, Burke, and Erskine: To which is Added the Argument of Mr. Mackintosh in the Case of PeltierAmerican Book Exchange, 1880 - 540 Seiten |
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... measure they have taken , has been entirely wrong ! As to the present gentlemen , to those at least whom I have in my eye , I have no objection . I have never been made a sacrifice by any of them . Their characters are fair ; and I am ...
... measure they have taken , has been entirely wrong ! As to the present gentlemen , to those at least whom I have in my eye , I have no objection . I have never been made a sacrifice by any of them . Their characters are fair ; and I am ...
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... measures of right and wrong , to follow a delusion that may lead to destruction . It is my opinion , that this kingdom has no right to lay a tax upon the colonies . At the same time , I assert the authority of this kingdom over the ...
... measures of right and wrong , to follow a delusion that may lead to destruction . It is my opinion , that this kingdom has no right to lay a tax upon the colonies . At the same time , I assert the authority of this kingdom over the ...
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... measures , and adopted the most positive language to express their discontent . Whether it will be ques tioned by the legislature , will depend upon your lordships ' reso lution ; but that it violates the spirit of the constitution ...
... measures , and adopted the most positive language to express their discontent . Whether it will be ques tioned by the legislature , will depend upon your lordships ' reso lution ; but that it violates the spirit of the constitution ...
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... measuring the civil rights of the subject by his moral character , or by any other rule but the fixed laws of the land : I believe , my lords , I shall not be suspected of any personal partiality to this unhappy man . I am not very ...
... measuring the civil rights of the subject by his moral character , or by any other rule but the fixed laws of the land : I believe , my lords , I shall not be suspected of any personal partiality to this unhappy man . I am not very ...
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... measures of last year , my lords , which have produced the present alarming state of America , were founded upon misrepresentation ; they were violent , precipitate , and vindictive . The nation was told , that it was only a faction in ...
... measures of last year , my lords , which have produced the present alarming state of America , were founded upon misrepresentation ; they were violent , precipitate , and vindictive . The nation was told , that it was only a faction in ...
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Seite 481 - ... is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties, which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government ; they will cling and grapple to you ; and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance.
Seite 85 - He made an administration, so checkered and speckled; he put together a piece of joinery, so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified Mosaic; such a tesselated pavement without cement; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white; patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans; whigs and tories; treacherous friends and open enemies: that it was indeed a very curious show; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand...
Seite 481 - The more they multiply, the more friends you will have; the more ardently they love liberty, the more perfect will be their obedience. Slavery they can have anywhere. It is a weed that grows in every soil. They may have it from Spain, they may have it from Prussia. But until you become lost to all feeling of your true interest and your natural dignity, freedom they can have from none but you. This is the commodity of price of which you have the monopoly.
Seite 351 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Seite 481 - Is it not the same virtue which does everything for us here in England ? Do you imagine then, that it is the land tax act which raises your revenue ? that it is the annual vote in the committee of supply, which gives you your army ? or that it is the mutiny bill which inspires it with bravery and discipline ? No ! surely no ! It is the love of the people ; it is their attachment to their government, from the sense of the deep stake they have in such a glorious institution...
Seite 42 - I call upon the honour of your lordships to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country to vindicate the national character.
Seite 109 - He has visited all Europe, not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces or the stateliness of temples, not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art, not to collect medals or...
Seite 362 - And all the rule, one empire ; only add Deeds to thy knowledge answerable; add faith, Add virtue, patience, temperance ; add love, By name to come call'd charity, the soul Of all the rest: then wilt thou not be loth To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess A paradise within thee, happier far.
Seite 160 - ... Tanjore ; and so completely did these masters in their art, Hyder Ali and his more ferocious son, absolve themselves of their impious vow, that when the British armies traversed, as they did, the Carnatic for hundreds of miles in all directions, through the whole line of their march they did not see one man, not one woman, not one child, not one four-footed beast of any description whatever. One dead, uniform silence reigned over the whole region.
Seite 352 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...