Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III, Volume 1 |
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... appearance of danger ; with a generally pre- vailing dislike of both services , which at once repressed all desire of ... appeared in their defence was the accidental display of genius and valour by a merchant's clerk , who thus raised ...
... appearance of danger ; with a generally pre- vailing dislike of both services , which at once repressed all desire of ... appeared in their defence was the accidental display of genius and valour by a merchant's clerk , who thus raised ...
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... appeared since his time that they were chiefly induced to yield him implicit obe- dience , and leave the undivided direction of all opera- tions in his hands , by the expectation that the failure of what they were wont to sneer at as ...
... appeared since his time that they were chiefly induced to yield him implicit obe- dience , and leave the undivided direction of all opera- tions in his hands , by the expectation that the failure of what they were wont to sneer at as ...
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... appearance of inconsistency , or error , or wandering from the point . So the greatest passages in the Greek orations were very far from being such as could stand the test of close examination in re- gard to their argument . Yet would ...
... appearance of inconsistency , or error , or wandering from the point . So the greatest passages in the Greek orations were very far from being such as could stand the test of close examination in re- gard to their argument . Yet would ...
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... appeared at first to have lost the power of utterance , so astonished and over- come was he with the plunge which he had made after preferment . * But he soon recovered his faculties , and continued in office the constant and ...
... appeared at first to have lost the power of utterance , so astonished and over- come was he with the plunge which he had made after preferment . * But he soon recovered his faculties , and continued in office the constant and ...
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... appeared in the debate . Bold , deter- mined , unscrupulous , he recommended in council a course which nothing but the courage derived from des- peration could have made any English Statesmen in the eighteenth century take into their ...
... appeared in the debate . Bold , deter- mined , unscrupulous , he recommended in council a course which nothing but the courage derived from des- peration could have made any English Statesmen in the eighteenth century take into their ...
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Page 39 - If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never — never — never.
Page 35 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
Page 40 - ... of his country. In vain he led your victorious fleets against the boasted Armada of Spain; in vain he defended and established the honour, the liberties, the religion, the Protestant religion, of this country, against the arbitrary cruelties of popery and the inquisition, if these more than popish cruelties and inquisitorial practices are let loose among us...
Page 42 - The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail — its roof may shake — the wind may blow through it — the storm may enter — the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter ! — all his forces dare not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement...
Page 35 - In such a cause, your success would be hazardous. America, if she fell, would fall like the strong man. She would embrace the pillars of the state, and pull down the constitution along with her.
Page 393 - An English Whig, who asserts the reality of the popish plot, an Irish Catholic, who denies the massacre in 1641, and a Scotch Jacobite, who maintains the innocence of Queen Mary, must be considered as men beyond the reach of argument or reason, and must be left to their prejudices.
Page 38 - I say we must necessarily undo these violent oppressive acts; they must be repealed — you will repeal them; I pledge myself for it, that you will in the end repeal them ; I stake my reputation on it — I will consent to be taken for an idiot, if they are not finally, repealed.
Page 40 - 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.
Page 148 - When popular discontents have been very prevalent, it may well be affirmed and supported, that there has been generally something found amiss in the constitution, or in the conduct of government. The people have no interest in disorder. When they do wrong, it is their error, and not their crime. But with the governing part of the state, it is far otherwise. They certainly may act ill by design, as well as by mistake.
Page 38 - If the Ministers thus persevere in misadvising and misleading the King, I will not say that they can alienate the affections of his subjects from his crown ; but I will affirm that they will make the crown not worth his wearing. 1 will not say that the King is betrayed ; but I will pronounce that the kingdom is undone.