Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III, Volume 1 |
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... direction ; and , having once taken , persevered in it with the pertinacity that marks little minds of all ranks , but which in royal understandings often amounts to a mental disease . Of a narrow understanding , which no culture had en-
... direction ; and , having once taken , persevered in it with the pertinacity that marks little minds of all ranks , but which in royal understandings often amounts to a mental disease . Of a narrow understanding , which no culture had en-
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... once point , if desired to name the most successful statesman and most brilliant orator that this country ever produced . Of Lord Somers , indeed , we can scarcely be said to know anything at all . That he was a person of unimpeachable ...
... once point , if desired to name the most successful statesman and most brilliant orator that this country ever produced . Of Lord Somers , indeed , we can scarcely be said to know anything at all . That he was a person of unimpeachable ...
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... once repressed all desire of joining either , and damped all public spirit in the country , by extinguishing all hope of success , and even all love of glory - it was hardly possible for a nation to be placed in circumstances more ...
... once repressed all desire of joining either , and damped all public spirit in the country , by extinguishing all hope of success , and even all love of glory - it was hardly possible for a nation to be placed in circumstances more ...
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... once succumbed , and from that hour ceased to have an opinion of their own upon any branch of the public affairs . Nay , so absolutely was he determined to have the control of those measures , of which he knew the responsibility rested ...
... once succumbed , and from that hour ceased to have an opinion of their own upon any branch of the public affairs . Nay , so absolutely was he determined to have the control of those measures , of which he knew the responsibility rested ...
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... once to have crossed his impetuous and uncompromising mind ; for it had often been entertained by him , but only to be re- jected with indignation and abhorrence , as if the inde- pendence of America were the loss of our national exist ...
... once to have crossed his impetuous and uncompromising mind ; for it had often been entertained by him , but only to be re- jected with indignation and abhorrence , as if the inde- pendence of America were the loss of our national exist ...
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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.