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... English heart , I shall discharge my- self as faithfully and as really , to the extent of my poor power , as any man whose honors or whose offices most strictly oblige him . You know the dangers of Denmark , and how much they concern us ...
... English heart , I shall discharge my- self as faithfully and as really , to the extent of my poor power , as any man whose honors or whose offices most strictly oblige him . You know the dangers of Denmark , and how much they concern us ...
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... English heart is not almost dissolved into sorrow for this truth ? VI . For the oppression of the subject , which , as I remember , is the next particular I proposed , it needs no demonstration . The whole kingdom is a proof ; and for ...
... English heart is not almost dissolved into sorrow for this truth ? VI . For the oppression of the subject , which , as I remember , is the next particular I proposed , it needs no demonstration . The whole kingdom is a proof ; and for ...
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... English and Scottish crowns in the person of James I. , and Scotland still remained a distinct kingdom , with its own Parliament , its own judicial system , its own immemorial usages which had all the force of law . This state of things ...
... English and Scottish crowns in the person of James I. , and Scotland still remained a distinct kingdom , with its own Parliament , its own judicial system , its own immemorial usages which had all the force of law . This state of things ...
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... English in respect to trade , and be subject to the same excise and duties ; that Scotland should receive £ 398,000 as a compen- sation or " equivalent " for the share of liability she assumed in the English debt of £ 20,000,000 ; and ...
... English in respect to trade , and be subject to the same excise and duties ; that Scotland should receive £ 398,000 as a compen- sation or " equivalent " for the share of liability she assumed in the English debt of £ 20,000,000 ; and ...
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... English attor- neys ; laying aside their walking swords when in company with the English peers , lest their self - defense should be found murder . I think I see the honorable estate of barons , the bold assertors of the nation's rights ...
... English attor- neys ; laying aside their walking swords when in company with the English peers , lest their self - defense should be found murder . I think I see the honorable estate of barons , the bold assertors of the nation's rights ...
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Page 368 - Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom.
Page 137 - 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 368 - Little did I dream when she added titles of veneration to those of enthusiastic, distant, respectful love, that she should ever be obliged to carry the sharp antidote against disgrace concealed in that bosom ; little did I dream...
Page 373 - It is a partnership in all science, a partnership in all art, a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection. As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born.
Page 293 - All this, I know well enough, will sound wild and chimerical to the profane herd of those vulgar and mechanical politicians, who have no place among us; a sort of people who think that nothing exists but what is gross and material ; and who therefore, far from being qualified to be directors of the great movement of empire, are not fit to turn a wheel in the machine.
Page 348 - All the horrors of war before known or heard of, were mercy to that new havoc. A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered ; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function, fathers torn from children, husbands from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry, and amidst the goading spears of drivers, and the trampling of pursuing...
Page 389 - Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Page 278 - The temper and character which prevail in our colonies are, I am afraid, unalterable by any human art. We cannot, I fear, falsify the pedigree of this fierce people, and persuade them that they are not sprung from a nation in whose veins the blood of freedom circulates.
Page 10 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not. Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
Page 292 - My hold of the colonies 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. But let it...