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... spirit of the day , in the form of a petition to the King , but having , when ratified by his concurrence , all the authority of a fundamental law of the kingdom . This document was prepared by Sir Edward Coke at the age of eighty ...
... spirit of the day , in the form of a petition to the King , but having , when ratified by his concurrence , all the authority of a fundamental law of the kingdom . This document was prepared by Sir Edward Coke at the age of eighty ...
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... spirit shall dare hereafter to enter upon them . And shall we think this a way to break a Parliament ? No ! our desires are mod- est and just . I speak truly for the interests of the King and the people . If we en- joy not these , it ...
... spirit shall dare hereafter to enter upon them . And shall we think this a way to break a Parliament ? No ! our desires are mod- est and just . I speak truly for the interests of the King and the people . If we en- joy not these , it ...
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... spirit of intense ambition . From this moment he laid aside all his sluggishness and love of ease ; he threw himself at once into the arena of political strife ; and the whole cast of his mind and feelings , as well as the character of ...
... spirit of intense ambition . From this moment he laid aside all his sluggishness and love of ease ; he threw himself at once into the arena of political strife ; and the whole cast of his mind and feelings , as well as the character of ...
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... spirit he happens to should at any time be too much elated or too be endowed with , adds a great deal to his virtue . much dejected , or should , without a cause , change When no encroachments are made upon the their minds , those at ...
... spirit he happens to should at any time be too much elated or too be endowed with , adds a great deal to his virtue . much dejected , or should , without a cause , change When no encroachments are made upon the their minds , those at ...
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... spirit ; but it can not be supposed that the spirit then raised should have grown up to such a ferment , merely from a proposition which was honestly and fair- ly laid before the Parliament , and left entirely to their determination ...
... spirit ; but it can not be supposed that the spirit then raised should have grown up to such a ferment , merely from a proposition which was honestly and fair- ly laid before the Parliament , and left entirely to their determination ...
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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...