The treasury of British eloquence, compiled by R. CochraneRobert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer) 1877 |
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Page 139
... colonies was brought forward in the shape of the Stamp Act , which was passed on the 22d March 1765. Charles Townsend spoke against the Americans as " children planted by our care , nourished by our indulgence , and protected by our ...
... colonies was brought forward in the shape of the Stamp Act , which was passed on the 22d March 1765. Charles Townsend spoke against the Americans as " children planted by our care , nourished by our indulgence , and protected by our ...
Page 140
... colonies . At the same time , I assert the authority of this kingdom over the colonies to be sovereign and supreme , in every circumstance of government and legislation whatsoever . They are the sub- jects of this kingdom , equally ...
... colonies . At the same time , I assert the authority of this kingdom over the colonies to be sovereign and supreme , in every circumstance of government and legislation whatsoever . They are the sub- jects of this kingdom , equally ...
Page 141
... colonies are virtually represented in the House . I would fain know by whom an American is represented here . Is he represented by any knight of the shire , in any county in this kingdom ? Would to God that respectable representation ...
... colonies are virtually represented in the House . I would fain know by whom an American is represented here . Is he represented by any knight of the shire , in any county in this kingdom ? Would to God that respectable representation ...
Page 142
... colonies of their consti- tutional rights . That was reserved to mark the era of the late administration . Not that there were wanting some , when I had the honour to serve his Majesty , to propose to me to burn my fingers with an ...
... colonies of their consti- tutional rights . That was reserved to mark the era of the late administration . Not that there were wanting some , when I had the honour to serve his Majesty , to propose to me to burn my fingers with an ...
Page 143
... colonies , and the emigration from every part of Europe , I am convinced [ on other grounds ] that the commercial system of America may be altered to advantage . You have prohibited where you ought to have encour- aged . You have ...
... colonies , and the emigration from every part of Europe , I am convinced [ on other grounds ] that the commercial system of America may be altered to advantage . You have prohibited where you ought to have encour- aged . You have ...
Common terms and phrases
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Popular passages
Page 393 - Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
Page 375 - How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Page 391 - And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
Page 133 - Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed ; and make you a new heart and a new spirit : for why will ye die, 0 house of Israel ? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God : wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
Page 324 - Thus every good his native wilds impart, Imprints the patriot passion on his heart; And e'en those ills, that round his mansion rise, Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
Page 424 - But his unbiased opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure; no, nor from the law and the Constitution. They are a trust from Providence, for the abuse of which he is deeply answerable. Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
Page 209 - The question with me is, not whether you have a right to render your people miserable ; but whether it is not your interest to make them happy. It is not, what a lawyer tells me, I may do ; but what humanity, reason, and justice, tell me, I ought to do.
Page 228 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Page 153 - Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh ; go ye out to meet him.
Page 202 - My next objection is its uncertainty. Terror is not always the effect of force, and an armament is not a victory. If you do not succeed, you are without resource : for, conciliation failing, force remains ; but, force failing, no further hope of reconciliation is left. Power and authority are sometimes bought by kindness ; but they can never be begged as alms by an impoverished and defeated violence.