Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III, Volume 1 |
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Page 4
... cause of freedom he is most grateful , will be taken as some evidence of general impartiality , though it may not suffice to exempt him from the charge of having sometimes unwarily fallen into the snares that beset the path of whoever ...
... cause of freedom he is most grateful , will be taken as some evidence of general impartiality , though it may not suffice to exempt him from the charge of having sometimes unwarily fallen into the snares that beset the path of whoever ...
Page 18
... cause of this blank . From the time of his enter- ing the House of Commons to that of his quitting it , the privileges of Parliament almost wholly precluded the possibility of regular and full accounts of debates being communicated to ...
... cause of this blank . From the time of his enter- ing the House of Commons to that of his quitting it , the privileges of Parliament almost wholly precluded the possibility of regular and full accounts of debates being communicated to ...
Page 35
... cause of quarrel you may crush America to atoms ; but in this crying injustice ! " ( Stamp Act ) " I am one who will lift up my hands against it - In such a cause even your success would be hazardous . America , if she fell , would fall ...
... cause of quarrel you may crush America to atoms ; but in this crying injustice ! " ( Stamp Act ) " I am one who will lift up my hands against it - In such a cause even your success would be hazardous . America , if she fell , would fall ...
Page 38
... " 66 Again , in 1777 , after describing the cause of the war and the traffic and barter driven with every little pitiful German Prince that sells his subjects to the shambles of a foreign country , " he adds 38 LORD CHATHAM .
... " 66 Again , in 1777 , after describing the cause of the war and the traffic and barter driven with every little pitiful German Prince that sells his subjects to the shambles of a foreign country , " he adds 38 LORD CHATHAM .
Page 71
... cause , and which no less a judge than Mr. Fox pronounced to be the very finest he ever heard on any subject . It must , however , be remarked in abatement of this high panegyric , that the faculty of statement and of reasoning without ...
... cause , and which no less a judge than Mr. Fox pronounced to be the very finest he ever heard on any subject . It must , however , be remarked in abatement of this high panegyric , that the faculty of statement and of reasoning without ...
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