Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III, Volume 1 |
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... mean rank , that the sovereign , having chosen his ministers , assigns over to them the whole executive power . They treat him as a kind of trustee for a temporary use , to preserve , as it were , some contingent estate ; or a ...
... mean rank , that the sovereign , having chosen his ministers , assigns over to them the whole executive power . They treat him as a kind of trustee for a temporary use , to preserve , as it were , some contingent estate ; or a ...
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... means the worst , but far beneath the best , in the constitution of their hearts , those who neither can forget a kindness nor an injury . Nor can this sketch be more appropriately closed than with two remarkable examples of the ...
... means the worst , but far beneath the best , in the constitution of their hearts , those who neither can forget a kindness nor an injury . Nor can this sketch be more appropriately closed than with two remarkable examples of the ...
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... the extreme slenderness of these grounds upon which to estimate a speaker's claim to renown , or to judge of the characteristics of his eloquence , with the ample means which we have of studying the merits C 2 LORD CHATHAM . 19.
... the extreme slenderness of these grounds upon which to estimate a speaker's claim to renown , or to judge of the characteristics of his eloquence , with the ample means which we have of studying the merits C 2 LORD CHATHAM . 19.
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Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux. the ample means which we have of studying the merits of almost all the ancient orators , and examining their distinguishing qualities , he will be sensible how much any idea which we can form of ...
Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux. the ample means which we have of studying the merits of almost all the ancient orators , and examining their distinguishing qualities , he will be sensible how much any idea which we can form of ...
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... means ; a resolution equally indo- mitable in their application ; a genius , in short , origi- nal and daring , which bounded over the petty obstacles raised by ordinary men - their squeamishness , and their precedents , and their forms ...
... means ; a resolution equally indo- mitable in their application ; a genius , in short , origi- nal and daring , which bounded over the petty obstacles raised by ordinary men - their squeamishness , and their precedents , and their forms ...
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