Select British Eloquence: Embracing the Best Speeches Entire, of the Most Eminent Orators of Great Britain for the Last Two Centuries, with Sketches of Their Lives, an Estimate of Their Genius, and Notes, Critical and Explanatory |
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... once the spheres of al ! ancient government ! imprisoning without bail or bond ! They have taken from us -what shall I say ? Indeed , what have they left us ? They have taken from us all means of supplying the King , and ingratiating ...
... once the spheres of al ! ancient government ! imprisoning without bail or bond ! They have taken from us -what shall I say ? Indeed , what have they left us ? They have taken from us all means of supplying the King , and ingratiating ...
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... once proud Earl standing amid the wreck of his fortunes , with that splendid court around him which so lately bowed submissive to his will ; with his humbled monarch looking on from behind the screen that concealed his person , un- able ...
... once proud Earl standing amid the wreck of his fortunes , with that splendid court around him which so lately bowed submissive to his will ; with his humbled monarch looking on from behind the screen that concealed his person , un- able ...
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... once more ; and then he deposed these words to have been spoken by the Earl of Strafford to his Majesty : “ You have an army in Ireland , which you may employ here to reduce ( or some word to that sense ) this kingdom . " Mr. Speaker ...
... once more ; and then he deposed these words to have been spoken by the Earl of Strafford to his Majesty : “ You have an army in Ireland , which you may employ here to reduce ( or some word to that sense ) this kingdom . " Mr. Speaker ...
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... once cordially forgive one another , and that according to our proverb , Bygones be bygones , and fair play for time to come . For my part , in the sight of God , and in the presence of this honorable House , I heartily forgive every ...
... once cordially forgive one another , and that according to our proverb , Bygones be bygones , and fair play for time to come . For my part , in the sight of God , and in the presence of this honorable House , I heartily forgive every ...
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... once the restraint shall be taken away , he will sell for common gain , and it can hardly be imagined that , at present , he subjects himself to informations and penalties for less than sixpence a gallon . The specious pretense on which ...
... once the restraint shall be taken away , he will sell for common gain , and it can hardly be imagined that , at present , he subjects himself to informations and penalties for less than sixpence a gallon . The specious pretense on which ...
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Page 366 - 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 10 - 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...
Page 371 - 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 290 - 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.
Page 138 - That God and Nature have put into our hands ! " What ideas of God and Nature that noble lord may entertain, I know not ; but I know that such abominable principles are equally abhorrent to religion and humanity. What ! to attribute the sacred sanction of God and Nature...
Page 271 - Straits, whilst we are looking for them beneath the Arctic Circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold, that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen serpent of the south. Falkland Island, which seemed too remote and romantic an object for the grasp of national ambition, is but a stage and resting-place in the progress of their victorious industry.
Page 274 - ... them, like something that is more noble and liberal. I do not mean, sir, to commend the superior morality of this sentiment, which has at least as much pride as virtue in it; but I cannot alter the nature of man. The fact is so; and these people of the southern colonies are much more strongly, and with a higher and more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty than those to the northward.
Page 274 - Three thousand miles of ocean lie between you and them. No contrivance can prevent the effect of this distance in weakening government. Seas roll, and months pass, between the order and the execution; and the want of a speedy explanation of a single point is enough to defeat a whole system.
Page 368 - You will observe, that from Magna Charta to the Declaration of Right, it has been the uniform policy of our constitution to claim and assert our liberties, as an entailed inheritance derived to us from our forefathers, and to be transmitted to our posterity ; as an estate specially belonging to the people of this kingdom, without any reference whatever to any other more general or prior right.
Page 82 - The heat that offended them is the ardour of conviction, and that zeal for the service of my country which neither hope nor fear shall influence me to suppress. I will not sit unconcerned while my liberty is invaded, nor look in silence upon public robbery.