Works, Volume 3Adam and Charles Black, 1872 |
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... question , are all sad monuments of his real power . Of all his resolutions on these affairs , the desire to retain America in subjection seems to have been his strongest propensity ; during the whole con- test all his opinions , all ...
... question , are all sad monuments of his real power . Of all his resolutions on these affairs , the desire to retain America in subjection seems to have been his strongest propensity ; during the whole con- test all his opinions , all ...
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... question is , " Does the king of this country hold a real or only a nominal office ? he merely a form , or is he a substantive power in our mixed and balanced constitution ? " Some main- tain , nay , it is a prevailing opinion among ...
... question is , " Does the king of this country hold a real or only a nominal office ? he merely a form , or is he a substantive power in our mixed and balanced constitution ? " Some main- tain , nay , it is a prevailing opinion among ...
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... question ; for at an earlier period his cor- respondence with that great man was most friendly . But the following is his answer to Lord North's proposal that Lord Chatham's pension should be settled in reversion on his younger son ...
... question ; for at an earlier period his cor- respondence with that great man was most friendly . But the following is his answer to Lord North's proposal that Lord Chatham's pension should be settled in reversion on his younger son ...
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... question , they rather may be regarded as felicitous from their adaptation to the actual cir- cumstances in which he was called upon to advise or to act , than as indicating that he had seen very far into future times , and anticipated ...
... question , they rather may be regarded as felicitous from their adaptation to the actual cir- cumstances in which he was called upon to advise or to act , than as indicating that he had seen very far into future times , and anticipated ...
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... question . " I have almost forgot my original object , which was only to congratu- late you on this most happy event ; on which I cannot say enough , though I feel it is unnecessary to say anything . I am going out of town at eleven ...
... question . " I have almost forgot my original object , which was only to congratu- late you on this most happy event ; on which I cannot say enough , though I feel it is unnecessary to say anything . I am going out of town at eleven ...
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Page 42 - The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail — its roof may shake — the wind may blow through it — the storm may enter — the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter ! — all his forces dare not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement...
Page 235 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the Queen of France, then the Dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision.
Page 40 - 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 406 - On the other side up rose Belial, in act more graceful and humane ; A fairer person lost not heaven ; he seem'd For dignity composed, and high exploit : But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason...
Page 37 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
Page 41 - I am astonished [exclaimed Lord Chatham as he rose], shocked to hear such principles confessed — to hear them avowed in this House, or in this country...
Page 41 - I call upon the honor of your lordships, to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country, to vindicate the national character.
Page 40 - To conclude, my lords, if the ministers thus persevere in misadvising and misleading the king, I will not say, that they can alienate the affections of his subjects from his crown ; but I will affirm, that they will make the crown not worth his wearing. I will not say that the king is betrayed ; but I will pronounce, that the kingdom is undone.
Page 37 - In such a cause, your success would be hazardous. America, if she fell, would fall like the strong man. She would embrace the pillars of the state, and pull down the constitution along with her.
Page 409 - I think they have done right in giving exemplary damages; to enter a man's house by virtue of a nameless warrant, in order to procure evidence, is worse than the Spanish inquisition; a law under which no Englishman would wish to live an hour...