Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III: To which are Added Remarks on Party, and an Appendix, Volumes 1-2C. Knight, 1845 - Great Britain |
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... whole breast , and swayed it by turns . The habits of friendship , the ties of blood , the dic- tates of conscience , the rules of honesty , were alike forgotten ; and the fury of the tyrant , with the resources of a cunning which ...
... whole breast , and swayed it by turns . The habits of friendship , the ties of blood , the dic- tates of conscience , the rules of honesty , were alike forgotten ; and the fury of the tyrant , with the resources of a cunning which ...
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... whole contest all his opinions , all his feelings , and all his designs , turned upon what he termed the " preservation of the empire . " Nor was his rooted prejudice against both the Whigs and the French unconnected with the part they ...
... whole contest all his opinions , all his feelings , and all his designs , turned upon what he termed the " preservation of the empire . " Nor was his rooted prejudice against both the Whigs and the French unconnected with the part they ...
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... whole conduct was the reverse ; all his countenance being given to their antagonists , until the moment arrived when he could safely throw them out . The first impression which such conduct makes is unfavourable to the monarch , and may ...
... whole conduct was the reverse ; all his countenance being given to their antagonists , until the moment arrived when he could safely throw them out . The first impression which such conduct makes is unfavourable to the monarch , and may ...
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... 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 provisional assignee , to hold the property of an insolvent for a day , and then divest himself ...
... 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 provisional assignee , to hold the property of an insolvent for a day , and then divest himself ...
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... whole notion of a mixed monarchy , and a balance of three powers , is a mere fiction and a dream , the royal portion of the composition must be allowed to have some power , to produce some effect upon the quality of the whole . It is ...
... whole notion of a mixed monarchy , and a balance of three powers , is a mere fiction and a dream , the royal portion of the composition must be allowed to have some power , to produce some effect upon the quality of the whole . It is ...
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Page 46 - 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 53 - My Lords, I am old and weak, and at present unable to say more; but my feelings and indignation were too strong- to have said less. I could not have slept this night in my bed, nor reposed my head on my pillow, without giving this vent to my eternal abhorrence of such preposterous and enormous principles.
Page 52 - Spain; in vain he defended and established the honour, the liberties, the religion, the Protestant religion, of this country, against the arbitrary cruelties of popery and the inquisition, if these more than popish cruelties and inquisitorial practices are let loose among us...
Page 255 - An English Whig, who asserts the reality of the popish plot, an Irish Catholic, who denies the massacre in 1641, and a Scotch Jacobite, who maintains the innocence of Queen Mary, must be considered as men beyond the reach of argument or reason, and must be left to their prejudices.
Page 46 - 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 50 - We shall be forced ultimately to retract; let us retract while we can, not when we must. I say we must necessarily undo these violent oppressive acts; they must be repealed — you will repeal them; I pledge myself for it, that you will in the end repeal them ; I stake my reputation on it — I will consent to be taken for an idiot, if they are not finally, repealed.
Page 52 - I call upon the honour 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 194 - When popular discontents have been very prevalent, it may well be affirmed and supported, that there has been generally something found amiss in the constitution, or in the conduct of government. The people have no interest in disorder. When they do wrong, it is their error, and not their crime. But with the governing part of the state, it is far otherwise. They certainly may act ill by design, as well as by mistake.
Page 52 - Spanish cruelty ; we turn loose these savage hell-hounds against our brethren and countrymen in America, of the same language, laws, liberties, and religion, endeared to us by every tie that should sanctify humanity.
Page 197 - The virtue, spirit, and essence of a House of Commons consists in its being the express image of the feelings of the nation.