Works of Henry Lord Brougham, Volume 3, Part 1A. and C. Black, 1872 |
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... hands , if not altogether incapable of performing it satisfactorily , at least incomparably inferior in the power of giving vivid likenesses of contemporary statesmen . At the very least , these portraitures may be regarded as materials ...
... hands , if not altogether incapable of performing it satisfactorily , at least incomparably inferior in the power of giving vivid likenesses of contemporary statesmen . At the very least , these portraitures may be regarded as materials ...
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... hands of the Whig party , the adversaries he most of all hated and feared . Although much of the character now portrayed had its origin in natural defect , and part of it in a mind tinged with disease , yet they who had the care of his ...
... hands of the Whig party , the adversaries he most of all hated and feared . Although much of the character now portrayed had its origin in natural defect , and part of it in a mind tinged with disease , yet they who had the care of his ...
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... hand was despatched , nor ever suffering pleasure or distraction of any kind to interfere with the transaction of the matters belonging to his high station , is as undeniable as that all this might be predicated of one who had the most ...
... hand was despatched , nor ever suffering pleasure or distraction of any kind to interfere with the transaction of the matters belonging to his high station , is as undeniable as that all this might be predicated of one who had the most ...
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... hand than the head . But it would be a great mistake to imagine that George III.'s ambition was confined within the range of his abilities . He was impressed with a lofty feeling of his prerogative , and a firm determination to main ...
... hand than the head . But it would be a great mistake to imagine that George III.'s ambition was confined within the range of his abilities . He was impressed with a lofty feeling of his prerogative , and a firm determination to main ...
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... hand to what will make me miserable to the last hour of my life . " The threat is revived upon the division against Lord North four years afterwards . That such a sovereign was , for the servants he confided in , the best possible ...
... hand to what will make me miserable to the last hour of my life . " The threat is revived upon the division against Lord North four years afterwards . That such a sovereign was , for the servants he confided in , the best possible ...
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Works of Henry Lord Brougham, Vol. 2 of 10: Speeches (Classic Reprint) Brougham and Vaux No preview available - 2015 |
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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 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 - Chatham as he rose], shocked to hear such principles confessed — to hear them avowed in this House, or in this country...
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...
Page 431 - I scarcely ever met with a better companion ; he has inexhaustible spirits, infinite wit and humour, and a great deal of knowledge ; but a thorough profligate in principle as in practice, his life stained with every vice, and his conversation full of blasphemy and indecency. These morals he glories in — for shame is a weakness he has long since surmounted. He told us himself, that in this time of public dissension he was resolved to make his fortune.
Page 39 - 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 41 - 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 244 - 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 41 - 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.