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... speeches have been handed down to us , but these bear so very small a proportion to the prodigious fame which his eloquence has left behind it , that far more is manifestly lost than has reached us ; while of his written compositions ...
... speeches have been handed down to us , but these bear so very small a proportion to the prodigious fame which his eloquence has left behind it , that far more is manifestly lost than has reached us ; while of his written compositions ...
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... speeches upon that ques- tion . A few remains of his great displays in the House of Lords have in like manner been preserved , chiefly in the two speeches reported by Mr. Hugh Boyd ; the second of which , the most celebrated of all ...
... speeches upon that ques- tion . A few remains of his great displays in the House of Lords have in like manner been preserved , chiefly in the two speeches reported by Mr. Hugh Boyd ; the second of which , the most celebrated of all ...
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... speeches , anything like the fruits of inven- tive genius ; or to mark any token of his mind having gone before the very ordinary routine of the day , as if familiar with any ideas that did not pass through the most vulgar ...
... speeches , anything like the fruits of inven- tive genius ; or to mark any token of his mind having gone before the very ordinary routine of the day , as if familiar with any ideas that did not pass through the most vulgar ...
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... speeches of Pericles , which he may very possibly have in great part composed for him . Sallust's speech of Cæsar is manifestly the writer's own composition ; indeed it is in the exact style of the one he puts into Cato's mouth , that ...
... speeches of Pericles , which he may very possibly have in great part composed for him . Sallust's speech of Cæsar is manifestly the writer's own composition ; indeed it is in the exact style of the one he puts into Cato's mouth , that ...
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... speech of Bolingbroke . What we know of his own father's oratory is much more to be gleaned from contemporary panegyrics , and accounts of its effects , than from the scanty , and for the most part doubtful , remains which have reached ...
... speech of Bolingbroke . What we know of his own father's oratory is much more to be gleaned from contemporary panegyrics , and accounts of its effects , than from the scanty , and for the most part doubtful , remains which have reached ...
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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.