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... took refuge at the altar , Isocrates generously volunteered to plead in his defence at the hazard of his own life ; and after the death of Socrates , when all his disciples , struck with dismay , fled into distant parts , Isocrates ...
... took refuge at the altar , Isocrates generously volunteered to plead in his defence at the hazard of his own life ; and after the death of Socrates , when all his disciples , struck with dismay , fled into distant parts , Isocrates ...
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... took occasion to declaim against the government of wicked princes , who , for the sins of the people , are sent as tyrants and scourges , to torment them . Darn- ley complained of the insult to the council , who in- terdicted the ...
... took occasion to declaim against the government of wicked princes , who , for the sins of the people , are sent as tyrants and scourges , to torment them . Darn- ley complained of the insult to the council , who in- terdicted the ...
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... be left to God . " From this period , the friendship of Cromwell was less ardent , and his man- ners cool and reserved ; but he never took any notice of the subject . " " DR . BARROW . Charles II . was wont in ELOQUENCE . 19.
... be left to God . " From this period , the friendship of Cromwell was less ardent , and his man- ners cool and reserved ; but he never took any notice of the subject . " " DR . BARROW . Charles II . was wont in ELOQUENCE . 19.
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... took him up three hours and a half in delivering ! INDEPENDENCE OF THE BAR . So low in point of independence was the profession of the bar in the time of Henry the Sixth , that in the case respecting precedence between the Earl of War ...
... took him up three hours and a half in delivering ! INDEPENDENCE OF THE BAR . So low in point of independence was the profession of the bar in the time of Henry the Sixth , that in the case respecting precedence between the Earl of War ...
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... a favourite minister , by name Sejanus : the first step he took was to wean the emperor's affections from his son ; the next , to carry the emperor abroad ; and so E Rome was ruined . " To which Lord Stanhope re- ELOQUENCE . 37.
... a favourite minister , by name Sejanus : the first step he took was to wean the emperor's affections from his son ; the next , to carry the emperor abroad ; and so E Rome was ruined . " To which Lord Stanhope re- ELOQUENCE . 37.
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Page 106 - Gentlemen may cry peace! peace! but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Page 17 - Support, and ornament of Virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace.
Page 41 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance : for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. . But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Page 40 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the first, his Cromwell — and George the third — ('Treason,' cried the speaker — ' treason, treason/ echoed from every part of the house.
Page 27 - We have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery ; but I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear...
Page 27 - I myself will take up arms; I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field. I know already...
Page 62 - The wretch who, after having seen the consequences of a thousand errors, continues still to blunder, and whose age has only added obstinacy to stupidity, is surely the object of either abhorrence or contempt, and deserves not that his gray hairs should secure him from insult.
Page 107 - The unhappy people of India, feeble and effeminate as they are from the softness of their climate, and subdued and broken as they have been by the knavery and strength of civilization, still occasionally start up in all the vigour and intelligence of insulted nature : — to be governed at all, they must be governed with a rod of iron ; and our empire in the East would, long since, have been lost to Great Britain, if civil skill and military prowess had not united their efforts to support an authority...
Page 57 - If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his. If then that friend demand, why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer,— Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.
Page 64 - He looked like a dying man ; yet never was seen a figure of more dignity ; he appeared like a being of a superior species.