Select British Eloquence: Embracing the Best Speeches Entire, of the Most Eminent Orators of Great Britain for the Last Two Centuries; with Sketches of Their Lives, an Estimate of Their Genius, and Notes, Critical and Explanatory |
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... England , my actions either before or after these late stirs . ( 1. ) Some of the expressions referred to were uttered in private , and I do protest against their being drawn to my injury in this place . If , my Lords , words spoken to ...
... England , my actions either before or after these late stirs . ( 1. ) Some of the expressions referred to were uttered in private , and I do protest against their being drawn to my injury in this place . If , my Lords , words spoken to ...
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... England in great numbers by the attractions of the Court , as the seat of fashion , honor , and power . The nation was thus drained of her wealth ; and the drain became greater , as her merchants and tradesmen were led to transfer their ...
... England in great numbers by the attractions of the Court , as the seat of fashion , honor , and power . The nation was thus drained of her wealth ; and the drain became greater , as her merchants and tradesmen were led to transfer their ...
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... ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND , DELIV ERED IN THE PARLIAMENT OF SCOTLAND , NOV . 2 , 1706 . | Are not these , my Lord , very afflicting |. MY LORD CHANCELLOR , —When I consider the affair of a union betwixt the two nations , as expressed in the ...
... ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND , DELIV ERED IN THE PARLIAMENT OF SCOTLAND , NOV . 2 , 1706 . | Are not these , my Lord , very afflicting |. MY LORD CHANCELLOR , —When I consider the affair of a union betwixt the two nations , as expressed in the ...
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... England is a heterogeneous creature : in Scotland he is all of a piece . A Tory in England is all of a piece , and a statesman in Scotland he is quite other- wise ; an anti - courtier and anti - statesman . A Whig in England appears to ...
... England is a heterogeneous creature : in Scotland he is all of a piece . A Tory in England is all of a piece , and a statesman in Scotland he is quite other- wise ; an anti - courtier and anti - statesman . A Whig in England appears to ...
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... England endeavors by a more prudent and less scrupulous method.6 Now , my Lord , from these divisions there has got up a kind of aristocracy , something like the famous triumvirate at Rome . They are a kind of undertakers and pragmatic ...
... England endeavors by a more prudent and less scrupulous method.6 Now , my Lord , from these divisions there has got up a kind of aristocracy , something like the famous triumvirate at Rome . They are a kind of undertakers and pragmatic ...
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