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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... tion , like a commissary's account ! to be cover- ing and taking sanctuary in the royal name , in- stead of meeting openly , and standing fairly , the direct judgment and sentence of Parliament upon the several articles of this ...
... tion , like a commissary's account ! to be cover- ing and taking sanctuary in the royal name , in- stead of meeting openly , and standing fairly , the direct judgment and sentence of Parliament upon the several articles of this ...
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... tion , and , if the provision we have made should be lavished or misapplied , we must supply the deficiency . We ought to do it , whether the King makes any application for that purpose or not ; and the reason is plain , because we ...
... tion , and , if the provision we have made should be lavished or misapplied , we must supply the deficiency . We ought to do it , whether the King makes any application for that purpose or not ; and the reason is plain , because we ...
Page 93
... tion from peculators and others , who might wish zeal and expectation . But no documentary to cover their crimes by making the minister a proofs of importance could be found . Witnesses partaker in their guilt . " The result of all ...
... tion from peculators and others , who might wish zeal and expectation . But no documentary to cover their crimes by making the minister a proofs of importance could be found . Witnesses partaker in their guilt . " The result of all ...
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... tion of his speech is here inserted , as explanatory of the replication of Lord Chatham . " ] name . I can not , said Mr. Grenville , understand the difference between external and internal taxes . They are the same in effect , and ...
... tion of his speech is here inserted , as explanatory of the replication of Lord Chatham . " ] name . I can not , said Mr. Grenville , understand the difference between external and internal taxes . They are the same in effect , and ...
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... tion ; but it would have been taking an ungen- erous , an unjust advantage . The gentleman boasts of his bounties to ... tion . And shall a miserable financier come with a boast , that he can bring " a pepper - corn " into the exchequer ...
... tion ; but it would have been taking an ungen- erous , an unjust advantage . The gentleman boasts of his bounties to ... tion . And shall a miserable financier come with a boast , that he can bring " a pepper - corn " into the exchequer ...
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