Works of Henry Lord Brougham ...Adam and Charles Black, 1872 |
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... speaking ; for nothing could be more dull and unimpressive than his speech , nothing less clear and distinct than its reasoning , more feeble than its style , or more embarrassed and inefficient than its delivery . The writer and the ...
... speaking ; for nothing could be more dull and unimpressive than his speech , nothing less clear and distinct than its reasoning , more feeble than its style , or more embarrassed and inefficient than its delivery . The writer and the ...
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... speak the honest conviction of our hearts ) see nothing peculiarly pitiable in the lot of his soldiers when compared with that of our own . Were we called upon to make our election between the services , the whipcord would at once ...
... speak the honest conviction of our hearts ) see nothing peculiarly pitiable in the lot of his soldiers when compared with that of our own . Were we called upon to make our election between the services , the whipcord would at once ...
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... speak or write against , as well as for ) , - whether he has still a right to impeach , not one individual character , not one or two public men , not a single error in policy , not any particular abuse of an established system - I do ...
... speak or write against , as well as for ) , - whether he has still a right to impeach , not one individual character , not one or two public men , not a single error in policy , not any particular abuse of an established system - I do ...
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... speak otherwise than severely ? or , how- ever moderately I may express myself , can I speak otherwise than most unfavourably of it , even after the legislature has sanctioned it , and laid it on the country ? And yet the Attorney ...
... speak otherwise than severely ? or , how- ever moderately I may express myself , can I speak otherwise than most unfavourably of it , even after the legislature has sanctioned it , and laid it on the country ? And yet the Attorney ...
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... speak one's sentiments of the expeditions sent from this country ? If a man should say , " You are despatching our gallant troops to leave their bones in those charnel- houses , as Sir Robert Wilson calls them , which you are constantly ...
... speak one's sentiments of the expeditions sent from this country ? If a man should say , " You are despatching our gallant troops to leave their bones in those charnel- houses , as Sir Robert Wilson calls them , which you are constantly ...
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Page 200 - ... deprived of its solemn service. She has instead of that solemnity, the heartfelt prayers of the people. She wants no prayers of mine. But I do here pour forth my humble supplications at the Throne of Mercy, that that mercy may be poured down upon the people, in a larger measure than the merits of its rulers may deserve, and that your hearts may be turned to justice ! [Mr.
Page 266 - Providence to govern three branches of the one family, namely, Austria, Prussia, and Russia; thus confessing that the Christian world, of which they and their people form a part, has, in reality, no other sovereign than him to whom alone power really belongs, because in him alone are found all the treasures of love, science, and infinite wisdom, that is to say, God, our Divine Saviour, the Word of the Most High, the Word of Life.
Page 197 - I shall not infringe the terms of the restriction by proposing, at any period, a connection of a more particular nature. I shall now finally close this disagreeable correspondence, trusting that, as we have completely explained ourselves to each other, the rest of our lives will be passed in uninterrupted tranquillity. " I am, madam, with great truth, Very sincerely yours, , (Signed) «
Page 236 - When all the resources of the most ingenious cruelty hurried her to a fate without parallel — if not so clamorous, they did not feel the least of all the members of the community — their grief was in truth too deep for utterance — sorrow clung round their bosoms, weighed upon their tongues, stifled every sound — and, when all the rest of mankind, of all sects and of all...
Page 199 - ... the stem of the tree. Save that country that you may continue to adorn it ; save the Crown, which is in jeopardy, the Aristocracy, which is shaken; save the Altar, which must stagger from the shock that rends its kindred Throne.
Page 197 - ... nature has not made us suitable to each other. Tranquil and comfortable society is, however, in our power ; let our intercourse, therefore, be restricted to that, and I will distinctly subscribe to the condition which you required, through Lady Cholmondeley, that even in the event...
Page 12 - That licentiousness has indeed of late years appeared to despise all the bounds which had once been prescribed to the attacks on private character, insomuch that there is not only no personage so important or exalted — for of that I do not complain — but no person so humble, harmless, and retired, as to escape the defamation which is daily and hourly poured forth by the venal crew, to gratify the idle curiosity, or still less excusable malignity, of the public ; to mark out for the indulgence...
Page 214 - ... but the grave has closed over her unrelenting persecutions. Unrelenting I may well call them, for they have not spared her ashes. The evil passions which beset her steps in life, have not ceased to pursue her memory, with a resentment more relentless, more implacable than death.
Page 219 - Brougham applied to the court for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against the Rev.
Page 154 - What tumult had happened at that time that induced you to take that name ?" " I was warned that the witnesses against the Queen might run some risk if they were known...