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" We ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of that trust to which the order of Providence has called us. By adverting to the dignity of this high calling, our ancestors have turned a savage wilderness into a glorious empire : and have made the most... "
The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir - Page 249
by Edmund Burke - 1834
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The History of England: From the Accession of King George the ..., Volume 2

John Adolphus - Great Britain - 1802 - 570 pages
...honourable conquciis ; not by " deftroying, but by promoting, the wealth, " the number, the happincls of the human " race. Let us get an American revenue,...empire. English " privileges have made it all that it is : En^* iiih privileges alone will make it all it can CHAP. « Kr » xxv. '-*~ ~^_y IT appears that...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 1

Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 512 pages
...ancestors have turned a savage wilderness into a glorious empire ; and have made the most extensive, and the only honourable conquests ; not by destroying,...In full confidence of this unalterable truth, I now ("quodfelixfaustumque sit) — lay the first stone of the temple of peace ; and I move you, " That...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 1

Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 518 pages
...ancestors have turned a savage wilderness into a glorious empire ; and have made the most extensive, and the only honourable conquests ; not by destroying,...In full confidence of this unalterable truth, I now ( 'quod ' felix faustumque sit) — lay the first stone of the temple of peace ; and I move you, "...
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The Parliamentary History of England from the Earliest Period to ..., Volume 18

Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1813 - 768 pages
...most extensive, and the only honourable conquests; not by destroying, but by promoting, the wealtb, the number, the happiness of the human race. Let us...In full confidence of this unalterable truth, I now (quod felix faustumque sitj — lay the first stone of the temple of peace ; and I move you, &c. Mr....
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The American Orator: Comprising a Collection, Principally from American ...

Joshua P. Slack - Elocution - 1815 - 340 pages
...wilderness into a glorious empire ; and have made the most extensive and the most honourable conquests ; no; by destroying, but by promoting the wealth, the number,...it is ; English privileges alone will make it all thnt it can be. In full confidence of this unalterable truth, I now (quod felix fausturneque sit) lay...
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The Speeches of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: In the House of ..., Volume 1

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1816 - 540 pages
...ancestors have turned a savage wilderness into a glorious empire ; and have made the most extensive, and the only honourable conquests ; not by destroying,...In full confidence of this unalterable truth, I now (quod felix faustumque sit) — lay the first stone of the temple of peace ; and I move you, &c. Mr....
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Specimens of Irish Eloquence: Now First Arranged and Collected, with ...

Charles Phillips - English orations - 1819 - 484 pages
...ancestors have turned a savage wilderness into a glorious empire ; and have made the most extensive, and the only honourable conquests ; not by destroying,...In full confidence of this unalterable truth, I now (quod felix faustumque sit) — lay the first stone of the temple of peace ; and I move you, &c. Mr....
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Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, An Attempt to Collect ...

Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 526 pages
...destroying, ut by promoting, the wealth, the number, the appiness, of the human race. Let us get in American revenue as we have got an American empire...it is. English privileges alone will make it all it cm be. In full confidence of this unaherable truth, I no« (HUODFILII FACSTCMIICR SIT) lay the first...
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Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, An Attempt to Collect ...

Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 514 pages
...only honorable conquers; not by destroying, • ut by promoting, the wealth, the number, the appiness, of the human race. Let us get an American revenue...empire. English privileges have made it all that it is; Engish privileges alone will make it all it can be. In full confidence of this unalterable truth, I...
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Exercises in Reading and Recitation

Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...savage wilderness into a glorious empire; and have made the most extensive, and the only honorable conquests; not by destroying, but by promoting, the...that it is; English privileges alone will make it all that it can be. In full confidence of this unalterable truth, I now (quodfelixfaustumque sit) — lay...
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