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" Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton ; and the peculiar happiness of my life will ever consist in promoting the welfare of a people, whose loyalty and warm affection to me I consider as the greatest and most permanent security... "
Memoirs of the Reign of George III. to the Session of Parliament Ending A.D ... - Page 6
by William Belsham - 1796
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The Works of Jeremy Bentham: Memoirs of Bentham

Jeremy Bentham - Constitutional law - 1843 - 626 pages
...struck with the locntion, which was new to the English language, being imitated from the French, " Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton.' It was a great saving of words. " I was, however, a great reformist ; but never suspected that the...
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History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Aix-la-Chaoelle ...

Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1844 - 628 pages
...; but when complete His Majesty is said to have added with his own hand a paragraph as follows : " Born and " educated in this country, I glory in the name of " Briton ; and the peculiar happiness of my life " will ever consist in promoting the welfare of a " people whose loyalty and warm...
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History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of ..., Volume 4

Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1844 - 608 pages
...; but when complete His Majesty is said to have added with his own hand a paragraph as follows : " Born and " educated in this country, I glory in the name of " Briton ; and the peculiar happiness of my life " will ever consist in promoting the welfare of a " people whose loyalty and warm...
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The History of Great Britain from the Death of George II. to the Coronation ...

J. R. Miller - Great Britain - 1844 - 742 pages
...his personal sentiments at his accession, and announced the principles of his future government. "Bom and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton ; and the peculiar happiness of my life will ever consist in promoting the welfare of u people, whose loyalty and warm...
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The oriental rambler, or, The papers of Polyphilus

Polyphilus (pseud.) - 1844 - 268 pages
...in 1760, when a young man, was highly thought of by the nation for this single patriotic speech, " born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton." The celebrated Kosciusko is a noble specimen of patriotism. I shall Conclude this paper, with an anecdote...
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Visitor: Or Monthly Instructor

1845 - 558 pages
...The parliament met on November 18th, when the king introduced these memorable words in his speech, " Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton," adding, that it would be the happiness of hie life to promote the happiness of a loyal aud affectionate...
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The Life of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke: With Selections from His ..., Volume 3

George Harris - Great Britain - 1847 - 620 pages
...that purpose wrote out himself." The paper inclosed was in His Majesty's handwriting, and was in these words : — " Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton ; and the peculiar happiness of my life will ever consist in promoting the welfare of a people, whose loyalty and warm...
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A Manual of British & Irish History: Illustrated with Maps, Engravings, and ...

Thomas Flanagan - Great Britain - 1847 - 996 pages
...soon as he met his first parliament, that they were no longer ruled by Germans, but by Englishmen : " Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton." Hn words were answered by a general burst of enthusiasm ; a parliament proved its devotedness by its...
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The Lives of the Lords Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England ...

John Campbell Baron Campbell - Great Britain - 1851 - 528 pages
...of the speech with the following sentence, in the King's own handwriting, to be inserted in it : — "Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton ; and the particular happiness of my life will ever consist in promoting the welfare of a people whose loyalty...
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Memoirs of the Marquis of Rockingham and His Contemporaries: With ..., Volume 1

George Thomas Keppel Earl of Albemarle - Great Britain - 1852 - 446 pages
...POLITICS. THE FIRST DAY OF THE KINo's REION. CHARACTERS OF NEWCASTLE CHATHAM — CHOISEUL AXD HARDWICKE. " BORN and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton, and the peculiar happiness of my life will ever consist in promoting the welfare of a people, whose loyalty and warm...
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