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opinion of the civilised world is rapidly gaining an ascendancy over mere brutal
force . It is already able to oppose the most formidable obstruction to the progress
of injustice and oppression ; and , as it grows more intelligent and more intense ...
opinion of the civilised world is rapidly gaining an ascendancy over mere brutal
force . It is already able to oppose the most formidable obstruction to the progress
of injustice and oppression ; and , as it grows more intelligent and more intense ...
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the Honourable William Lamb , whose chief argument was that the people ' s
opinion ought to go for nothing , and his happiest quotation' How nations sink by
daring schemes opprest , When vengeance listens to a fool ' s request !
the Honourable William Lamb , whose chief argument was that the people ' s
opinion ought to go for nothing , and his happiest quotation' How nations sink by
daring schemes opprest , When vengeance listens to a fool ' s request !
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Let us see then what , according to the opinion of the friends of the Presbyterian
Church , would be the result in Scotland of the abolition of patronage , and the
transference of the whole right to the people or to the Presbyteries ; and in order
not ...
Let us see then what , according to the opinion of the friends of the Presbyterian
Church , would be the result in Scotland of the abolition of patronage , and the
transference of the whole right to the people or to the Presbyteries ; and in order
not ...
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... for that of the universities , which still retains , in his opinion , too much of the
old classical system for this order . * In my opinion , ” he observes , " the
government of France cannot occupy itself too actively in promoting a taste for
agriculture ...
... for that of the universities , which still retains , in his opinion , too much of the
old classical system for this order . * In my opinion , ” he observes , " the
government of France cannot occupy itself too actively in promoting a taste for
agriculture ...
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Let impartial inquirers examine what is the character of the priests in general ,
and what the opinion entertained of them by the people . For instance , have the
people confidence in their honesty ? When they send money from abroad , when
...
Let impartial inquirers examine what is the character of the priests in general ,
and what the opinion entertained of them by the people . For instance , have the
people confidence in their honesty ? When they send money from abroad , when
...
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Seite 8 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger ? Will it be the next week, or the next year ? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house...
Seite 27 - Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Seite 42 - ... him where to strike. The fatal blow is given! and the victim passes, without a struggle or a motion, from the repose of sleep to the repose of death...
Seite 8 - Treason!" cried the speaker —"Treason, treason," echoed from every part of the house.
Seite 9 - There is no retreat, but in submission and slavery. Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable, and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace ! but there is no peace.
Seite 20 - If you speak of eloquence, Mr. Rutledge, of South Carolina, is by far the greatest orator ; but if you speak of solid information and sound judgment, Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on that floor.
Seite 522 - ... from the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, viz., that angle which is formed by a line drawn due north from the source of St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Seite 46 - Massachusetts, instead of South Carolina? Sir, does he suppose it in his power to exhibit a Carolina name so bright as to produce envy in my bosom?
Seite 16 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.
Seite 17 - Sir, I know the uncertainty of human affairs, but I see, I see clearly, through this day's business. You and I, indeed, may rue it. We may not live to the time when this Declaration shall be made good. We may die ; die colonists ; die slaves; die, it may be, ignominiously and on the scaffold.
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| Titel | The Quarterly review, Band 67 The Quarterly review |
| Verlag | Murray, 1841 |
| Original von | University of California |
| Digitalisiert | 8. Jan. 2008 |
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