Celebrated Speeches of Chatham, Burke, and Erskine: To which is Added, the Argument of Mr. Mackintosh in the Case of PeltierE.C. Biddle, 1841 - 540 Seiten |
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... learned friend ( the lord chancellor ) has pledged himself to the house , that he will sup- port that assertion . My lords , the character and circumstances of Mr. Wilkes have been very improperly introduced into this question , not THE ...
... learned friend ( the lord chancellor ) has pledged himself to the house , that he will sup- port that assertion . My lords , the character and circumstances of Mr. Wilkes have been very improperly introduced into this question , not THE ...
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... learned , and ever - lamented friend the late Mr. Yorke , then attorney - general , on the point of law . When he knew that formally and officially , which in substance he had known before , he immediately dispatched orders to redress ...
... learned , and ever - lamented friend the late Mr. Yorke , then attorney - general , on the point of law . When he knew that formally and officially , which in substance he had known before , he immediately dispatched orders to redress ...
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... learned friend , and his own scheme of reformation ( if he has any ) are all equally needless . There are , and must be , abuses in all governments . It amounts to no more than a nugatory proposition . But before I consider of what ...
... learned friend , and his own scheme of reformation ( if he has any ) are all equally needless . There are , and must be , abuses in all governments . It amounts to no more than a nugatory proposition . But before I consider of what ...
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... learned friend's character , has extended , I might appeal to the multitudes who surround us , and ask , which of them all , except the few con- nected in office with the crown , ever heard of its existence . But with regard to myself ...
... learned friend's character , has extended , I might appeal to the multitudes who surround us , and ask , which of them all , except the few con- nected in office with the crown , ever heard of its existence . But with regard to myself ...
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... learned friend knows too well my respect and value for him to suppose that I am charging him with a wilful suppression ; I know him to be incapable of it ; he knew it would come from me ; he will permit me , however , to lament that it ...
... learned friend knows too well my respect and value for him to suppose that I am charging him with a wilful suppression ; I know him to be incapable of it ; he knew it would come from me ; he will permit me , however , to lament that it ...
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Seite 479 - ... is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties, which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government ; they will cling and grapple to you ; and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance.
Seite 351 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Seite 479 - My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government; they will cling and grapple to you, and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance.
Seite 430 - The power of the crown, almost dead and rotten as Prerogative, has grown up anew, with much more strength, and far less odium, under the name of Influence.
Seite 36 - You may swell every expense and every effort still more extravagantly; pile and accumulate every assistance you can buy or borrow; traffic and barter with every little pitiful German prince that sells and sends his subjects to the shambles...
Seite 348 - Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
Seite 370 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Seite 57 - The feelings of the colonies were formerly the feelings of Great Britain. Theirs were formerly the feelings of Mr. Hampden when called upon for the payment of twenty shillings. Would twenty shillings have ruined Mr. Hampden's fortune? No! but the payment of half twenty shillings, on the principle it was demanded, would have made him a slave.
Seite 92 - ... their ability, let the best of them get up and tell me, what one character of liberty the Americans have, and what one brand of slavery they are free from, if they are bound in their property and industry by all the restraints you can imagine on commerce, and at the same time are made pack-horses of every tax you choose to impose, without the least share in granting them. When they bear the...
Seite 11 - Great Britain, give and grant to your Majesty" — what ? Our own property ! No ! ' ' We give and grant to your Majesty" the property of your Majesty's commons of America!