Celebrated Speeches of Chatham, Burke, and Erskine: To which is Added, the Argument of Mr. Mackintosh in the Case of PeltierE. C. & J. Biddle, 1845 - 540 Seiten |
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... less important to a mod- ern speaker , it , at the same time , enhances the neces- sity of increased attention to that which is purely in- tellectual . While the " fierce democracy " of Athens were sterner critics in accent and gesture ...
... less important to a mod- ern speaker , it , at the same time , enhances the neces- sity of increased attention to that which is purely in- tellectual . While the " fierce democracy " of Athens were sterner critics in accent and gesture ...
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... less from a deficiency of power than from a depressed literary standard . It is to elevate this standard , to bring the American reader into familiar and accurate acquaintance with the best examples of English eloquence , to show him ...
... less from a deficiency of power than from a depressed literary standard . It is to elevate this standard , to bring the American reader into familiar and accurate acquaintance with the best examples of English eloquence , to show him ...
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... less about principles than about their application . Cer- tain it is that we may reap benefit from a collision , in which institutions were assailed , on the one side , by genius prompted by lofty purpose and upheld by high ambition ...
... less about principles than about their application . Cer- tain it is that we may reap benefit from a collision , in which institutions were assailed , on the one side , by genius prompted by lofty purpose and upheld by high ambition ...
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... The greater must rule the less ; but so rule it , as not to contradict the fundamental principles that are common to both . If the gentleman does not understand the difference between external 2 AMERICAN TAXATION . 13.
... The greater must rule the less ; but so rule it , as not to contradict the fundamental principles that are common to both . If the gentleman does not understand the difference between external 2 AMERICAN TAXATION . 13.
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... less than the greatest learning and talents , which fall to the share of so small a number of men , were sufficient to direct our judgment and our conduct . But Providence has taken better care of our happiness , and given us , in the ...
... less than the greatest learning and talents , which fall to the share of so small a number of men , were sufficient to direct our judgment and our conduct . But Providence has taken better care of our happiness , and given us , in the ...
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CELEBRATED SPEECHES OF CHATHAM Edmund 1729-1797 Burke,William Earl of Chatham Pitt, 1708-177,Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine, 1750-182 Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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Seite 345 - ... 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 475 - It is the love of the people; it is their attachment to their government, from the sense of the deep stake they have in such a glorious institution, which gives you your army and your navy, and infuses into both that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble, and your navy nothing but rotten timber.
Seite 475 - 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 26 - We shall be forced ultimately to retract; let us retract while we can, not when we must. I say we must necessarily undo these violent oppressive acts: they must be repealed; you will repeal them ; I pledge myself for it, that you will in the end repeal them ; I stake my reputation on it; I will consent to be taken for an idiot, if they are not finally repealed.
Seite 426 - 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 31 - ... to delegate to the merciless Indian the defence of disputed rights, and to wage the horrors of his barbarous war against our brethren ? My lords, these enormities cry aloud for redress and punishment.
Seite 346 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Seite 153 - Then ensued a scene of woe, the like of which no eye had seen, no heart conceived, and which no tongue can adequately tell. All the horrors of war before known or heard of, were mercy to that new havoc. A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple.
Seite 87 - The Parliament of Great Britain sits at the head of her extensive empire in two capacities : one as the local legislature of this island, providing for all things at home, immediately, and by no other instrument than the executive power. The other, and I think her nobler capacity, is what I call her imperial character ; in which, as from the throne of heaven, she superintends all the several inferior legislatures, and guides and controls them all, without annihilating any.
Seite 86 - Reflect how you are to govern a people, who think they ought to be free, and think they are not. Your scheme yields no revenue ; it yields nothing but discontent, disorder, disobedience...