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 էջ |
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... given to parliament of the troubles in America . In a matter of such importance , the communication ought to have been immediate . I speak not with respect to parties . I stand up in this place single and independent . As to the late ...
... given to parliament of the troubles in America . In a matter of such importance , the communication ought to have been immediate . I speak not with respect to parties . I stand up in this place single and independent . As to the late ...
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... given us , in the simplicity of common sense , a rule for our direction , by which we shall never be misled . I confess , my lords , I had no other guide in drawing up the amendment , which I submitted to your con- sideration ; and ...
... given us , in the simplicity of common sense , a rule for our direction , by which we shall never be misled . I confess , my lords , I had no other guide in drawing up the amendment , which I submitted to your con- sideration ; and ...
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... given an unfair representa- tion of it ? Will any man presume to affirm that colonel Lut- trell is the free choice of the electors of Middlesex ? We all know the contrary . We all know that Mr. Wilkes ( whom I mention without either ...
... given an unfair representa- tion of it ? Will any man presume to affirm that colonel Lut- trell is the free choice of the electors of Middlesex ? We all know the contrary . We all know that Mr. Wilkes ( whom I mention without either ...
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... given up , the freeholders of England are reduced to a condition baser than the peasantry of Poland . If they desert their own cause , they deserve to be slaves ! My lords , this is not merely the cold opinion of my understanding , but ...
... given up , the freeholders of England are reduced to a condition baser than the peasantry of Poland . If they desert their own cause , they deserve to be slaves ! My lords , this is not merely the cold opinion of my understanding , but ...
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... given him , and which the laws alone can take from him . I am neither moved by his private vices , nor by his public merits . In his person , though he were the worst of men , I contend for the safety and security of the best ; and ...
... given him , and which the laws alone can take from him . I am neither moved by his private vices , nor by his public merits . In his person , though he were the worst of men , I contend for the safety and security of the best ; and ...
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Celebrated Speeches of Chatham, Burke, and Erskine: To which is Added, The ... William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1847 |
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Էջ 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...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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...