The British Cicero: Or, A Selection of the Most Admired Speeches in the English Language; Arranged Under Three Distinct Heads of Popular, Parliamentary, and Judicial Oratory: with Historical Illustrations: to which is Prefixed, an Introduction to the Study and Practice of Eloquence, Հատոր 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808 |
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... Stamp Act in 1765 to the actual commencement of hostilities in 1775 , as well as during the subsequent continuance of the war , a strenu- ous opposition was kept up by the patriotic party in both houses of parliament to all measures of ...
... Stamp Act in 1765 to the actual commencement of hostilities in 1775 , as well as during the subsequent continuance of the war , a strenu- ous opposition was kept up by the patriotic party in both houses of parliament to all measures of ...
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... Stamp Act be repealed IMMEDIATELY . " - ABSOLUTELY - TOTALLY and In the early part of the session of 1770 lord North as one of the first acts of his Administration moved the repeal of the port duties of 1767 , excepting the duty on tea ...
... Stamp Act be repealed IMMEDIATELY . " - ABSOLUTELY - TOTALLY and In the early part of the session of 1770 lord North as one of the first acts of his Administration moved the repeal of the port duties of 1767 , excepting the duty on tea ...
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... Stamp Act , seemed to vie with each other in expressions of loyalty and duty ; but the moment they perceived your intention to to tax them was renewed under a pretence of serving AMERICAN WAR . 9 Governor PowNAL's Observations thereon ...
... Stamp Act , seemed to vie with each other in expressions of loyalty and duty ; but the moment they perceived your intention to to tax them was renewed under a pretence of serving AMERICAN WAR . 9 Governor PowNAL's Observations thereon ...
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... stamp act had not produced any good effect ; that disturbances had been fomenting and growing ever since ; that the present con- cession would only induce the colonists to apply for the repeal of other duties ; nor would they stop until ...
... stamp act had not produced any good effect ; that disturbances had been fomenting and growing ever since ; that the present con- cession would only induce the colonists to apply for the repeal of other duties ; nor would they stop until ...
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... duty on tea ? I steadily appeal to experience , and would to God ! there was no other arbiter to decide on the vote , with which the House is to conclude this day . When parlia- ment repealed the stamp act in the year 1766 , I affirm ...
... duty on tea ? I steadily appeal to experience , and would to God ! there was no other arbiter to decide on the vote , with which the House is to conclude this day . When parlia- ment repealed the stamp act in the year 1766 , I affirm ...
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Էջ 81 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Էջ 44 - If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never.
Էջ 46 - I call upon the honour of your lordships, to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own : I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country, to vindicate the national character: I invoke the genius of the constitution.
Էջ 87 - Cup. For as the benefit is great, if with a true penitent heart and lively faith we receive that holy Sacrament ; (for then we spiritually eat the Flesh of Christ, and drink His Blood; then we dwell in Christ, and Christ in us; we are one with Christ, and Christ with us ;) so is the danger great, if we receive the same unworthily.
Էջ 43 - Lords, you cannot conquer America. What is your present situation there ? We do not know the worst; but we know that in three campaigns we have done nothing, and suffered much.
Էջ 88 - Christ with us :) so is the danger great if we receive the same unworthily. For then we are guilty of the body and blood of Christ our Saviour ; we eat and drink our own damnation, not considering the Lord's body...
Էջ 17 - He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion.
Էջ 28 - For a wise man, he seemed to me at that time, to be governed too much by general maxims. I speak with the freedom of history, and I hope without offence. One or two of these maxims, flowing from an opinion not the most indulgent to our unhappy species, and surely a little too general, led him into measures that were...
Էջ 30 - If he had not so great a stock as some have had who flourished formerly, of knowledge long treasured up, he knew better by far than any man I ever was acquainted with, how to bring together within a short time, all that was necessary to establish, to illustrate, and to decorate that side of the question he supported.
Էջ 46 - to use all the means which God and nature have put into our hands." I am astonished, I am shocked, to hear such principles confessed ; to hear them avowed in this House or in this country.