British and American EloquenceGinn, 1912 - 403 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 33–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... ment . None of these thought or even dreamed of robbing the colo- nies of their constitutional rights . That was reserved to mark the era of the late administration : not that there were wanting some , when I had the honor to serve his ...
... ment . None of these thought or even dreamed of robbing the colo- nies of their constitutional rights . That was reserved to mark the era of the late administration : not that there were wanting some , when I had the honor to serve his ...
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... ment into an ignorance of the danger that should produce them . But , my lords , the time demands the language of truth . We must not now apply the flattering unction of servile compliance or blind complaisance . In a just and necessary ...
... ment into an ignorance of the danger that should produce them . But , my lords , the time demands the language of truth . We must not now apply the flattering unction of servile compliance or blind complaisance . In a just and necessary ...
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... ment , he elaborated with figures of speech and excursions of fancy and imagery which tired the mind by its minuteness and subtlety . It is said that there are more metaphors in a page of his speeches than in all of Webster's , While he ...
... ment , he elaborated with figures of speech and excursions of fancy and imagery which tired the mind by its minuteness and subtlety . It is said that there are more metaphors in a page of his speeches than in all of Webster's , While he ...
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... ment . It is simple peace , sought in its natural course and its ordinary haunts . It is peace sought in the spirit of peace , and laid in principles purely pacific . I propose , by removing the ground of the difference , and by ...
... ment . It is simple peace , sought in its natural course and its ordinary haunts . It is peace sought in the spirit of peace , and laid in principles purely pacific . I propose , by removing the ground of the difference , and by ...
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... ment or hope ; satisfaction in your subjects or discontent . The Americans will have no interest contrary to the grandeur and glory of England , when they are not oppressed by the weight of it ; I confess I feel not the least alarm from ...
... ment or hope ; satisfaction in your subjects or discontent . The Americans will have no interest contrary to the grandeur and glory of England , when they are not oppressed by the weight of it ; I confess I feel not the least alarm from ...
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