Select British Eloquence: Embracing the Best Speeches Entire, of the Most Eminent Orators of Great Britain for the Last Two Centuries; with Sketches of Their Lives, an Estimate of Their Genius, and Notes, Critical and ExplanatoryHarper & brothers, 1870 - 947 páginas |
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... Parliamentary History two re- ports of this speech , one by Whitlocke , and the other by some unknown friend of Strafford . As each has important passages which are not contain- ed in the other , they are here combined by a slight ...
... Parliamentary History two re- ports of this speech , one by Whitlocke , and the other by some unknown friend of Strafford . As each has important passages which are not contain- ed in the other , they are here combined by a slight ...
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... Parliamentary speaking was literally " a keen encounter of the wits , " in which the ball of debate was tossed to and fro between men of high talent , who perfectly understood each other's motives , and showed infinite dexterity in ...
... Parliamentary speaking was literally " a keen encounter of the wits , " in which the ball of debate was tossed to and fro between men of high talent , who perfectly understood each other's motives , and showed infinite dexterity in ...
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... parliamentary way , till these things be in a proper way laid before Par- liament ; suppose these lights refused , these rea- sonable requests rejected by a corrupt majority of his creatures , whom he retains in daily pay , or engages ...
... parliamentary way , till these things be in a proper way laid before Par- liament ; suppose these lights refused , these rea- sonable requests rejected by a corrupt majority of his creatures , whom he retains in daily pay , or engages ...
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... Parliamentary or any other designa- tion . A standing army is still a standing army , whatever name it be called by . They are a body of men distinct from the body of the people ; they are governed by different laws ; and blind obe ...
... Parliamentary or any other designa- tion . A standing army is still a standing army , whatever name it be called by . They are a body of men distinct from the body of the people ; they are governed by different laws ; and blind obe ...
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... Parliamentary History , which professes to give a detailed report of all the debates in Parliament , contains not a single speech of Mr. Pitt , and only two or three by any other person , during the whole period of his ministry . The ...
... Parliamentary History , which professes to give a detailed report of all the debates in Parliament , contains not a single speech of Mr. Pitt , and only two or three by any other person , during the whole period of his ministry . The ...
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