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, 1853 - 947 páginas |
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... ruin us . To show this more fully , I believe you will all hold it necessary that what I say , should not seem an aspersion on the state or imputation on the government , as I have known such motions misinterpreted . But far is this ...
... ruin us . To show this more fully , I believe you will all hold it necessary that what I say , should not seem an aspersion on the state or imputation on the government , as I have known such motions misinterpreted . But far is this ...
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... ruin . " There was a de- ficiency of proofs as to the facts alleged . The Earl declared that " the customs of England dif- fered exceedingly from those of Ireland ; and therefore , though cessing of men might seem strange here , it was ...
... ruin . " There was a de- ficiency of proofs as to the facts alleged . The Earl declared that " the customs of England dif- fered exceedingly from those of Ireland ; and therefore , though cessing of men might seem strange here , it was ...
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... ruin ! And so , my Lords , even so , with all tranquil- lity of mind , I submit myself to your decision . And whether your judgment in my case - I wish it were not the case of you all - be for life or for death , it shall be righteous ...
... ruin ! And so , my Lords , even so , with all tranquil- lity of mind , I submit myself to your decision . And whether your judgment in my case - I wish it were not the case of you all - be for life or for death , it shall be righteous ...
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... ruin Charles by his rashness and pertinacity , than any other man . But , whatever may be thought of Digby , the speech is one of great manliness and force . It is plausible in its statements , just in its distinc- tions , and weighty ...
... ruin Charles by his rashness and pertinacity , than any other man . But , whatever may be thought of Digby , the speech is one of great manliness and force . It is plausible in its statements , just in its distinc- tions , and weighty ...
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... ruin to his innocent posterity , upon a law made à posteriori . Let the mark be set on the door where the plague is , and then let him that will enter , die.2 I know , Mr. Speaker , there is in Parliament a double power of life and ...
... ruin to his innocent posterity , upon a law made à posteriori . Let the mark be set on the door where the plague is , and then let him that will enter , die.2 I know , Mr. Speaker , there is in Parliament a double power of life and ...
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