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, Band 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808 |
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... former parliamentary revenue which subsisted in that country , or even any one of the articles which compose it . I affirm also , that when departing from the maxims of that repeal , you revived the scheme of taxation , and thereby ...
... former parliamentary revenue which subsisted in that country , or even any one of the articles which compose it . I affirm also , that when departing from the maxims of that repeal , you revived the scheme of taxation , and thereby ...
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... former minister's commercial regula- tions in America ; which , he says , threatened total ruin to the Spanish trade ; and then adds , " on the conclu- sion of this business , the news of the troubles , on ac- count of the stamp act ...
... former minister's commercial regula- tions in America ; which , he says , threatened total ruin to the Spanish trade ; and then adds , " on the conclu- sion of this business , the news of the troubles , on ac- count of the stamp act ...
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... former oc- casion ; but if it could be permitted him to be jocular on such a subject , he might beg the House to believe there was no collusion in the case , the gazette neither having been been framed by his authority , nor he having ...
... former oc- casion ; but if it could be permitted him to be jocular on such a subject , he might beg the House to believe there was no collusion in the case , the gazette neither having been been framed by his authority , nor he having ...
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... former could be held up to government as the causes of our failure in regard to themselves , or the commander , whose skill , enterprize , and perseverance were justly praised , he could only have recourse to the last , as the only ...
... former could be held up to government as the causes of our failure in regard to themselves , or the commander , whose skill , enterprize , and perseverance were justly praised , he could only have recourse to the last , as the only ...
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... former number were necessarily em- ployed to watch them , instead of their being anywise serviceable to our cause . From this he deduced the ab- surdity of attempting to contend with France in Ame- rica : we had conquered that power in ...
... former number were necessarily em- ployed to watch them , instead of their being anywise serviceable to our cause . From this he deduced the ab- surdity of attempting to contend with France in Ame- rica : we had conquered that power in ...
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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.