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, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808 |
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... measure , and of the principle of repeal , continued Mr. BURKE , " was made before the Seffion ; and I wonder how any one can read the king's C 4 speech speech at the opening of that session , without seeing AMERICAN WAR . 23.
... measure , and of the principle of repeal , continued Mr. BURKE , " was made before the Seffion ; and I wonder how any one can read the king's C 4 speech speech at the opening of that session , without seeing AMERICAN WAR . 23.
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... king stood in a humiliated state , until something of the kind should be done . Here this extraordinary man , then chancellor of the Exchequer , found himself in great straits . To please universally was the object of his life ; but to ...
... king stood in a humiliated state , until something of the kind should be done . Here this extraordinary man , then chancellor of the Exchequer , found himself in great straits . To please universally was the object of his life ; but to ...
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... king's name , all thoughts of such a substitution in future . The principle of this disclaimer goes to what has been left , as well as what has been repealed . The tax which lingers after its companions ( under a preamble declaring an ...
... king's name , all thoughts of such a substitution in future . The principle of this disclaimer goes to what has been left , as well as what has been repealed . The tax which lingers after its companions ( under a preamble declaring an ...
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... King , Lords , and Commons , áre grand and sounding names , but King , Lords , and Commons may become tyrants as well as others . Tyranny in one or more is the same : it is as lawful to resist the tyranny of ' many , as of one : this ...
... King , Lords , and Commons , áre grand and sounding names , but King , Lords , and Commons may become tyrants as well as others . Tyranny in one or more is the same : it is as lawful to resist the tyranny of ' many , as of one : this ...
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... King , the dignity of parliament , or the interest of the nation . " Mr. BURKE drew a most striking picture of the losses and disasters which had been sustained through the egre- gious folly and misconduct of the present administration ...
... King , the dignity of parliament , or the interest of the nation . " Mr. BURKE drew a most striking picture of the losses and disasters which had been sustained through the egre- gious folly and misconduct of the present administration ...
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The British Cicero: Or, A Selection of the Most Admired Speeches ..., Volume 2 Thomas Browne (LL.D.) Visualização integral - 1813 |
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admitted advantage allies America argument army Begums bill Britain British constitution BURKE called Catholics cause church church of England circumstances civil commerce committee conduct consequence consider consideration crown danger declared Dissenters duty effect empire enemy England established executive government expence family compact former France French give ground HASTINGS hostile House House of Commons Ireland justice King kingdom learned gentleman legislature liberty lord CORNWALLIS lords Majesty Majesty's manufactures means measure ment METHUEN treaty ministers motion Nabob nation nature necessary negociation noble object occasion opinion oppression parliament parliament of Ireland peace persons PITT political possession present principles proceeded proposed prove question racter religion repeal respect revenue right honorable friend right honorable gentleman sacrament sentiments SHERIDAN shew Sir ELIJAH Sir ELIJAH IMPEY situation Spain speech spirit stamp act statutes Test act Test laws thing thought tion treaty treaty of Utrecht trust wish
Passagens conhecidas
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.