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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... able and animated Speech on this Subject in the House of Lords 444 CHAP . XIII . CHAP Troubles in IRELAND : -Mr . Fox's Speech thereon , March 23d , 1797 457 Mr. PITT's celebrated Speech on his Plan of Union with IRELAND 480 THE THE ...
... able and animated Speech on this Subject in the House of Lords 444 CHAP . XIII . CHAP Troubles in IRELAND : -Mr . Fox's Speech thereon , March 23d , 1797 457 Mr. PITT's celebrated Speech on his Plan of Union with IRELAND 480 THE THE ...
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... able gentleman boasts of his bounties to America . Are not these bounties intended finally for the bene- fit of this kingdom ? If they are not , he has misap- plied the national treasures . I am no courtier of Ameri- ca. I maintain that ...
... able gentleman boasts of his bounties to America . Are not these bounties intended finally for the bene- fit of this kingdom ? If they are not , he has misap- plied the national treasures . I am no courtier of Ameri- ca. I maintain that ...
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... able to excite in every thing by the violent ebullition of his mixed virtues and failings ; for failings he had undoubtedly . Many of us remember them- We are this day considering the effect of them . had no failings which were not ...
... able to excite in every thing by the violent ebullition of his mixed virtues and failings ; for failings he had undoubtedly . Many of us remember them- We are this day considering the effect of them . had no failings which were not ...
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... able to discover any grounds of honor , advan- tage , peace , or power , for adhering either to the act , or to the preamble , I shall vote for the question which leads to the repeal of both . " The House was much amused with these ...
... able to discover any grounds of honor , advan- tage , peace , or power , for adhering either to the act , or to the preamble , I shall vote for the question which leads to the repeal of both . " The House was much amused with these ...
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... able to enforce a temporary and local submission , how shall you be able to secure the obedience of the country you leave behind you , in your progress of eighteen hund- red miles of continent , animated with the same spirit of liberty ...
... able to enforce a temporary and local submission , how shall you be able to secure the obedience of the country you leave behind you , in your progress of eighteen hund- red miles of continent , animated with the same spirit of liberty ...
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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
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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.