Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 4Nathaniel Chapman Hopkins and Earle, 1807 - Great Britain |
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... taken relative to the naviga- tion of the Scheldt , she had the means of annoying Holland in that quarter ; the possession of Liege gave her the command of the Meuse , and furnished her with great advantages in any operation which she ...
... taken relative to the naviga- tion of the Scheldt , she had the means of annoying Holland in that quarter ; the possession of Liege gave her the command of the Meuse , and furnished her with great advantages in any operation which she ...
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... taken from them to the strength of our allies . Brissot says , that " the evacuation of Belgium tarnished the glory of the French arms , and retarded " what he calls " the liberty of Europe . " The Netherlands , recovered under such ...
... taken from them to the strength of our allies . Brissot says , that " the evacuation of Belgium tarnished the glory of the French arms , and retarded " what he calls " the liberty of Europe . " The Netherlands , recovered under such ...
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... taken by English frigates at the very mouths of our ri- vers ; our ships could not go into the Mediterra- nean without danger , and yet we had a fleet there of 15 ships of the line . " If we look to the result of the campaign abroad 26 ...
... taken by English frigates at the very mouths of our ri- vers ; our ships could not go into the Mediterra- nean without danger , and yet we had a fleet there of 15 ships of the line . " If we look to the result of the campaign abroad 26 ...
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... taken a differ- ent inclination . I shall not dwell in this place upon the instability of any engagement which could have been entered into with a government subject from its nature to such sudden , total , and repeated changes , both ...
... taken a differ- ent inclination . I shall not dwell in this place upon the instability of any engagement which could have been entered into with a government subject from its nature to such sudden , total , and repeated changes , both ...
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... taken as the average of the present monthly expenditure of the revolutionary government . This would make an annual expenditure of two hundred and sixteen mil . lions sterling a sum which nearly approaches to the amount of the whole ...
... taken as the average of the present monthly expenditure of the revolutionary government . This would make an annual expenditure of two hundred and sixteen mil . lions sterling a sum which nearly approaches to the amount of the whole ...
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Page 460 - With earth's wide bounds, his glory with the heavens.
Page 460 - And all the rule, one empire ; only add Deeds to thy knowledge answerable; add faith, Add virtue, patience, temperance ; add love, By name to come call'd charity, the soul Of all the rest: then wilt thou not be loth To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess A paradise within thee, happier far.
Page 423 - If it be desired to know the immediate cause of all this free writing and free speaking, there cannot be assigned a truer than your own mild and free and humane government; it is the liberty, Lords and Commons...
Page 423 - Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
Page 445 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam...
Page 383 - From the moment that any advocate can be permitted to say that he will or will not stand between the crown and the subject arraigned in the court where he daily sits to practice, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end.
Page 458 - Christians, I cannot help lamenting that Newton had not lived to this day, to have had his shallowness filled up with this new flood of light. But the subject is too awful for irony. I will speak plainly and directly. Newton was a Christian ! Newton...
Page 460 - This having learned, thou hast attained the sum Of wisdom; hope no higher, though all the stars Thou knew'st by name, and all the ethereal powers, All secrets of the deep, all Nature's works, Or works of God in heaven, air, earth, or sea, And all the riches of this world...