Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 4Nathaniel Chapman Hopkins and Earle, 1807 |
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... danger threatening the British dominions ; un- less we could sit at ease with the axe suspended over our heads , and wait with tranquillity of mind the moment , when these formidable enemies , after the extinction of every element of ...
... danger threatening the British dominions ; un- less we could sit at ease with the axe suspended over our heads , and wait with tranquillity of mind the moment , when these formidable enemies , after the extinction of every element of ...
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... danger , addressed to his constituents a defence of all his measures , in which he reveals the whole secret and mystery of the French revolution , and makes an open confession of the principles by which France was directed in her ...
... danger , addressed to his constituents a defence of all his measures , in which he reveals the whole secret and mystery of the French revolution , and makes an open confession of the principles by which France was directed in her ...
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... 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 LORD MORNINGTON'S SPEECH.
... 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 LORD MORNINGTON'S SPEECH.
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... dangerous attempts against liberty ; " it was said , that revolutionary laws could never be execu- ted , unless the government itself was constituted in a revolutionary manner . " Such was the origin , 34 LORD MORNINGTON'S SPEECH.
... dangerous attempts against liberty ; " it was said , that revolutionary laws could never be execu- ted , unless the government itself was constituted in a revolutionary manner . " Such was the origin , 34 LORD MORNINGTON'S SPEECH.
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... danger . Since the revolution of the 31st of May the expen- diture has been so much increased , that according even to the accounts laid before the convention itself , the expense of the month of August was above eighteen millions ...
... danger . Since the revolution of the 31st of May the expen- diture has been so much increased , that according even to the accounts laid before the convention itself , the expense of the month of August was above eighteen millions ...
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Page 427 - 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 427 - Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
Page 449 - 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 387 - 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 practise, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end.
Page 464 - 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 loath To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess A Paradise within thee, happier far.
Page 450 - But he has put to hazard his ease, his security, his interest, his power, even his darling popularity, for the benefit of a people whom he has never seen.
Page 388 - If the advocate refuses to defend, from what he may think of the charge or of the defence, he assumes the character of the judge; nay, he assumes it before the hour of judgment ; and in proportion to his rank and reputation, puts the heavy influence of perhaps a mistaken opinion into the scale against the accused, in whose favor the benevolent principle of English law makes all presumptions, and which commands the very judge to be his counsel.
Page 464 - 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...