Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 4Nathaniel Chapman Hopkins and Earle, 1807 |
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... military despotism , every mode and gradation of lawful authority , or of esta- blished power was the object of deliberate , systematick and uniform attack . There is another feature of this project which I cannot omit , because it so ...
... military despotism , every mode and gradation of lawful authority , or of esta- blished power was the object of deliberate , systematick and uniform attack . There is another feature of this project which I cannot omit , because it so ...
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... military force . That argument will not be declined by those whose situation in his majesty's councils renders them most competent to treat it with effect . But from what lies within the observation of every man we may collect , 28 LORD ...
... military force . That argument will not be declined by those whose situation in his majesty's councils renders them most competent to treat it with effect . But from what lies within the observation of every man we may collect , 28 LORD ...
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... military force , which has since been carried to such an excess ; foreign commerce had already much declined ; and both publick and private credit had been greatly em- barrassed by the quantity of assignats in circulation ; an evil of ...
... military force , which has since been carried to such an excess ; foreign commerce had already much declined ; and both publick and private credit had been greatly em- barrassed by the quantity of assignats in circulation ; an evil of ...
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... military force became so heavy , that the government was compelled to resort to something beyond the extraordinary pro- jects of revenue , which I have enumerated . The price of the articles , which may be classed under the head of ...
... military force became so heavy , that the government was compelled to resort to something beyond the extraordinary pro- jects of revenue , which I have enumerated . The price of the articles , which may be classed under the head of ...
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... fa- vourite engine of liberty , and various mechanical in- ventions were proposed with a view to provide portable axes , and ambulatory scaffolds , A new military force was raised at the expense of 98 LORD MORNINGTON'S SPEECH.
... fa- vourite engine of liberty , and various mechanical in- ventions were proposed with a view to provide portable axes , and ambulatory scaffolds , A new military force was raised at the expense of 98 LORD MORNINGTON'S SPEECH.
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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...