The Speeches and Public Letters of the Hon. Joseph Howe, Volume 2J.P. Jewett, 1858 |
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... responsibility and the credit of this measure . I believe it to be the high duty of all governments to take the lead in enterprises of this nature . But there were difficulties in the way . We felt , perhaps , that it would be unfair to ...
... responsibility and the credit of this measure . I believe it to be the high duty of all governments to take the lead in enterprises of this nature . But there were difficulties in the way . We felt , perhaps , that it would be unfair to ...
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... fails , through fear of responsibility , to do his duty to his country . It is said that this enterprise can be carried out by a company . But 1 where is it to come from ? The honorable 56 * WINDSOR RAILROAD . 17 - RESOLUTION OF 1850 .
... fails , through fear of responsibility , to do his duty to his country . It is said that this enterprise can be carried out by a company . But 1 where is it to come from ? The honorable 56 * WINDSOR RAILROAD . 17 - RESOLUTION OF 1850 .
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... responsibility , from which a noble achievement must result , and upon which they will reflect with pride in all time to come . This proposition received a fair amount of support , but it encountered just enough of opposition to delay ...
... responsibility , from which a noble achievement must result , and upon which they will reflect with pride in all time to come . This proposition received a fair amount of support , but it encountered just enough of opposition to delay ...
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... responsibility , pledging their public rev- enues , issuing debentures either with or without the guarantee of the Imperial government , borrowing the money honestly and expending it faithfully , under the restraints which their Consti ...
... responsibility , pledging their public rev- enues , issuing debentures either with or without the guarantee of the Imperial government , borrowing the money honestly and expending it faithfully , under the restraints which their Consti ...
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... responsibility which your kindness and my public position have tempted me to assume . The memory of those great ora- * Letters from Sloane Street , 25th November , 1850 ; 16th January , 1851 tors with whose highest flights of eloquence ...
... responsibility which your kindness and my public position have tempted me to assume . The memory of those great ora- * Letters from Sloane Street , 25th November , 1850 ; 16th January , 1851 tors with whose highest flights of eloquence ...
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Page 502 - But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty : from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
Page 501 - There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom and was unto him as a daughter.
Page 503 - But will God indeed dwell on the earth ? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house that I have builded...
Page 61 - I believe that many in this room will live to hear the whistle of the steam engine in the passes of the Rocky Mountains, and to make the journey from Halifax to the Pacific in five or six days.
Page 501 - All the ends of speaking are reducible to four ; every speech being intended to enlighten the understanding, to please the imagination, to move the passions, or to influence the will.
Page 490 - Guelphs and the Ghibellines, the emperor Conrad, as an offended sovereign, had refused all terms of capitulation to the garrison of Winnisberg ; but as a courteous knight, he permitted the women to depart with such of their precious effects as they themselves could transport. The gates of the town were thrown open, and a long procession of matrons, each bearing a husband or a father, or brother, on her shoulders, passed in safety through the applauding camp.
Page 503 - They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight. 16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I entreated him with my mouth.
Page 209 - O yes ! our hearts their presence feel, Viewless, not voiceless; from the deepest shells On memory's shore harmonious echoes steal, And names which in the days gone by were spells Are blent with that soft music.
Page 503 - Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard : I cry aloud, but there is no judgment. He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
Page 500 - I feel my inability to cope with critics by whom the high road has been beaten, and am more at my ease in the byways. It may be that I would rather have you all good men and true, able " to give a reason for the faith that is in you...