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" And now, Gentlemen, on this serious day, when I come, as it were, to make up my account with you, let me take to myself some degree of honest pride on the nature of the charges that are against me. I do not here stand before you accused of venality, or... "
The Principles of Eloquence: Adapted to the Pulpit and the Bar - Page 184
by Jean Siffrein Maury - 1807 - 275 pages
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Methodist Magazine and Quarterly Review, Volume 10; Volume 18; Volume 40

1858 - 688 pages
...the book ; I might wish to read a page or two more, but this is enough, I have not lived in vain. " And now, gentlemen, on this serious day, when I come,...degree of honest pride on the nature of the charges against me. I do not here stand before you accused of venality, or of neglect of duty. It is not said...
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The American Orator's Own Book

1859 - 370 pages
...wish to read a page or two more — but this is enough for my measure — I have not lived in vain. And now, gentlemen, on this serious day, when I come,...degree of honest pride on the nature of the charges that are against me. I do not here stand before you accused of venality, or neglect of duty. It is...
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The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir, Volume 1

Edmund Burke - 1860 - 644 pages
...wish to read a page or two more — hut this is enough for my measure. I have not lived in vain. Ami on the vacant, unoccupied, arid derelict minds of his friends th* charges that are against me. I do not here stand before you accused or venality, or of neglect...
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A Compendious History of English Literature, and of the English ..., Volume 2

George Lillie Craik - 1861 - 580 pages
...might wish to read a page or two more, but this is enough for my measure. I have not lived in vain. And now, gentlemen, on this serious day, when I come, as it were, to moke up my account with you, let me take to myself some degree of honest pride on the nature of the...
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The Monthly Journal of the American Unitarian Association, Volume 3

American Unitarian Association - 1862 - 584 pages
...soul. Edmund Burke once concluded a speech at Bristol, before his constituents, in these words : — " And now, gentlemen, on this serious day, when I come,...degree of honest pride on the nature of the charges that are against me. I do not stand here before you accused of venality or of neglect of duty. It is...
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The Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for ...

Epes Sargent - 1862 - 564 pages
...might wish to read a papo or two more, — but this is enough foi my measure. 1 bare not lived in vain. And now, Gentlemen, on this serious day, when I come, as it were, to make up my account with you, let we take to myself some degree of honest pride, on the nature of the charges that are against me. I...
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Speeches: With Memoir and Historical Introductions

Edmund Burke - 1862 - 460 pages
...wish to read a page or two more — but this is enough for my measure. — I have not lived in vain. And now, gentlemen, on this serious day, when I come, as it were, to make up my account with yon, let me take to myself some degree of honest pride on the nature of the charges that are against...
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A Compendium of English Literautre: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...might wish to read a page or two more—but this is enough for my measure.—I have not lived in vain. And now, gentlemen, on this serious day, when I come,...degree of honest pride on the nature of the charges that are against me. if do not here stand before you accused of venality, or of neglect of duty. It...
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Choice specimens of English literature, selected and arranged by T.B. Shaw ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...wish to read a page or two more — but this is enough for my measure. — I have not lived in vain. And now, gentlemen, on this serious day, when I come,...degree of honest pride on the nature of the charges that are against me. I do not here stand before you accused of venality or of neglect of duty. It is...
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Works, Volume 2

Edmund Burke - 1865 - 592 pages
...might wish to read a page or two more, but this is enough for my measure. I have not lived in vain. And now, Gentlemen, on this serious day, when I come,...degree of honest pride on the nature of the charges that are against me. I do not here stand before you accused of venality, or of neglect of duty. It...
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