 Give them," said he in 1810, and in a far higher strain of eloquence, " a corrupt House of Lords ; give them a venal House of Commons ; give them a tyrannical prince ; give them a truckling court, — and let me but have an unfettered press ; I will defy...  Contributions to the Edinburgh review - Página 303por Henry Peter Brougham (1st baron Brougham and Vaux.) - 1856Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1839 - 460 páginas
...watch-towers, kings for his sentinels, and for the palisades of his castle, sceptres stuck with crowns."f " Give them," said he in 1810, and in a far higher strain...unfettered press ; I will defy them to encroach a hair'sbreadth upon the liberties of England."! Of all his speeches there can be little doubt that the... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1839 - 434 páginas
...Goddess of Reason ;"* certainly far better than such pictures of his power, as his having " thrones for his watch-towers, kings for his sentinels, and for...castle, sceptres stuck with crowns." -^ "Give them," saidhein 1810,and in afar higher strain of eloquence, "a corrupt House of Lords; give them a venal... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1839 - 278 páginas
...Goddess of Reason ;"* certainly far better than such pictures of his power, as his having " thrones for his watch-towers, kings for his sentinels, and for...palisades of his castle, sceptres stuck with crowns, "f "Give them," said he in 1810, and in a far higher strain of eloquence, " a corrupt House of Lords... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1839 - 488 páginas
...Goddess of Reason;"* certainly far better than such pictures of his power, as his having " thrones for his watch-towers, kings for his sentinels, and for the palisades of his castle, sceptres stuck with crowns."f " Give them," said he in 1810, and in a far higher strain of eloquence, " a corrupt House... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1839 - 476 páginas
...Goddess of Reason ;" * certainly far better than such pictures of his power, as his having " thrones for his watch-towers, kings for his sentinels, and for the palisades of his castle, sceptres stuck with crowns."f " Give them," said he in 1810, and in a far higher strain of eloquence, " a corrupt House... | |
 | William Davis Gallagher, Otway Curry - 1839 - 438 páginas
...the goddess of reason ; " certainly far better than such pictures of his power as having "thrones for his watch-towers, kings for his sentinels, and for the palisades of his taslle, sceptres stuck with crown?." "Give them," said he, in eighteen hundred and ten, and in a far... | |
 | 1840 - 560 páginas
...them,' said Sheridan, speaking of his opponents In the British Parliament, a 'corrupt House of Lords ; give them a tyrannical Prince ; give them a truckling court ; and let me have but an unfettered press, and I will defy them to encroach one hair's breadth upon the liberties... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1841 - 350 páginas
...goddess of reason;"—certainly far better than such pictures of his power, as his having ".thrones for his watch-towers, kings for his sentinels, and for...eloquence, " a corrupt House of Lords; give them a renal House of Commons; give them a tyrannical prince; give them a truckling court,—and let me but... | |
 | Henry Drummond - 1842 - 170 páginas
...Commons had done up to his time. His most celebrated dictum on the subject is pure ranting : " Give them a corrupt House of Lords, give them a venal House...an unfettered press, I will defy them to encroach a half-hair's breadth upon the liberties of England." It would be far more just to say, Give us an unblemished... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1842 - 360 páginas
...power, as his having " thrones for his watch-towers, * It had the singularity of never winking. t 1S02. kings for his sentinels, and for the palisades of...castle, sceptres stuck with crowns."* " Give them," Baid he in 1810, and in a far higher strain of eloquence, " a corrupt House of Lords ; give them a... | |
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