Selections from Speeches of Earl Russell 1817 to 1841, and from Dispatches, 1859 to 1865: With Introductions, Volumen1Longmans, Green and Company, 1870 |
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... importance , which occupied Pitt's mind before and during the war , were thrust aside by the imminent perils of the war itself ; and by the necessity of combining the elements of a majority who might agree upon the policy of continuing ...
... importance , which occupied Pitt's mind before and during the war , were thrust aside by the imminent perils of the war itself ; and by the necessity of combining the elements of a majority who might agree upon the policy of continuing ...
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... importance of the change thus indicated was enormous . The Tory party , which had survived the disasters and the follies of the American war , which had borne the defeats and achieved the final glories of the French war , was broken by ...
... importance of the change thus indicated was enormous . The Tory party , which had survived the disasters and the follies of the American war , which had borne the defeats and achieved the final glories of the French war , was broken by ...
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... importance , or one marked by greater ability . Lord Grey's opening speech recording that , in 1786 , he had voted with Mr. Pitt in favour of reform of Parliament ; his clear and able statement of the reasons which seemed to him to ...
... importance , or one marked by greater ability . Lord Grey's opening speech recording that , in 1786 , he had voted with Mr. Pitt in favour of reform of Parliament ; his clear and able statement of the reasons which seemed to him to ...
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... importance hangs over your decision . Pause , ere you plunge ! There may not be any retreat . It behoves you to shape your conduct by the mighty occasion . They tell you not to be afraid of personal consequences in discharging your duty ...
... importance hangs over your decision . Pause , ere you plunge ! There may not be any retreat . It behoves you to shape your conduct by the mighty occasion . They tell you not to be afraid of personal consequences in discharging your duty ...
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... importance were repulsive to the House of Commons . Above all , the tide of opinion flowed so rapidly , that all obstacles were swept away , like Canute's chair , by the advancing waves . Thus the Bill which had been introduced to the ...
... importance were repulsive to the House of Commons . Above all , the tide of opinion flowed so rapidly , that all obstacles were swept away , like Canute's chair , by the advancing waves . Thus the Bill which had been introduced to the ...
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Página 124 - And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
Página 223 - Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness?
Página 366 - How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Página 251 - I, AB, do declare, that it is not lawful, upon any pretence whatsoever, to take arms against the king : and that I do abhor that traitorous position of taking arms by his authority against his person, or against those that are commissioned by him...
Página 176 - Adfirmabant autem hanc fuisse summam vel culpae suae vel erroris, quod essent soliti stato die ante lucem convenire carmenque Christo quasi deo dicere secum invicem seque sacramento non in scelus aliquod obstringere, sed ne furta, ne latrocinia, ne adulteria committerent, ne fidem fallerent, ne depositum appellati abnegarent.
Página 48 - Germany ; in many respects, to those at the present day — in more, to those existing at the end of the last and the beginning of the present century. The Germans are generally unaware of the existence of such resemblances.
Página 109 - And they brought unto him a penny. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? They say unto him, Caesars. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Cassar's ; and unto God the things that are God's.
Página 183 - Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be quiet, For every pelting, petty officer, Would use his heaven for thunder ; nothing but thunder.
Página 51 - His opinions no man knew ; they were simply the opinions of the house of commons. He had with equal ability advocated every possible opinion ; as the majority had with equal impartiality voted.
Página 126 - School shall be open to children of all communions ; that due regard be had to parental right and authority ; that, accordingly, no child shall receive or be present at any religious instruction of which his parents or guardians disapprove ; and that the time for giving it be so fixed, that no child shall be thereby, in effect, excluded, directly or indirectly, from the other advantages which the school affords.