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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... periods . First , the vain , weak , and ineffectual struggle of the Powers of Europe against the insane strength of the French Revolu- tion , terminated by the Treaty of Campo Formio , and the Treaty of Ratisbon , on the Continent of ...
... periods . First , the vain , weak , and ineffectual struggle of the Powers of Europe against the insane strength of the French Revolu- tion , terminated by the Treaty of Campo Formio , and the Treaty of Ratisbon , on the Continent of ...
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... period from 1820 to 1827 was the most brilliant period for oratory in the House of Commons within my recollection . The graceful , finished , well - prepared speeches of Canning , sparkling with classical quotation , happy illus ...
... period from 1820 to 1827 was the most brilliant period for oratory in the House of Commons within my recollection . The graceful , finished , well - prepared speeches of Canning , sparkling with classical quotation , happy illus ...
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... period was about to terminate . Canning died in 1827 at Chiswick , where Fox had died in 1806 . Plunket accepted a seat in the House of Lords ; Brougham remained only three years longer in the House of Commons . But the fire which these ...
... period was about to terminate . Canning died in 1827 at Chiswick , where Fox had died in 1806 . Plunket accepted a seat in the House of Lords ; Brougham remained only three years longer in the House of Commons . But the fire which these ...
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... period the situation of affairs at home was very critical . The fifteen years which had elapsed since the peace had ... periods of emergency , had been allowed to grow up in rank luxuriance , till they overspread the land . Among these ...
... period the situation of affairs at home was very critical . The fifteen years which had elapsed since the peace had ... periods of emergency , had been allowed to grow up in rank luxuriance , till they overspread the land . Among these ...
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... period to which his Majesty's Ministers thought it their duty to recommend his Majesty to prorogue Parliament , it would be regulated by a sincere desire to do that which they considered most conducive to the advancement of the great ...
... period to which his Majesty's Ministers thought it their duty to recommend his Majesty to prorogue Parliament , it would be regulated by a sincere desire to do that which they considered most conducive to the advancement of the great ...
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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.