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... course . Their principle is plain , rational , and consistent . It is this , to admit the middle class to a large and direct share in the representation , without any violent shock to the institutions of our country . I understand those ...
... course . Their principle is plain , rational , and consistent . It is this , to admit the middle class to a large and direct share in the representation , without any violent shock to the institutions of our country . I understand those ...
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... course of the debate can have failed to observe that the gentlemen who oppose this bill have chiefly relied on a preliminary objection , which it is necessary to clear away before we proceed to examine whether the proposed changes in ...
... course of the debate can have failed to observe that the gentlemen who oppose this bill have chiefly relied on a preliminary objection , which it is necessary to clear away before we proceed to examine whether the proposed changes in ...
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... course would events take ? There is no difficulty in foresee- ing the stages of the rapid progress downward . First we should have a mock reform ; a Bassietlaw reform ; a reform worthy of those politicians who , when a delinquent ...
... course would events take ? There is no difficulty in foresee- ing the stages of the rapid progress downward . First we should have a mock reform ; a Bassietlaw reform ; a reform worthy of those politicians who , when a delinquent ...
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... course of the fatiguing discussions by which we have been so long occupied , there has been a cry of " question , " or a noise at the bar , the orator who has been interrupted has remarked , that such proceedings will be quite in place ...
... course of the fatiguing discussions by which we have been so long occupied , there has been a cry of " question , " or a noise at the bar , the orator who has been interrupted has remarked , that such proceedings will be quite in place ...
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... course full of danger . I believe that the danger of that course is in no respect diminished . I believe , on the contrary , that it is increased . We are told that there is a re - action . The warmth of the public feeling , it seems ...
... course full of danger . I believe that the danger of that course is in no respect diminished . I believe , on the contrary , that it is increased . We are told that there is a re - action . The warmth of the public feeling , it seems ...
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Página 477 - No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank; But friends and foes, in dumb surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank; And when above the surges They saw his crest appear. All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry, And even the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer.
Página 469 - Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; I, with two more to help me, Will hold the foe in play. In yon strait path a thousand May well be stopped by three. Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with me?" Then out spake Spurius Lartius ; A Ramnian proud was he: "Lo, I will stand at thy right hand, And keep the bridge with thee.
Página 544 - Rochelle, proud city of the waters, Again let rapture light the eyes of all thy mourning daughters. As thou wert constant in our ills, be joyous in our joy, For cold, and stiff, and still are they who wrought thy walls annoy.
Página 469 - Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...
Página 545 - Ho ! maidens of Vienna ! Ho ! matrons of Lucerne ! Weep, weep, and rend your hair for those who never shall return. Ho ! Philip, send, for charity, thy Mexican pistoles, That Antwerp monks may sing a mass for thy poor spearmen's souls...
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Página 463 - Tall are the oaks whose acorns Drop in dark Auser's rill ; Fat are the stags that champ the boughs Of the Ciminian hill ; Beyond all streams Clitumnus Is to the herdsman dear ; Best of all pools the fowler loves The great Volsinian mere.