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... proposed by His Majesty's Government . I say , Sir , that I consider this as a circumstance of happy augury . For what I feared was , not the opposition of those who are averse to all Reform , but the disunion of reformers . I knew that ...
... proposed by His Majesty's Government . I say , Sir , that I consider this as a circumstance of happy augury . For what I feared was , not the opposition of those who are averse to all Reform , but the disunion of reformers . I knew that ...
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... this he was charged with threatening the House . Sir , in the year 1817 , the late Lord Londonderry proposed a suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act . On that occasion he told the House that , unless the measures PARLIAMENTARY REFORM . 13.
... this he was charged with threatening the House . Sir , in the year 1817 , the late Lord Londonderry proposed a suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act . On that occasion he told the House that , unless the measures PARLIAMENTARY REFORM . 13.
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... proposed the laws known by the name of the Six Acts . He then told the House that , unless the executive power were reinforced , all the institutions of the country would be overturned by popular violence . Was he then accused of ...
... proposed the laws known by the name of the Six Acts . He then told the House that , unless the executive power were reinforced , all the institutions of the country would be overturned by popular violence . Was he then accused of ...
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... proposed changes in our representative system would or would not be improvements . The elective franchise , we are told , is private property . It belongs to this freeman , to that potwalloper , to the owner of this house , to the owner ...
... proposed changes in our representative system would or would not be improvements . The elective franchise , we are told , is private property . It belongs to this freeman , to that potwalloper , to the owner of this house , to the owner ...
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... proposed Reform on the ground that the existing system has worked well . How great a country , they say , is ours ! how eminent in wealth and knowledge , in arts and arms ! how much ad- mired ! how much envied ! Is it possible to ...
... proposed Reform on the ground that the existing system has worked well . How great a country , they say , is ours ! how eminent in wealth and knowledge , in arts and arms ! how much ad- mired ! how much envied ! Is it possible to ...
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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.