Orations of British Orators: Including Biographical and Critical Sketches, Band 2Colonial Press, 1900 |
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... Europe , and in the very act of heaping upon us injuries and insults , was of itself a cause of war ? So far from it , that even the very nations of Europe whose wisdom and moderation have been repeatedly extolled for maintaining ...
... Europe , and in the very act of heaping upon us injuries and insults , was of itself a cause of war ? So far from it , that even the very nations of Europe whose wisdom and moderation have been repeatedly extolled for maintaining ...
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... Europe , and they had , by their conduct , applied it particularly and specifically to you . They had passed the decree of November 19 , 1792 , proclaiming the promise of French suc- cor to all nations who should manifest a wish to 8 PITT.
... Europe , and they had , by their conduct , applied it particularly and specifically to you . They had passed the decree of November 19 , 1792 , proclaiming the promise of French suc- cor to all nations who should manifest a wish to 8 PITT.
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... Europe with whom France has been subsequently engaged in hostility . I speak of the decree of December 15 , 1792. This decree , more even than all the previous transactions , amounted to a universal declaration of war against all ...
... Europe with whom France has been subsequently engaged in hostility . I speak of the decree of December 15 , 1792. This decree , more even than all the previous transactions , amounted to a universal declaration of war against all ...
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... Europe save two ( Sweden and Denmark ) , and if not with these two , it is only because , with every provocation that could justify defensive war , those countries have hitherto acquiesced in repeated violations of their rights rather ...
... Europe save two ( Sweden and Denmark ) , and if not with these two , it is only because , with every provocation that could justify defensive war , those countries have hitherto acquiesced in repeated violations of their rights rather ...
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... Europe , and applied to us to learn our sentiments on the subject . In our answer to this application we imparted to Russia the principles upon which we then acted , and we communicated this answer to Prussia , with whom we were ...
... Europe , and applied to us to learn our sentiments on the subject . In our answer to this application we imparted to Russia the principles upon which we then acted , and we communicated this answer to Prussia , with whom we were ...
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Seite 507 - For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not ; but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
Seite 230 - Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee : because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength...
Seite 313 - Westward the course of empire takes its way, The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Seite 60 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Seite 477 - THOU lingering star, with lessening ray, That lov'st to greet the early morn, Again thou usher'st in the day My Mary from my soul was torn. O Mary! dear departed shade! Where is thy place of blissful rest? See'st thou thy lover lowly laid? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast? That sacred hour can I forget, Can I forget the hallowed grove...
Seite 109 - What have I to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced on me according to law?
Seite 75 - February, 1810, being founded on circumstances of a temporary nature, which have happily ceased to exist, the said Treaty is hereby declared to be void in all its parts, and of no effect ; without prejudice, however, to the ancient Treaties of Alliance, Friendship and Guarantee, which have so long and so happily subsisted between the two Crowns, and which are hereby renewed by the High Contracting Parties, and acknowledged to be of full force and effect.
Seite 115 - Be yet patient! I have but a few words more to say. I am going to my cold and silent grave: my lamp of life is nearly extinguished: my race is run: the grave opens to receive me, and I sink into its bosom!
Seite 112 - No; I am no emissary; and my ambition was to hold a place among the deliverers of my country, not in power nor in profit, but in the glory of the achievement.
Seite 451 - THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate : Death lays his icy hands on kings ; Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.