William Pitt. Charles James Fox. Sir James Mackintosh. Lord ErskineCharles Kendall Adams Putnam, 1884 |
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... enemies . " This message was widely but secretly circulated among the Lords . Thurlow denounced the bill in unqualified terms . Though the ministry fought for the measure as best they could , when the question came to a final issue , it ...
... enemies . " This message was widely but secretly circulated among the Lords . Thurlow denounced the bill in unqualified terms . Though the ministry fought for the measure as best they could , when the question came to a final issue , it ...
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... the revolutionary ideas in France . This was equivalent to attaching too low an estimate to the strength of the enemy . It was in conse- quence of this error that he formed coalition after coalition WILLIAM PITT . 17.
... the revolutionary ideas in France . This was equivalent to attaching too low an estimate to the strength of the enemy . It was in conse- quence of this error that he formed coalition after coalition WILLIAM PITT . 17.
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... enemy , at such a time and under such circum- stances , it would have been safe to return an answer concurring in the negotiation - he must come within one of the three following descrip- tions : He must either believe that the French ...
... enemy , at such a time and under such circum- stances , it would have been safe to return an answer concurring in the negotiation - he must come within one of the three following descrip- tions : He must either believe that the French ...
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... enemies , that we are , with our eyes open , bound to accept of inadequate security for every thing that is valu- able and sacred , rather than endure the pressure , or incur the risk which would result from a far- ther prolongation of ...
... enemies , that we are , with our eyes open , bound to accept of inadequate security for every thing that is valu- able and sacred , rather than endure the pressure , or incur the risk which would result from a far- ther prolongation of ...
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... enemies to the neces- sity of accepting a precarious peace ; she had ( in spite of those pledges repeatedly made and uniformly violated ) surrounded herself by new conquests on every part of her frontier but one . That one was ...
... enemies to the neces- sity of accepting a precarious peace ; she had ( in spite of those pledges repeatedly made and uniformly violated ) surrounded herself by new conquests on every part of her frontier but one . That one was ...
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Seite 170 - Why is that man expiring ? Why is that other writhing with agony? What means this implacable fury?" The answer must be: "You are quite wrong, sir ; you deceive yourself — they are not fighting — do not disturb them — they are merely pausing! This man is not expiring with agony — that man is not dead — he is only pausing...
Seite 5 - he was not merely a chip of the old block, but the old block itself.
Seite 289 - Angel last replied. This having learn'd, thou hast attain'd the sum Of wisdom; hope no higher, though all the stars Thou knew'st by name, and all the ethereal powers, All secrets of the deep, all Nature's works, Or works of God in Heaven, air, earth, or sea, And all the riches of this world...
Seite 257 - ... satirist on his tyranny to be convicted and punished as a libeller ; and in this court, almost in sight of the scaffold streaming with the blood...
Seite 289 - A virgin is his mother, but his sire The power of the Most High : he shall ascend The throne hereditary, and bound his reign With earth's wide bounds, his glory with the heavens.
Seite 288 - Where angels tremble while they gaze, He saw; but, blasted with excess of light, Closed his eyes in endless night.
Seite 9 - If, however, the baneful alliance is not already formed, if this ill-omened marriage is not already solemnized, I know a just and lawful impediment, and in the name of the public safety I here forbid the Banns...
Seite 254 - Better, ten thousand times better, would it be that every press in the world were burnt, that the very use of letters were abolished, that we were returned to the honest ignorance of the rudest times, than that the results of civilisation should be made subservient to the purposes of barbarism, than that literature should...
Seite 289 - And all the rule, one empire; only add Deeds to thy knowledge answerable, add faith, Add virtue, patience, temperance, add love, By name to come called charity, the soul Of all the rest: then wilt thou not be loth To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess A paradise within thee, happier far.