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... Ministers have attempted to unite two inconsis- tent principles in one abortive measure . Those were his very words . He thinks , if I understand him rightly , that we ought either to leave the representative system such as it is , or ...
... Ministers have attempted to unite two inconsis- tent principles in one abortive measure . Those were his very words . He thinks , if I understand him rightly , that we ought either to leave the representative system such as it is , or ...
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... Ministers of the Crown , has been brought before us in a manner which gives additional lustre to a noble name , inseparably associated during two centuries with the dearest liberties of the English people . I will not say , that this ...
... Ministers of the Crown , has been brought before us in a manner which gives additional lustre to a noble name , inseparably associated during two centuries with the dearest liberties of the English people . I will not say , that this ...
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... therefore to disfranchise them without compensation would be an act of revolutionary tyranny . The honorable and learned gentle- * Mr. Horace Twiss . man has compared the conduct of the present Ministers to PARLIAMENTARY REFORM . 21.
... therefore to disfranchise them without compensation would be an act of revolutionary tyranny . The honorable and learned gentle- * Mr. Horace Twiss . man has compared the conduct of the present Ministers to PARLIAMENTARY REFORM . 21.
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... Ministers to that of those odious tools of power , who , towards the close of the reign of Charles the Second ... Ministers under whom the honorable and learned Member held office did not scruple to take away . Will he accuse those ...
... Ministers to that of those odious tools of power , who , towards the close of the reign of Charles the Second ... Ministers under whom the honorable and learned Member held office did not scruple to take away . Will he accuse those ...
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... ministerial arrangements had been too favourable to the Catholic claims . He rose to ask whether it was the intention of the ... Ministers should either attempt to repeal the Test and Cor- poration Acts , or bring forward a measure of ...
... ministerial arrangements had been too favourable to the Catholic claims . He rose to ask whether it was the intention of the ... Ministers should either attempt to repeal the Test and Cor- poration Acts , or bring forward a measure of ...
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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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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Seite 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.