Modern Eloquence, Volume 15Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh University Society, 1903 |
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Page 1787
... Parliament , and preserved the thirteen Ameri- can colonies to the British crown . Is it fanciful to dwell for a moment on what might have happened ? The Reform bill which was passed in 1832 would probably have been passed much earlier ...
... Parliament , and preserved the thirteen Ameri- can colonies to the British crown . Is it fanciful to dwell for a moment on what might have happened ? The Reform bill which was passed in 1832 would probably have been passed much earlier ...
Page 1788
... Parliament sitting in Columbia Territory . It is difficult in- deed to dam the flow of ideas in dealing with so pregnant a possibility . But I restrain myself , because I know that I am dreaming , and that an historical dream , though ...
... Parliament sitting in Columbia Territory . It is difficult in- deed to dam the flow of ideas in dealing with so pregnant a possibility . But I restrain myself , because I know that I am dreaming , and that an historical dream , though ...
Page 1800
... Parliament ? We have abroad the reputation of being subtle , unscrupulous , and of corrupting the universe with our gold . But , as a matter of fact , we are never subtle , seldom unscrupulous , and have no gold which Parliament would ...
... Parliament ? We have abroad the reputation of being subtle , unscrupulous , and of corrupting the universe with our gold . But , as a matter of fact , we are never subtle , seldom unscrupulous , and have no gold which Parliament would ...
Page 1805
... Parliament ; and the tribunal of appeal is , and I hope will increasingly be , a constitutional bond of empire . The missions of the churches , and the churches themselves , apart from their sacred functions and home labors , which ...
... Parliament ; and the tribunal of appeal is , and I hope will increasingly be , a constitutional bond of empire . The missions of the churches , and the churches themselves , apart from their sacred functions and home labors , which ...
Page 1813
... Parliament . What I said was this : " Are these circumstances encouraging to us , when we are asked to trust to the inspiration of the moment , that when the danger comes the government will find some means of relieving General Gordon ...
... Parliament . What I said was this : " Are these circumstances encouraging to us , when we are asked to trust to the inspiration of the moment , that when the danger comes the government will find some means of relieving General Gordon ...
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