A Library of Universal Literature: In 4 Parts, Comprising Science, Biography, Fiction and the Great Orations. Pt.3: Orations, Volume 4Collier, 1900 |
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... British empire . Something of this sort seemed to be indispensable , in order , amid so vast a fluctuation of passions and opinions , to concentre my thoughts ; to bal- last my conduct ; to preserve me from being blown about by every ...
... British empire . Something of this sort seemed to be indispensable , in order , amid so vast a fluctuation of passions and opinions , to concentre my thoughts ; to bal- last my conduct ; to preserve me from being blown about by every ...
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... British government . Refined policy ever has been ever will be so long as the My idea is nothing more . the parent of confusion , and world endures . Plain good intention , which is as easily discovered at the first view as fraud is ...
... British government . Refined policy ever has been ever will be so long as the My idea is nothing more . the parent of confusion , and world endures . Plain good intention , which is as easily discovered at the first view as fraud is ...
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... British strength that I con- sume . I do not choose to be caught by a foreign enemy at the end of this exhausting conflict , and still less in the midst of it . I may escape ; but I can make no insurance against such an event . Let me ...
... British strength that I con- sume . I do not choose to be caught by a foreign enemy at the end of this exhausting conflict , and still less in the midst of it . I may escape ; but I can make no insurance against such an event . Let me ...
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... British free- dom . They complain that they are taxed in Parliament in which they are not represented . If you mean to satisfy them at all , you must satisfy them with regard to this com- plaint . If you mean to please any people , you ...
... British free- dom . They complain that they are taxed in Parliament in which they are not represented . If you mean to satisfy them at all , you must satisfy them with regard to this com- plaint . If you mean to please any people , you ...
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... British empire . This country was said to It was said more truly My next example is Wales . be reduced by Henry the Third . to be so by Edward the First . But though then con- quered , it was not looked upon as any part of the realm of ...
... British empire . This country was said to It was said more truly My next example is Wales . be reduced by Henry the Third . to be so by Edward the First . But though then con- quered , it was not looked upon as any part of the realm of ...
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