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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... spirit of England , who , " but yesterday , " gave law to the House of Bourbon ? My lords , the dignity of nations demands a decisive conduct in a situation like this . Even when the greatest prince that perhaps this country ever saw ...
... spirit of England , who , " but yesterday , " gave law to the House of Bourbon ? My lords , the dignity of nations demands a decisive conduct in a situation like this . Even when the greatest prince that perhaps this country ever saw ...
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... spirit of plunder and of rapine is gone forth among them . I know it , and notwithstanding what the noble earl , who moved the address , has given as his opinion of our American army , I know from authentic information , and the most ...
... spirit of plunder and of rapine is gone forth among them . I know it , and notwithstanding what the noble earl , who moved the address , has given as his opinion of our American army , I know from authentic information , and the most ...
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... spirit of robbery and rapine ; familiarized to the horrid scenes of savage cruelty , it can no longer boast of the noble and generous principles which dignify a soldier ; no longer sympathize with the dignity of the royal banner , nor ...
... spirit of robbery and rapine ; familiarized to the horrid scenes of savage cruelty , it can no longer boast of the noble and generous principles which dignify a soldier ; no longer sympathize with the dignity of the royal banner , nor ...
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... spirit and humanity of my country to vin- dicate the national character . I invoke the genius of the constitution . From the tapestry that adorns these walls , the immortal ancestor of this noble lord frowns with in- dignation at the ...
... spirit and humanity of my country to vin- dicate the national character . I invoke the genius of the constitution . From the tapestry that adorns these walls , the immortal ancestor of this noble lord frowns with in- dignation at the ...
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... spirit of peace , and laid in principles purely pacific . I propose , by re- moving the ground of the difference , and by restoring the former unsuspecting confidence of the colonies in the mother country , to give permanent ...
... spirit of peace , and laid in principles purely pacific . I propose , by re- moving the ground of the difference , and by restoring the former unsuspecting confidence of the colonies in the mother country , to give permanent ...
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