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Page 9207
We have been disposed to think , because our party has been in office for twenty
years , it was impossible that it could be defeated , and we have trusted to that
skill and statesmanship and to the fact of previous triumphs , rather than to our ...
We have been disposed to think , because our party has been in office for twenty
years , it was impossible that it could be defeated , and we have trusted to that
skill and statesmanship and to the fact of previous triumphs , rather than to our ...
Page 9223
But what was the fact ? With the influence of the two governments at his back he
felt tolerably confident of Ontario , and he did fix the elections on one day in Old
Canada . But in the other Provinces , where the influence of success was likely to
...
But what was the fact ? With the influence of the two governments at his back he
felt tolerably confident of Ontario , and he did fix the elections on one day in Old
Canada . But in the other Provinces , where the influence of success was likely to
...
Page 9224
... to keep it as a bait for aspirants during the elections . We had rumors in every
direction as to who the fortunate man would be , and we had either passive or
active resistance on the part of some gentlemen , accounted for by the fact ...
... to keep it as a bait for aspirants during the elections . We had rumors in every
direction as to who the fortunate man would be , and we had either passive or
active resistance on the part of some gentlemen , accounted for by the fact ...
Page 9226
The gravamen of this charge , I repeat , is not the mere fact of subscription by a
wealthy member of the party to the election funds of the party . The gravamen of
the charge is , and if that could be established it would be a damning one , that
Sir ...
The gravamen of this charge , I repeat , is not the mere fact of subscription by a
wealthy member of the party to the election funds of the party . The gravamen of
the charge is , and if that could be established it would be a damning one , that
Sir ...
Page 9235
For I knew - s0 I had held all along — that in a case like this , where law and fact
are left to the jury , legal ability is of no avail if the Crown comes in with its
arbitrary power of molding the jury . In that case , as in this one , I openly , publicly
, and ...
For I knew - s0 I had held all along — that in a case like this , where law and fact
are left to the jury , legal ability is of no avail if the Crown comes in with its
arbitrary power of molding the jury . In that case , as in this one , I openly , publicly
, and ...
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| Title | Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders from Early Greece to the Present Time, Volume 22 Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders from Early Greece to the Present Time, Mayo Williamson Hazeltine |
| Editor | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine |
| Publisher | P. F. Collier & Son, 1905 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2012 |
| Length | 11114 pages |
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