The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 10F.P. Kaiser, 1899 - 111 pages The text of thousands of speeches from all historical periods through the 19th century arranged in alphabetical order. |
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Page 3674
... person , to property ; material happiness ; common defense ; national re- nown ; all that is implied in the " blessings of liberty " ; these , and more , have been its fruits from the beginning to this hour . These have enshrined it in ...
... person , to property ; material happiness ; common defense ; national re- nown ; all that is implied in the " blessings of liberty " ; these , and more , have been its fruits from the beginning to this hour . These have enshrined it in ...
Page 3684
... person would be so bold as to dare to attempt the ravishing from us that freedom which cost us so much blood and so much labor . But so it happens , I know not by what misfortune , we are fallen into the error of those who poisoned the ...
... person would be so bold as to dare to attempt the ravishing from us that freedom which cost us so much blood and so much labor . But so it happens , I know not by what misfortune , we are fallen into the error of those who poisoned the ...
Page 3686
... persons , and of revolutions inevitably happening by the hand of God and the course of his wise providences , I held it safest and best to keep my station in Parliament to the last , under the guidance and pro- tection of their ...
... persons , and of revolutions inevitably happening by the hand of God and the course of his wise providences , I held it safest and best to keep my station in Parliament to the last , under the guidance and pro- tection of their ...
Page 3687
... person , they be rendered to posterity murderers and rebels , and that upon record in a court of justice in Westminster Hall . And this would inevitably have followed if I had voluntarily given up this cause , without assert- ing their ...
... person , they be rendered to posterity murderers and rebels , and that upon record in a court of justice in Westminster Hall . And this would inevitably have followed if I had voluntarily given up this cause , without assert- ing their ...
Page 3704
... person will pretend that it will be less than the sum of one hundred million dollars . To the above must be added at least fifty million dollars more as a margin for claims against the Government , contingent ex- penses , and unforeseen ...
... person will pretend that it will be less than the sum of one hundred million dollars . To the above must be added at least fifty million dollars more as a margin for claims against the Government , contingent ex- penses , and unforeseen ...
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