Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders from Early Greece to the Present Time, Volume 15Mayo Williamson Hazeltine P. F. Collier & Son, 1905 - 11114 pages |
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Page 6186
... legislative career was not a particularly wise one . His later years were spent almost entirely at Caprera . He died June 1 , 1882 . LAST SPEECH AS A MEMBER OF THE CHAMBER G DELIVERED IN PARLIAMENT , APRIL 12 , 1860 ENTLEMEN , -The ...
... legislative career was not a particularly wise one . His later years were spent almost entirely at Caprera . He died June 1 , 1882 . LAST SPEECH AS A MEMBER OF THE CHAMBER G DELIVERED IN PARLIAMENT , APRIL 12 , 1860 ENTLEMEN , -The ...
Page 6308
... legislators , and divine poets . We enter the tent of the general and partake of his most secret counsels . We go forth with him to the battle- field and behold him place his glittering squadrons ; then we listen with a pleasing fear to ...
... legislators , and divine poets . We enter the tent of the general and partake of his most secret counsels . We go forth with him to the battle- field and behold him place his glittering squadrons ; then we listen with a pleasing fear to ...
Page 6343
... legislative restraint . I say every unnecessary legislative restraint be- cause taxation , gentlemen , is unfortunately a restraint upon us all , but we cannot say that it is always unnecessary and we cannot say that it is always unjust ...
... legislative restraint . I say every unnecessary legislative restraint be- cause taxation , gentlemen , is unfortunately a restraint upon us all , but we cannot say that it is always unnecessary and we cannot say that it is always unjust ...
Page 6354
... legislative life , which broke up parties . In a word , it effected a change so serious that if , after the manner in which we effected that change , it be right that we should go back upon our steps , then all I can say is , that we ...
... legislative life , which broke up parties . In a word , it effected a change so serious that if , after the manner in which we effected that change , it be right that we should go back upon our steps , then all I can say is , that we ...
Page 6409
... legislative independence and co - equality . Now , I am not quoting this as an exact precedent for us , but I am quoting it as a precedent , and as an argument à fortiori , because I say they confronted much greater difficulties , and ...
... legislative independence and co - equality . Now , I am not quoting this as an exact precedent for us , but I am quoting it as a precedent , and as an argument à fortiori , because I say they confronted much greater difficulties , and ...
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