Essays from Select British EloquenceSouthern Illinois University Press, 1963 - 359 pages |
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... House of Commons under Charles I. The House embraced at this time some of the ablest and most learned men of the age , such as Sir Edward Coke , John Hampden , Selden , St. John , Pym , & c . Among these , Sir John Eliot stood pre ...
... House of Commons under Charles I. The House embraced at this time some of the ablest and most learned men of the age , such as Sir Edward Coke , John Hampden , Selden , St. John , Pym , & c . Among these , Sir John Eliot stood pre ...
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... House , that no man ever entered his closet who did not feel himself , if pos- sible , braver at his return than when he went in . " He knew , also , how to use fear , as well as affection , for the accomplish- ment of his designs ...
... House , that no man ever entered his closet who did not feel himself , if pos- sible , braver at his return than when he went in . " He knew , also , how to use fear , as well as affection , for the accomplish- ment of his designs ...
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... House of those arbitrary acts into which George III drove the Duke of Grafton and Lord North , and it can hardly be doubted that he had great influence with Mr. Fox at this time ( though they were sepa- rated at a later period ) in ...
... House of those arbitrary acts into which George III drove the Duke of Grafton and Lord North , and it can hardly be doubted that he had great influence with Mr. Fox at this time ( though they were sepa- rated at a later period ) in ...
Contents
SIR JOHN ELIOT | 3 |
SIR ROBERT WALPOLE | 19 |
LORD MANSFIELD | 69 |
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Essays from Select British Eloquence: Landmarks in Rhetoric and Public Address Chauncey Allen Goodrich No preview available - 2012 |
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