Essays from Select British EloquenceSouthern Illinois University Press, 1963 - 359 pages |
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Page 185
... question where he finds it , to grapple with his antagonist at a moment's warning , and to avail himself of every advantage which springs from a perfect command of all his powers and re- sources . These qualities are peculiarly ...
... question where he finds it , to grapple with his antagonist at a moment's warning , and to avail himself of every advantage which springs from a perfect command of all his powers and re- sources . These qualities are peculiarly ...
Page 200
... question of greater magnitude and importance even than the present exigency , a question that involved in it the prin- ciples of the Constitution , the protection and security of our liberties , and the safety of the state . " A Regency ...
... question of greater magnitude and importance even than the present exigency , a question that involved in it the prin- ciples of the Constitution , the protection and security of our liberties , and the safety of the state . " A Regency ...
Page 254
... question of the Regency has already been stated in the memoir of Mr. Fox ; the measures he then proposed now form an ... question and compelling his adherents to unite with him at once in a vote for suppressing the traffic . It may be ...
... question of the Regency has already been stated in the memoir of Mr. Fox ; the measures he then proposed now form an ... question and compelling his adherents to unite with him at once in a vote for suppressing the traffic . It may be ...
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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