Speeches and Letters on American AffairsJ.M. Dent & Sons, 1961 - 295 pagina's |
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Pagina 39
... look back to that time , I consider him as placed in one of the most trying situations in which , perhaps , any man ever stood . In the House of Peers there were very few of the Ministry , out of the noble lord's own particular ...
... look back to that time , I consider him as placed in one of the most trying situations in which , perhaps , any man ever stood . In the House of Peers there were very few of the Ministry , out of the noble lord's own particular ...
Pagina 59
... look upon the rights stated in that Act exactly in the manner in which I viewed them on its very first proposition , and which I have often taken the liberty , with great humility , to lay before you . I look , I say , on the imperial ...
... look upon the rights stated in that Act exactly in the manner in which I viewed them on its very first proposition , and which I have often taken the liberty , with great humility , to lay before you . I look , I say , on the imperial ...
Pagina 72
... look upon them , just as you , gentlemen , when you enjoy the serene air on your lofty rocks , look down upon the gulls that skim the mud of your river , when it is exhausted of its tide . I am sorry I cannot conclude without saying a ...
... look upon them , just as you , gentlemen , when you enjoy the serene air on your lofty rocks , look down upon the gulls that skim the mud of your river , when it is exhausted of its tide . I am sorry I cannot conclude without saying a ...
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INTRODUCTION by Canon Peter McKevitt | 1 |
SPEECH AT HIS ARRIVAL AT BRISTOL BEFORE | 64 |
ON CONCILIATION WITH THE COLONIES | 76 |
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