Speeches and Letters on American AffairsJ.M. Dent & Sons, 1961 - 295 pagina's |
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Pagina 165
... means of redress lessen , as the distance of the subject removes him from the seat of the supreme power . What , in those circumstances , can save him from the last extremes of indignity and oppression but something left in his own ...
... means of redress lessen , as the distance of the subject removes him from the seat of the supreme power . What , in those circumstances , can save him from the last extremes of indignity and oppression but something left in his own ...
Pagina 166
... means of quieting an exasperated people . It seemed to us absurd and preposterous to hold out , as the means of calming a people in a state of extreme inflammation , and ready to take up arms , the austere law which a rigid conqueror ...
... means of quieting an exasperated people . It seemed to us absurd and preposterous to hold out , as the means of calming a people in a state of extreme inflammation , and ready to take up arms , the austere law which a rigid conqueror ...
Pagina 205
... means of corruption , without ease of the public burthens , is the very best that can happen . Is it for this that ... means of originally holding America , that our means of recon- ciling with it after quarrel , of recovering it ...
... means of corruption , without ease of the public burthens , is the very best that can happen . Is it for this that ... means of originally holding America , that our means of recon- ciling with it after quarrel , of recovering it ...
Inhoudsopgave
INTRODUCTION by Canon Peter McKevitt | 1 |
SPEECH AT HIS ARRIVAL AT BRISTOL BEFORE | 64 |
ON CONCILIATION WITH THE COLONIES | 76 |
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