Speeches and Letters on American AffairsJ.M. Dent & Sons, 1961 - 295 pagina's |
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Pagina 45
... never heard a more languid debate in this House . No more than two or three gentlemen , as I remember , spoke against the Act , and that with great reserve and remarkable temper . There was but one divi- sion in the whole progress of ...
... never heard a more languid debate in this House . No more than two or three gentlemen , as I remember , spoke against the Act , and that with great reserve and remarkable temper . There was but one divi- sion in the whole progress of ...
Pagina 65
... never mean to depart from it . Whatever may be lost by it , I avow it . The for- feiture even of your favour , if by such a declaration I could forfeit it , though the first object of my ambition , never will make me disguise my ...
... never mean to depart from it . Whatever may be lost by it , I avow it . The for- feiture even of your favour , if by such a declaration I could forfeit it , though the first object of my ambition , never will make me disguise my ...
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... never be advanced an inch before your privileges . Sir John Davis1 shows beyond a doubt that the refusal of a ... never touched the form or the vital substance of free government in that kingdom . You deposed kings , you restored them ...
... never be advanced an inch before your privileges . Sir John Davis1 shows beyond a doubt that the refusal of a ... never touched the form or the vital substance of free government in that kingdom . You deposed kings , you restored them ...
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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