The temper and character which prevail in our colonies are, I am afraid, unalterable by any human art. We cannot, I fear, falsify the pedigree of this fierce people, and persuade them that they are not sprung from a nation in whose veins the blood of... The Eclectic Review - Pagina 379geredigeerd door - 1829Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Bruce Lancaster, John Harold Plumb - 2001 - 380 pagina’s
...therefore not only devoted to liberty, but liberty according to English ideas, and on English principles. The temper and character which prevail in our colonies...nation in whose veins the blood of freedom circulates." Although everyone realized the folly of Townshend's measures, the ministers who succeeded him were... | |
| Samuel B. Griffith - 2002 - 780 pagina’s
...religious differences had made to encouragement of the characteristic free spirit which animated them: The temper and character which prevail in our colonies...nation in whose veins the blood of freedom circulates. . . . An Englishman is the unfittest person on earth to argue another Englishman into Slavery. Study... | |
| Janet Ajzenstat - 2003 - 518 pagina’s
...British Constitution we have far more freedom than any other country on the face of the earth. We have sprung from a nation in whose veins the blood of freedom circulates, and who carry everywhere the deepest attachment to their sovereign. It is the spirit of that constitution... | |
| Oliver J. Thatcher - 2004 - 460 pagina’s
...contribute to your prosperity may be strong enough to complete your ruin. "Spoliatis arma supersunt." The temper and character which prevail in our colonies...not sprung from a nation in whose veins the blood ot freedom circulates. The language in which they would hear you tell them this tale would detect the... | |
| Peter James Marshall - 2005 - 420 pagina’s
...are purely popular'. Their religion could be called 'republican'. Disagreeable as all this might be, 'the temper and character which prevail in our colonies are, I am afraid, unalterable by any human art'. Britain must seek accommodation with what it could not change.'49 While the mainstream of British political... | |
| 272 pagina’s
...contribute to your prosperity, may be strong enough to complete your ruin. Spoliatis arma super sunt. 15 The temper and character which prevail in our Colonies,...nation in whose veins the blood of freedom circulates. 20 The language in which they would hear you tell them this tale would detect the imposition ; your... | |
| 254 pagina’s
...contribute to your prosperity, may be strong enough to complete your ruin. Spoliatis arma super sunt. 15 The temper and character which prevail in our Colonies,...nation in whose veins the blood of freedom circulates. 20 The language in which they would hear you tell them this tale would detect the imposition ; your... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1793 - 668 pagina’s
...may be flrong. enough to complete your ri i i. Spoliatis arnia fuperfunt. The temper and chara&er, which prevail in our colonies, are, I am afraid, unalterable by any human art. We cannot, I fear, falfify the pedigree of this fierce people, and perfuade them that they are not fprung from a nation,... | |
| Edmund Burke - 2008 - 602 pagina’s
...contribute to your prosperity may be strong enough to complete your ruin. Spoliatis arma supersunt. The temper and character which prevail in our colonies are, I am afraid, imalterable by any human art. We cannot, I fear, falsify the pedigree of this fierce people, and persuade... | |
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