Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 4Nathaniel Chapman Hopkins and Earle, 1807 - Great Britain |
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... ment of a flourishing commerce , of an overflowing revenue , of tranquil liberty at home , and of respect and honour abroad ; or whether , on the other hand , we should wantonly commit to the doubtful chance of arms all those ...
... ment of a flourishing commerce , of an overflowing revenue , of tranquil liberty at home , and of respect and honour abroad ; or whether , on the other hand , we should wantonly commit to the doubtful chance of arms all those ...
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... ment of that important question was postponed by France , until the time when the liberty of the Bel- gians should be secured and consolidated , and when the general will of the people , could lawfully declare itself without shackles ...
... ment of that important question was postponed by France , until the time when the liberty of the Bel- gians should be secured and consolidated , and when the general will of the people , could lawfully declare itself without shackles ...
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... ment which they had so lately instituted , they order it to be proclaimed and published over the whole ter- ritory of the republick , to conciliate the affections of a free people , and to animate the enthusiasm of a brave and generous ...
... ment which they had so lately instituted , they order it to be proclaimed and published over the whole ter- ritory of the republick , to conciliate the affections of a free people , and to animate the enthusiasm of a brave and generous ...
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... ment . Some of the general principles and fundamental maxims maintained by the founders of this govern- ment are so curious , that it is impossible to pass them over in silence . They represent , that in a revolution- ary state , civil ...
... ment . Some of the general principles and fundamental maxims maintained by the founders of this govern- ment are so curious , that it is impossible to pass them over in silence . They represent , that in a revolution- ary state , civil ...
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... ment , & c . He is supposed to support his father , wife , a child , an old man , and a child of the defender of the coun- try ; he is charged for the tax the sum of 5,4201 . Remainder 3801. The payment to the forced loan does not ...
... ment , & c . He is supposed to support his father , wife , a child , an old man , and a child of the defender of the coun- try ; he is charged for the tax the sum of 5,4201 . Remainder 3801. The payment to the forced loan does not ...
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Page 429 - If it be desired to know the immediate cause of all this free writing and free speaking, there cannot be assigned a truer than your own mild and free and humane government; it is the liberty, Lords and Commons...
Page 429 - Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
Page 451 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam...
Page 389 - From the moment that any advocate can be permitted to say that he will or will not stand between the Crown and the subject arraigned in the court where he daily sits to practise, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end.
Page 466 - And all the rule, one empire ; only add Deeds to thy knowledge answerable ; add faith, Add virtue, patience, temperance; add love, By name to come call'd charity, the soul Of all the rest : then wilt thou not be loath To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess A Paradise within thee, happier far.
Page 452 - But he has put to hazard his ease, his security, his interest, his power, even his darling popularity, for the benefit of a people whom he has never seen.
Page 390 - If the advocate refuses to defend, from what he may think of the charge or of the defence, he assumes the character of the judge; nay, he assumes it before the hour of judgment ; and in proportion to his rank and reputation, puts the heavy influence of perhaps a mistaken opinion into the scale against the accused, in whose favor the benevolent principle of English law makes all presumptions, and which commands the very judge to be his counsel.
Page 466 - This having learned, thou hast attained the sum Of wisdom; hope no higher, though all the stars Thou knew'st by name, and all the ethereal powers, All secrets of the deep, all Nature's works, Or works of God in heaven, air, earth, or sea, And all the riches of this world...