My Lords, if you must fall, may you so fall ! But if you stand, — and stand I trust you will, together with the fortune of this ancient monarchy, together with the ancient laws and liberties of this great and illustrious kingdom, — may you stand as... Writings and Speeches - Page 398by Edmund Burke - 1901Full view - About this book
| Edmund Burke - English literature - 1827 - 484 pages
...as an ornament of virtue, as a security for virtue ; may you stand long, and long stand the terrour of tyrants ; may you stand the refuge of afflicted...the perpetual residence of an inviolable Justice. INDEX. .ACCIDENTAL things ought to be carefully distinguished from permanent causes and effects, viii.... | |
| Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1839 - 602 pages
...yet when he pronounced the death sentence upon that parliament, and inflicted the mortal wound, he declared that his motives for doing it were merely...the perpetual residence of an inviolable justice. END OF VOLUME EIGHTH. 3 blDS 020 055 583 STANFORD UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES STANFORD AUXILIARY LIBRARY STANFORD,... | |
| American periodicals - 1851 - 608 pages
...unimpeached in honor as in power ; may you stand not as a substitute for virtue, but as an ornament uf virtue, as a security for virtue ; may you stand long,...the perpetual residence of an inviolable justice."* The peroration of Lord Brougham's speech in favor of Queen Caroline, which was carefully studied, and,... | |
| Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 pages
...feel that consolation which I am persuaded they felt in the critical moments of their dreadful agony ! My Lords, if you must fall, may you so fall ! but,...for the perpetual residence of an inviolable justice ! 82. TO THE ELECTORS OP BRISTOL. —Edmund Burke. GENTLEMEN, I have had my day. I can never sufficiently... | |
| Epes Sargent - Readers - 1852 - 570 pages
...substitute for virtue, but as an ornament of virtue, as a security for virtue ; may you stand lone, and long stand the terror of tyrants ; may you stand...for the perpetual residence of an inviolable justice ! 62. TO THE ELECTORS OF BRISTOL.— Edmund Burke. GENTLEMEN, I have had my day. I can never sufficiently... | |
| Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Great Britain - 1852 - 976 pages
...as unimpeached in honor as in power ! May you stand, not as a substitute for virtue ; may you stand, and long stand, the terror of tyrants ; may you stand,...stand, a sacred temple for the perpetual residence of inviolable JUSTICE !" Mr. Hastings, it is well known, was acquitted by the House of Lords. This, however,... | |
| Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Great Britain - 1852 - 968 pages
...as unimpeached in honor as in power ! May you stand, not as a substitute for virtue; may you stand, and long stand, the terror of tyrants; may you stand,...stand, a sacred temple for the perpetual residence of inviolable JUSTICE !" Mr. Hastings, it is well known, was acquitted by the House of Lords. This, however,... | |
| Readers - 1853 - 458 pages
...the ancient laws and liberties of this great and illustrious kingdom — may you stand as unimpeachcd in honor as in power ; may you stand, not as a substitute...the perpetual residence of an inviolable justice. VI.— CATILINE'S ADDRESS TO THE CONSPIRATORS. HAD not your valor and fidelity been well known to me,... | |
| Peter Burke - Great Britain - 1854 - 346 pages
...laws and liberties of this great and illustrious kingdom,—may you stand as unimpeached in honour as in power ; may you stand, not as a substitute for...the perpetual residence of an inviolable justice." On the 20th June, 1794, the managers of the impeachment received the thanks of the House of Commons.... | |
| Elocution - 1854 - 576 pages
...stand long, and long stand the terror of tyrants ; may you stand the refuge of afflicted JJations ; may you stand a sacred temple, for the perpetual residence of an inviolable justice ! 62. TO THE ELECTORS OF RRISTOL. — Edmund Rurke. GE.VTLE.MEN, I have had my day.^I can never sufficiently... | |
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