My hold of the Colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties, which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES - Page 268by LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY - 1858Full view - About this book
| 1903 - 606 pages
...dispersal. Material ties are no guarantee, as Burke long ago pointed out, for union and loyalty. ' My hold of the colonies is in the close affection...though light as air are as strong as links of ' iron.' Even if our commerce were endangered by freedom, which is far from being the case, we should remember... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 518 pages
...and serve you essentially. For that service, for all service, whether of revenue, trade, or empire, my trust is in her interest in the British constitution....equal protection. These are ties, which, though light a& air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights... | |
| Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - Freedom of the press - 1810 - 516 pages
...— " For that ser" vice, for all service," said Mr. Burke, " whether " of revenue, trade, or empire, my trust is in her " interest in the British constitution....the colonies is in the close affection which grows *t from common names, from kindred blood, from " similar privileges, and equal protection. These **... | |
| James Ridgway - Freedom of the press - 1813 - 518 pages
...state.—" For that ser" vice, for all service," said Mr. Burke, " whether " of revenue, trade, or empire, my trust is in her * * interest in the British constitution. My hold of '* the colonies is-in the close afF^ption which grows (* from common names, from kindred blood, from " similar privileges,... | |
| Joshua P. Slack - Elocution - 1815 - 340 pages
...and serve you essentially. For that service, for all service, whether of revenue, trade, or empire, my trust is in her interest in the British Constitution. My hold in the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar... | |
| Charles Phillips - English orations - 1819 - 484 pages
...and serve you essentially. For that service, for all service, whether of revenue, trade, or empire, my trust is in her interest in the British constitution. My hold of the colonies is m the close aifection which grows from common names, from kmdred blood, from similar privileges, and... | |
| Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 526 pages
...and serve you essentially. For that service, for all service, whether of revenue, trade, or empire, my trust is in her interest in the British constitution. My hold of the colonies is ¡n the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges,... | |
| 1863 - 538 pages
...find ready credence, it cannot be in that House of Commons, where Burke uttered those golden words: " My hold of the Colonies is in the close affection...blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection." It cannot be in that House of Peers, where Chatham, conscious that the Colonies were fighting the battle... | |
| Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 648 pages
...and serre you essentially. For that service, for all service, whether of revenue, trade, nr empire, their constituents went on with a silent progress dose affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal... | |
| Edmund Burke - English literature - 1835 - 652 pages
...and serve you essentially. For that service, for all service, whether of revenue, trade, or empire, eat tremendous powers, to tell Of scenes and wonders...depth of hell : Give me your mighty secrets to displ j grows from common names, from kindred blood, / from similar privileges, and equal protection.•... | |
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