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" 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. Let the colonies always keep... "
Edmund Burke's Speech in the House of Commons, March 22, 1775 on Moving His ... - Page 82
by Edmund Burke - 1897 - 97 pages
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Choice Specimens of English Literature: Selected from the Chief English ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - English literature - 1869 - 420 pages
...be considerable in her quarter of the globe. There she may •erve you, and serve you essentially. For that service, for all service, whether of revenue,...similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea...
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Speeches of Thomas Lord Erskine, Volume 2

Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - Freedom of the press - 1870 - 552 pages
...constitutional burden to support the parent state. " For that service, for all service," said Mr Burke, " whether of revenue, trade, or empire, my trust is...similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea...
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A Thousand and One Gems of English Prose

English prose literature - 1872 - 556 pages
...you. An Englishman is the unfittest person on earth to argue another Englishman into slavery. . . . My hold of the colonies is in the close affection...similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties which, though light as air, are strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea...
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Soldier and Patriot. The Story of George Washington. [With a Portrait.]

Frances Mary Owen - 1873 - 280 pages
...immense, ever-growing, eternal debt which is due to generous governments from protected freedom. . . . My hold of the colonies is in the close affection...blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. . . . Let us get an American revenue as we have got an American empire. English privileges have made...
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Australia and New Zealand, Volume 1

Anthony Trollope - Australia - 1873 - 550 pages
...more philanthropical, clearly had this idea of the colonies. " My hold of the colonies," he says, " is the close affection which grows from common names,...similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties which, though light as air, are strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea...
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Cassell's History of the United States, Volume 2; Volume 172

Edmund Ollier - 1874 - 660 pages
...the Crimea or Algiers as at Brusa or Smyrna. " JIj hold of the colonies," he continued, "is in theck* affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges and eqiiJ protection. These are ties which, though light ».< air, are as strong as links of iron. Let...
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Beeton's Public Speaker. A Collection of Specimens of British and Foreign ...

Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1875 - 380 pages
...removed and punished, the kingdom will be a scene of anarchy and confusion. On Conciliating the Colonies. MY hold of the colonies is in the close affection...similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties which, though hght as air, yet are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the...
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The Early American Spirit, and the Genesis of it: An Address Delivered ...

Richard Salter Storrs - Ethnology - 1875 - 82 pages
...necessary ; or, if you please, to submit to it, as a necessary evil." " My hold of the colonies/' he said, "is in the close affection which grows from common...similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties, which, though light as air, are strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea...
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The Literary Reader: Typical Selections from Some of the Best British and ...

George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1874 - 454 pages
...from his very celebrated essay, Reflections on the Freneh Revolution. ON CONCILIATION WITH AMERICA.* 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...
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Select British Eloquence: Embracing the Best Speeches Entire, of the Most ...

Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Great Britain - 1875 - 968 pages
...must be considerable in her quarter of the globe. There she may serve you, and serve you essentially. our family, for our friends, for our God, for our country, for our kind. The rest i >i • in * . i r< • Peracat**. in her interest in the British Constitution. My hold of the colonies...
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