...in her interest in the British Constitution. My hold of the Colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from...light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the Colonists always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your Government; — they will...

...from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and c([tial protection. These are tics which, though light as air, are as strong as links...the idea of their civil rights associated with your government;-—they will cling and grapple to you; and no force under heaven will be of power to tear...

...anywhere. It is a weed that grows in every soil." " My hold of the colonies is in the close affection that grows from common names, from kindred blood, from...protection. These are ties which, though light as air, are strong as links of iron." " Parsimony is not economy." " Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and...

...in her interest in the British Constitution. My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from...and grapple to you, and no force under heaven will he of power to tear them from their allegiance. But let it be once understood that your governr ment...

...kindred blood, from similar privileges and equal protection. These are ties which, though light as nir, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always...under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance. But let it be once understood that your government is one tiiing, and their privileges...

...attachment towards Great Britain. " My hold of the colonies," wrote Burke, " is the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from...which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron."1 But in these ties, save the last only, there is nothing to demand or to ensure political union....

...the twin bonds of British constitutionalism. My hold of the Colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from...under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance. But let it be once understood, that your Government may be one thing, and their Privileges...

...nation. 3 . THE TIES THAT BIND My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from commons names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges,...though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. —Edmund Burke (1775) The pioneers who were bold enough to build mansions in the urban wilderness...

...held the British nation together and, in this speech at least, shared their notion of "consitution": Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil...under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance. But let it be once understood that your government may be one thing and their privileges...

...the twin bonds of British constitutionalism. My hold of the Colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from...under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance. But let it be once understood, that your Government may be one thing, and their Privileges...