The British Cicero: Or, A Selection of the Most Admired Speeches in the English Language; Arranged Under Three Distinct Heads of Popular, Parliamentary, and Judicial Oratory: with Historical Illustrations: to which is Prefixed, an Introduction to the Study and Practice of Eloquence, Volum 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808 |
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Pàgina 48
... discussion upon a motion made by his honourable friend , colonel HART- LEY , in consideration of which he should not now have troubled the House with a proposition built on the same basis , but that , since the late occasion , an ...
... discussion upon a motion made by his honourable friend , colonel HART- LEY , in consideration of which he should not now have troubled the House with a proposition built on the same basis , but that , since the late occasion , an ...
Pàgina 81
... discussing the general policy of this new law , Mr. BEAUFOY observed , " that to the higher trust of legis- lative authority the Dissenters were admitted without reserve . From the members of that House , from the members of the House ...
... discussing the general policy of this new law , Mr. BEAUFOY observed , " that to the higher trust of legis- lative authority the Dissenters were admitted without reserve . From the members of that House , from the members of the House ...
Pàgina 84
... discussion , still remain to be men- tioned . " By the Test and Corporation acts no native of Scot- land , who is of the established church of that country , can be admitted to any office in England , or to the army , or navy , in any ...
... discussion , still remain to be men- tioned . " By the Test and Corporation acts no native of Scot- land , who is of the established church of that country , can be admitted to any office in England , or to the army , or navy , in any ...
Pàgina 118
... discussion , among men living under the same government , never fails to produce . There were many men not of the esta- blishment , to whose services their country had a claim . Surely a citizen of this description might be permitted ...
... discussion , among men living under the same government , never fails to produce . There were many men not of the esta- blishment , to whose services their country had a claim . Surely a citizen of this description might be permitted ...
Pàgina 126
... discussion of the present question , yet he could not forbear observing , that the conduct of the Dissenters had not only been unexceptionable , but also highly meritorious . They had deserved well of their country . When plots had been ...
... discussion of the present question , yet he could not forbear observing , that the conduct of the Dissenters had not only been unexceptionable , but also highly meritorious . They had deserved well of their country . When plots had been ...
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The British Cicero: Or, A Selection of the Most Admired Speeches in ..., Volum 2 Thomas Browne (LL.D.) Visualització completa - 1813 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 81 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Pàgina 44 - If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never.
Pàgina 46 - I call upon the honour of your lordships, to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own : I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country, to vindicate the national character: I invoke the genius of the constitution.
Pàgina 87 - Cup. For as the benefit is great, if with a true penitent heart and lively faith we receive that holy Sacrament ; (for then we spiritually eat the Flesh of Christ, and drink His Blood; then we dwell in Christ, and Christ in us; we are one with Christ, and Christ with us ;) so is the danger great, if we receive the same unworthily.
Pàgina 43 - Lords, you cannot conquer America. What is your present situation there ? We do not know the worst; but we know that in three campaigns we have done nothing, and suffered much.
Pàgina 88 - Christ with us :) so is the danger great if we receive the same unworthily. For then we are guilty of the body and blood of Christ our Saviour ; we eat and drink our own damnation, not considering the Lord's body...
Pàgina 17 - He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion.
Pàgina 28 - For a wise man, he seemed to me at that time, to be governed too much by general maxims. I speak with the freedom of history, and I hope without offence. One or two of these maxims, flowing from an opinion not the most indulgent to our unhappy species, and surely a little too general, led him into measures that were...
Pàgina 30 - If he had not so great a stock as some have had who flourished formerly, of knowledge long treasured up, he knew better by far than any man I ever was acquainted with, how to bring together within a short time, all that was necessary to establish, to illustrate, and to decorate that side of the question he supported.
Pàgina 46 - to use all the means which God and nature have put into our hands." I am astonished, I am shocked, to hear such principles confessed ; to hear them avowed in this House or in this country.