Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, المجلد 4Nathaniel Chapman Hopkins and Earle, 1807 |
من داخل الكتاب
النتائج 1-5 من 63
الصفحة 22
... taken relative to the naviga- tion of the Scheldt , she had the means of annoying Holland in that quarter ; the possession of Liege gave her the command of the Meuse , and furnished her with great advantages in any operation which she ...
... taken relative to the naviga- tion of the Scheldt , she had the means of annoying Holland in that quarter ; the possession of Liege gave her the command of the Meuse , and furnished her with great advantages in any operation which she ...
الصفحة 25
... taken from them to the strength of our allies . Brissot says , that " the evacuation of Belgium tarnished the glory of the French arms , and retarded " what he calls " the liberty of Europe . " The Netherlands , recovered under such ...
... taken from them to the strength of our allies . Brissot says , that " the evacuation of Belgium tarnished the glory of the French arms , and retarded " what he calls " the liberty of Europe . " The Netherlands , recovered under such ...
الصفحة 26
... taken by English frigates at the very mouths of our ri- vers ; our ships could not go into the Mediterra- nean without danger , and yet we had a fleet there of 15 ships of the line . " If we look to the result of the campaign abroad 26 ...
... taken by English frigates at the very mouths of our ri- vers ; our ships could not go into the Mediterra- nean without danger , and yet we had a fleet there of 15 ships of the line . " If we look to the result of the campaign abroad 26 ...
الصفحة 31
... taken a differ- ent inclination . I shall not dwell in this place upon the instability of any engagement which could have been entered into with a government subject from its nature to such sudden , total , and repeated changes , both ...
... taken a differ- ent inclination . I shall not dwell in this place upon the instability of any engagement which could have been entered into with a government subject from its nature to such sudden , total , and repeated changes , both ...
الصفحة 41
... taken as the average of the present monthly expenditure of the revolutionary government . This would make an annual expenditure of two hundred and sixteen mil . lions sterling a sum which nearly approaches to the amount of the whole ...
... taken as the average of the present monthly expenditure of the revolutionary government . This would make an annual expenditure of two hundred and sixteen mil . lions sterling a sum which nearly approaches to the amount of the whole ...
طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
aldermen allies argument armament arms army assignats authority Brissot Britain British Buonaparte Catholicks cause circumstances committee conduct conquest constitution convention court crime criminal danger declaration decree defence duty effect election enemy England established Europe execution executive government existence force France French French revolution give Holland house of Bourbon house of commons house of lords Ireland Irish jacobin jacobin club judge justice king kingdom of Ireland learned libel liberty lord Camden lord mayor magistrate majesty means measure ment military mind ministers monarchy murder nation nature negotiation never noble lord oath object Oczakow parliament peace persons present principles publick publick opinion question reason refused rejection religion republick revolution revolutionary government right ho right honourable gentleman Robespierre Russia Scheldt sovereign speech spirit suppose terrour thing tion treat trial tribunal truth vernment vote whole
مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 460 - With earth's wide bounds, his glory with the heavens.
الصفحة 460 - And all the rule, one empire ; only add Deeds to thy knowledge answerable; add faith, Add virtue, patience, temperance ; add love, By name to come call'd charity, the soul Of all the rest: then wilt thou not be loth To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess A paradise within thee, happier far.
الصفحة 423 - If it be desired to know the immediate cause of all this free writing and free speaking, there cannot be assigned a truer than your own mild and free and humane government; it is the liberty, Lords and Commons...
الصفحة 423 - Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
الصفحة 445 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam...
الصفحة 383 - From the moment that any advocate can be permitted to say that he will or will not stand between the crown and the subject arraigned in the court where he daily sits to practice, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end.
الصفحة 458 - Christians, I cannot help lamenting that Newton had not lived to this day, to have had his shallowness filled up with this new flood of light. But the subject is too awful for irony. I will speak plainly and directly. Newton was a Christian ! Newton...
الصفحة 460 - This having learned, thou hast attained the sum Of wisdom; hope no higher, though all the stars Thou knew'st by name, and all the ethereal powers, All secrets of the deep, all Nature's works, Or works of God in heaven, air, earth, or sea, And all the riches of this world...