Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 2Macmillan, 1869 |
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Página 406 - Man, this is one of the most extraordinary, that he shall go on from day to day, from week to week, from month to month.
Página 110 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Página 285 - Fit retribution ! Gaul may champ the bit, And foam in fetters, — but is Earth more free? Did nations combat to make One submit; Or league to teach all kings true sovereignty? What! shall reviving Thraldom again be The patch'd-up idol of enlighten'd days? Shall we, who struck the Lion down, shall we Pay the Wolf homage?
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Página 368 - I may put before you higher considerations even than those of property and the institutions of your country. I may remind you of duties more solemn, and of obligations more imperative. You profess to be a Christian nation. You make it your boast even — though boasting is somewhat out of place in such questions — you make it your boast that you are a...