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... questions with which that policy deals , and of the secret of applying the English tongue to their illustration , which cannot be acquired in any other way . In the prosecution of this task the student ' will learn the practical ...
... questions with which that policy deals , and of the secret of applying the English tongue to their illustration , which cannot be acquired in any other way . In the prosecution of this task the student ' will learn the practical ...
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... question that is suggested on finding the political writings of an eminent party leader ranked among literary ... questions to say that Burke was a politician and something more , in the sense in which we should say the same , for ...
... question that is suggested on finding the political writings of an eminent party leader ranked among literary ... questions to say that Burke was a politician and something more , in the sense in which we should say the same , for ...
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... question of the Irish Church . But the inconsistency which lies in acting differently under different circumstances , with the same radical views , does not come under any of these heads . The physician may , one day , order the ...
... question of the Irish Church . But the inconsistency which lies in acting differently under different circumstances , with the same radical views , does not come under any of these heads . The physician may , one day , order the ...
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... questions then pending , ' writes Macaulay , in his Essay on the Earl of Chatham , ' the Tory was a reformer , and indeed an in- temperate and indiscreet reformer , while the Whig was con- servative even to bigotry . ' The Whig was ...
... questions then pending , ' writes Macaulay , in his Essay on the Earl of Chatham , ' the Tory was a reformer , and indeed an in- temperate and indiscreet reformer , while the Whig was con- servative even to bigotry . ' The Whig was ...
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... question . Here , he says in effect , I lay before you the established rights of the nation ; and here , too , is the system by which these rights have always been carried into effect . That system has been 1 1 p . 39 . deranged by an ...
... question . Here , he says in effect , I lay before you the established rights of the nation ; and here , too , is the system by which these rights have always been carried into effect . That system has been 1 1 p . 39 . deranged by an ...
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Página 177 - First, Sir, permit me to observe, that the use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment ; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again : and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered.
Página 232 - Do you imagine then, that it is the land tax act which raises your revenue? that it is the annual vote in the committee of supply which gives you your army? or that it is the mutiny bill which inspires it with bravery and discipline? No ! surely no ! It is the love of the people ; it is their attachment to their government, from the sense of the deep stake they have in such a glorious institution...
Página 309 - Colony, for contributing their proportion to the Common Defence (such proportion to be raised under the Authority of the General Court or General Assembly of such Province or Colony and disposable by Parliament) and shall engage to make provision also for the support of the Civil Government and the administration of Justice...
Página 182 - The fact is so; and these people of the southern colonies are much more strongly, and with a higher and more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths; such were our Gothic ancestors; such, in our days, were the Poles, and such will be all masters of .slaves, who are not slaves themselves. In such a people the haughtiness of domination combines with the spirit of freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible.
Página 86 - Party is a body of men united, for promoting by their joint endeavors the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed.
Página 145 - ... patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans, whigs and tories, treacherous friends and open enemies, — that it was indeed a very curious show, but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on.
Página 233 - Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom ; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.
Página 173 - Clouds, indeed, and darkness, rest upon the future. Let us, however, before we descend from this noble eminence, reflect that this growth of our national prosperity has happened within the short period of the life of man. It has happened within sixty-eight years. There are those alive whose memory might touch the two extremities. For instance, my Lord Bathurst might remember all the stages of the progress. He was in 1704 of an age at least to be made to comprehend such things. He was then old enough...
Página 168 - I am sensible that a good deal more is still to be done. Indeed, sir, to enable us to determine both on the one and the other of these great questions with a firm and precise judgment, I think it may be necessary to consider distinctly the true nature and the peculiar circumstances of the object which we have before us. Because after...
Página 169 - Whilst we spend our time in deliberating on the mode of governing Two Millions, we shall find we have Millions more to manage. Your children do not grow faster from infancy to manhood, than they spread from families to communities, and from villages to nations.