Selections from the Speeches and Writings of the Right Honourable Henry, Lord Brougham & Vaux, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain: With a Brief Memoir of His Lordship's Life |
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... noble sentiments , his copious and nervous diction , the aptitude of his illustrations , the earnest solemnity and occasional vehemence of his manner , his bold and dauntless bearing , the bitterness of his irony , and the fierceness of ...
... noble sentiments , his copious and nervous diction , the aptitude of his illustrations , the earnest solemnity and occasional vehemence of his manner , his bold and dauntless bearing , the bitterness of his irony , and the fierceness of ...
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... his prodigious talents and surprising industry apart from the great ends and noble objects to which they have been directed : we must not forget that his wit , his eloquence , and his knowledge , have ever been devoted 46 MEMOIR .
... his prodigious talents and surprising industry apart from the great ends and noble objects to which they have been directed : we must not forget that his wit , his eloquence , and his knowledge , have ever been devoted 46 MEMOIR .
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... to consent to an abandonment of principle , which must at once , and for ever , have sullied the high renown acquired by his noble exertions in the cause of liberty . June 1st , 1832 . SPEECHES , & c . & c . EXTRACTS FROM 51 * POSTSCRIPT .
... to consent to an abandonment of principle , which must at once , and for ever , have sullied the high renown acquired by his noble exertions in the cause of liberty . June 1st , 1832 . SPEECHES , & c . & c . EXTRACTS FROM 51 * POSTSCRIPT .
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... noble and an efficient resistance - and against whom this Defendant , in his humbler sphere , has been zealous in his opposition : -that tyrant , whose last and most highly prized victory is , that which he has gained over the liberty ...
... noble and an efficient resistance - and against whom this Defendant , in his humbler sphere , has been zealous in his opposition : -that tyrant , whose last and most highly prized victory is , that which he has gained over the liberty ...
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... noble sentiments - that honest elevation of pur- pose , which distinguishes freemen , teaches them to look beyond the sphere of personal interest , makes their hearts beat high , and stretches out their arms for the glory and the ...
... noble sentiments - that honest elevation of pur- pose , which distinguishes freemen , teaches them to look beyond the sphere of personal interest , makes their hearts beat high , and stretches out their arms for the glory and the ...
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