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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... character of a public man belongs to his " country ; and to his country he ought not to " be slow in furnishing the means of properly " estimating his motives . " The Address , in answer to the King's Speech , the Newspaper Stamp Duties ...
... character of a public man belongs to his " country ; and to his country he ought not to " be slow in furnishing the means of properly " estimating his motives . " The Address , in answer to the King's Speech , the Newspaper Stamp Duties ...
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... character , to secure the great end and object of all our legal institutions the pure , and prompt , and cheap ... characters : we must remember his varied and almost uni- versal knowledge both of books and of the world , his extensive ...
... character , to secure the great end and object of all our legal institutions the pure , and prompt , and cheap ... characters : we must remember his varied and almost uni- versal knowledge both of books and of the world , his extensive ...
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... character , if he supposed that office and power had sufficient charms to induce him 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 ...
... character , if he supposed that office and power had sufficient charms to induce him 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 ...
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... character . We have it in abundance , and even to spare . This un- happy and seemingly interminable war , lavish as it has been in treasure , still more profuse of blood , and barren of real advantage , has at least been equally lavish ...
... character . We have it in abundance , and even to spare . This un- happy and seemingly interminable war , lavish as it has been in treasure , still more profuse of blood , and barren of real advantage , has at least been equally lavish ...
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... character but of yesterday — we have yet a name to win - we stand on doubtful ground - we dare not do as we list , for fear of being thought afraid -- we cannot , without loss of name , stoop to pacify our American kinsmen . - Or I ...
... character but of yesterday — we have yet a name to win - we stand on doubtful ground - we dare not do as we list , for fear of being thought afraid -- we cannot , without loss of name , stoop to pacify our American kinsmen . - Or I ...
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