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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... principle of the Bill ; on the 18th , in reply to the King's Attorney and Solicitor General on that subject ; and on the 3d and 4th of October , he addressed the House on the evi- dence adduced in support of the Bill , in one of the ...
... principle of the Bill ; on the 18th , in reply to the King's Attorney and Solicitor General on that subject ; and on the 3d and 4th of October , he addressed the House on the evi- dence adduced in support of the Bill , in one of the ...
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... principle , and a sacrifice of the interests of his constituents ; but the en- thusiastic applause with which he was greeted , when he shortly afterwards paid a visit to York , demonstrated that the Freeholders of that . County ...
... principle , and a sacrifice of the interests of his constituents ; but the en- thusiastic applause with which he was greeted , when he shortly afterwards paid a visit to York , demonstrated that the Freeholders of that . County ...
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... His intimate acquaintance with the principles and history of our constitution and legal polity , and his extensive knowledge of the laws of other nations , entitle Lord Brougham , in our opinion , to no secondary rank MEMOIR . 45.
... His intimate acquaintance with the principles and history of our constitution and legal polity , and his extensive knowledge of the laws of other nations , entitle Lord Brougham , in our opinion , to no secondary rank MEMOIR . 45.
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... principles which have directed the course I pursue . I am more than supported . The personal feelings to which I have adverted , are lost in those which now compel me , I trust , without any undue sense of pride , to regard the ...
... principles which have directed the course I pursue . I am more than supported . The personal feelings to which I have adverted , are lost in those which now compel me , I trust , without any undue sense of pride , to regard the ...
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... 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 .
... 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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