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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... produced by all the exertions of the most zealous opponents of slavery . Mr. Brougham , having been called to the English Bar by the Society of Lincoln's Inn , about 1806 or 1807 , removed from Edinburgh to London , where his splendid ...
... produced by all the exertions of the most zealous opponents of slavery . Mr. Brougham , having been called to the English Bar by the Society of Lincoln's Inn , about 1806 or 1807 , removed from Edinburgh to London , where his splendid ...
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... produced , no reason for complaint was given ❝on either side ; and as we met as friends at the beginning " of the Election , so we parted at the end , with mutual " thanks and congratulations on the manner in which it had " been ...
... produced , no reason for complaint was given ❝on either side ; and as we met as friends at the beginning " of the Election , so we parted at the end , with mutual " thanks and congratulations on the manner in which it had " been ...
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... produced a powerful effect on the public mind , which neither the arguments , nor the virulence of the numerous opponents it called forth , were able to diminish . * Mr. Brougham's principal Speeches in the House of Commons ( to which ...
... produced a powerful effect on the public mind , which neither the arguments , nor the virulence of the numerous opponents it called forth , were able to diminish . * Mr. Brougham's principal Speeches in the House of Commons ( to which ...
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... produced an animated de- bate , at the close of which the Resolution was negatived by 273 to 155. In the course of the Session he also delivered a Speech on Agricul- tural Distress , and obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the better ...
... produced an animated de- bate , at the close of which the Resolution was negatived by 273 to 155. In the course of the Session he also delivered a Speech on Agricul- tural Distress , and obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the better ...
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... This motion , which was prefaced by a Speech of amazing power and eloquence , produced an animated debate , which lasted two nights ; and although the Address was negatived in the House by a majority of 47 MEMOIR . 27 27.
... This motion , which was prefaced by a Speech of amazing power and eloquence , produced an animated debate , which lasted two nights ; and although the Address was negatived in the House by a majority of 47 MEMOIR . 27 27.
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