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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Page 47
... sense of pride , to regard the abandonment of power at the command of pub- lic duty , not as misfortune , but glory . " The Duke of Wellington ( to whom His Ma- jesty had consigned the task of composing a new administration , ) being ...
... sense of pride , to regard the abandonment of power at the command of pub- lic duty , not as misfortune , but glory . " The Duke of Wellington ( to whom His Ma- jesty had consigned the task of composing a new administration , ) being ...
Page 81
... sense of the unworthiness with which I now succeed such powerful defenders , and my alarm , lest my exertions should fail to do what theirs , had they been living , must have accomplished . • Such then , my Lords , is this case . And ...
... sense of the unworthiness with which I now succeed such powerful defenders , and my alarm , lest my exertions should fail to do what theirs , had they been living , must have accomplished . • Such then , my Lords , is this case . And ...
Page 93
... sense , and outrage the feelings of the whole human race ! If you were hypo- crites before , you were downright , frank , honest hypocrites to what you have now made your- selves and , surely , for all you have ever done , or ever been ...
... sense , and outrage the feelings of the whole human race ! If you were hypo- crites before , you were downright , frank , honest hypocrites to what you have now made your- selves and , surely , for all you have ever done , or ever been ...
Page 104
... sense of pro- ceedings , displaying the triumph of oppression over the law . When there came before the Legislature , a case remarkable in itself ; for its consequences yet more momentous ; resembling the present in many the same ...
... sense of pro- ceedings , displaying the triumph of oppression over the law . When there came before the Legislature , a case remarkable in itself ; for its consequences yet more momentous ; resembling the present in many the same ...
Page 113
... sense , whereof other men are slaves ; and so imbue yourselves with the sound philosophy of later days , forming yourselves to the virtuous habits which are its legitimate offspring , that you may walk unhurt through the trials which ...
... sense , whereof other men are slaves ; and so imbue yourselves with the sound philosophy of later days , forming yourselves to the virtuous habits which are its legitimate offspring , that you may walk unhurt through the trials which ...
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