The life and speeches of ... John Bright. Popular ed |
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... constituents , called upon him for the expression of his opinion . He then went on to complain that on both sides of the House there had been too much reliance upon the miserable system of protection . He avowed his own . opinions ...
... constituents , called upon him for the expression of his opinion . He then went on to complain that on both sides of the House there had been too much reliance upon the miserable system of protection . He avowed his own . opinions ...
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... constituents ; but of all the members of the Government , the one for whom I feel an especial affection , is the right hon . the Paymaster of the Forces ( Sir E. Knatchbull ) . Unlike his colleague at the head of the Government , his ...
... constituents ; but of all the members of the Government , the one for whom I feel an especial affection , is the right hon . the Paymaster of the Forces ( Sir E. Knatchbull ) . Unlike his colleague at the head of the Government , his ...
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... constituents of this empire . should know that the landowners sat in that House , if not with an express desire and design , yet they did sit there , resisting any attempt , however small , to affect the price of the produce of land ...
... constituents of this empire . should know that the landowners sat in that House , if not with an express desire and design , yet they did sit there , resisting any attempt , however small , to affect the price of the produce of land ...
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... constituents , the electors of the City of London , admit- ting that it was no longer worth while to contend for a fixed duty . Let us unite to put an end to a system which has been proved to be the blight of commerce , the bane of ...
... constituents , the electors of the City of London , admit- ting that it was no longer worth while to contend for a fixed duty . Let us unite to put an end to a system which has been proved to be the blight of commerce , the bane of ...
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... constituents invited him to a banquet , in order to testify their admiration of his independent and honourable conduct , his efficient services in Parliament , and above all his eminent advocacy of the recent important na- tional ...
... constituents invited him to a banquet , in order to testify their admiration of his independent and honourable conduct , his efficient services in Parliament , and above all his eminent advocacy of the recent important na- tional ...
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Page 68 - I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets : who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Page 363 - What feign'd submission swore : ease would recant Vows made in pain as violent and void. For never can true reconcilement grow Where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep...
Page 13 - Old man ! there is no power in holy men, Nor charm in prayer — nor purifying form Of penitence — nor outward look — nor fast — Nor agony — nor, greater than all these, The innate tortures of that deep despair, Which is remorse without the fear of hell, But all in all sufficient to itself Would make a hell of heaven— can exorcise From out the unbounded spirit, the quick sense Of its own sins, wrongs, sufferance, and revenge Upon itself; there is no future pang Can deal that justice on...
Page 45 - A universe of death, which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good ; Where all life dies, death lives, and Nature breeds, Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, inutterable, and worse Than fables yet have feigned or fear conceived, Gorgons, and Hydras, and Chimeras dire.
Page 111 - For the needy shall not always be forgotten : the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
Page 18 - No war, or battle's sound Was heard the world around ; The idle spear and shield were high up hung ; The hooked chariot stood Unstained with hostile blood ; The trumpet spake not to the armed throng ; And kings sat still with awful eye, As if they surely knew their sovran Lord was by.
Page 131 - ... they shall recruit their exhausted strength with abundant and untaxed food, the sweeter because it is no longer leavened by a sense of injustice.
Page 289 - Aaron's breast— from which to take counsel, but we have the unchangeable and eternal principles of the moral law to guide us, and only so far as we walk by that guidance can we be permanently a great nation, or our people a happy people.
Page 279 - Rising with her tiara of proud towers At airy distance, with majestic motion, A ruler of the waters and their powers: And such she was; — her daughters had their dowers From spoils of nations, and the exhaustless East Pour'd in her lap all gems in sparkling showers.
Page 126 - Fit retribution ! Gaul may champ the bit, And foam in fetters, — but is Earth more free? Did nations combat to make One submit; Or league to teach all kings true sovereignty? What! shall reviving Thraldom again be The patch'd-up idol of enlighten'd days? Shall we, who struck the Lion down, shall we Pay the Wolf homage?