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... eloquence to bear against the sanguinary criminal code which a dark age had obtruded on the noonday of civili- zation . He subsequently exposed the abuses of the Court of Chancery , which , under the tardy administration of " that ever ...
... eloquence to bear against the sanguinary criminal code which a dark age had obtruded on the noonday of civili- zation . He subsequently exposed the abuses of the Court of Chancery , which , under the tardy administration of " that ever ...
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... eloquence , whether standing at the Irish bar or in the British Senate , carried the motion which Grattan lost , Peel strenu- ously resisting , by a majority of six . He followed up his vic- tory by pushing the Consolidation Bill ( a ...
... eloquence , whether standing at the Irish bar or in the British Senate , carried the motion which Grattan lost , Peel strenu- ously resisting , by a majority of six . He followed up his vic- tory by pushing the Consolidation Bill ( a ...
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... eloquence than the multiplication table , he as rarely made mistakes in his calculations . And whenever Mr. Vansittart , the foggy - headed Chancellor of the Exchequer , ap- peared on the floor with his money bills , his tormentor was ...
... eloquence than the multiplication table , he as rarely made mistakes in his calculations . And whenever Mr. Vansittart , the foggy - headed Chancellor of the Exchequer , ap- peared on the floor with his money bills , his tormentor was ...
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... eloquent speeches . In 1790 , Flood , the celebrated Irishman , spoke with fervor on moving for a more equal representation in the Commons , and was replied to by Wyndham and Pitt , ( who had become frightened by the French revolution ...
... eloquent speeches . In 1790 , Flood , the celebrated Irishman , spoke with fervor on moving for a more equal representation in the Commons , and was replied to by Wyndham and Pitt , ( who had become frightened by the French revolution ...
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... eloquence , the courage , the soul , which Erskine threw into his cause . life had been at hazard . He knew that twelve " good and true men " stood between the lion and his prey . The Court He battled as if his own ruled that if the ...
... eloquence , the courage , the soul , which Erskine threw into his cause . life had been at hazard . He knew that twelve " good and true men " stood between the lion and his prey . The Court He battled as if his own ruled that if the ...
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