Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders from Early Greece to the Present Time, Volume 7Mayo Williamson Hazeltine |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 88
Page 2630
... house and pointed their cannon against the judgment hall , and even continued them there whilst the supreme court of judicature for this province was actually sitting to decide upon the lives and for- tunes of the king's subjects . Our ...
... house and pointed their cannon against the judgment hall , and even continued them there whilst the supreme court of judicature for this province was actually sitting to decide upon the lives and for- tunes of the king's subjects . Our ...
Page 2636
... houses , their lands , for their wives , their children , for all who claim the tenderest names , and are held dearest in their hearts ; they fight pro aris et focis , for their liberty , and for themselves , and for their God . And let ...
... houses , their lands , for their wives , their children , for all who claim the tenderest names , and are held dearest in their hearts ; they fight pro aris et focis , for their liberty , and for themselves , and for their God . And let ...
Page 2638
... House to impeach them . Great expectations were also formed from the artful scheme of allowing the East India ... houses of assembly , in this 2638 HANCOCK.
... House to impeach them . Great expectations were also formed from the artful scheme of allowing the East India ... houses of assembly , in this 2638 HANCOCK.
Page 2639
... houses of assembly , in this and our sister colonies , for uniting the inhabitants of the whole con- tinent for the security of their common interest . May suc- cess ever attend their generous endeavors . But permit me here to suggest a ...
... houses of assembly , in this and our sister colonies , for uniting the inhabitants of the whole con- tinent for the security of their common interest . May suc- cess ever attend their generous endeavors . But permit me here to suggest a ...
Page 2651
... HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES , -Since the last meeting of a general assembly the good people of this State have not only felt the common calamities of war , but from the wanton and savage manner in which it has been prosecuted they have ...
... HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES , -Since the last meeting of a general assembly the good people of this State have not only felt the common calamities of war , but from the wanton and savage manner in which it has been prosecuted they have ...
Other editions - View all
Masterpieces of Eloquence; Famous Orations of Great World Leaders ..., Volume 3 Mayo W. 1841-1909 Hazeltine No preview available - 2016 |
Common terms and phrases
accusation act of Parliament America answer arms army Assembly Attorney-General authority blood Bonaparte BOSTON MASSACRE Britain British Parliament Brother called cause charge charter Chouans colonies conduct Congress consent consider constitution Continental Congress court crime criminal danger declaration defend despotism duty enemies England English established fact feel fellow citizens force France freedom French friends gentlemen give hand happiness Hastings honest hope house of Bourbon House of Commons human impeachment interest Ireland judges jury justice king kingdom legislature libel liberty Lord Lord Harvey Lord William Campbell Louis XVII means ment mind ministers nation nature necessary negotiation never object occasion opinion oppression patriot peace persons political present principles prosecution Prussia punishment question reason respect revolution right honorable gentleman slavery slaves speech spirit supposed tion trade treat trial tribunal United violated virtue wish yourselves
Popular passages
Page 2734 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none...
Page 2732 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union, or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it.
Page 2732 - And let us reflect that having banished from our land that religious intolerance under which mankind so long bled and suffered, we have yet gained little if we countenance a political intolerance as despotic, as wicked, and capable of as bitter and bloody persecutions.
Page 2717 - That King James II., having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.
Page 2814 - Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath. Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty: Thou art not conquer'd; beauty's ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks. And death's pale flag is not advanced there.
Page 2768 - defines the extent of the powers of the general government. If the general legislature should, at any time, overleap their limits, the judicial department is a constitutional check. If the United States go beyond their powers, if they make a law which the Constitution does not authorize, it is void ; and the judiciary power, the national judges, who, to secure their impartiality, are to be made independent, will declare it to be void.
Page 2731 - ... undertaking. Utterly indeed should I despair, did not the presence of many whom I here see remind me, that in the other high authorities provided by our Constitution I shall find resources of wisdom, of virtue, and of zeal, on which to rely under all difficulties. To you, then, gentlemen, who are charged with the sovereign functions of legislation, and to those associated with you, I look with encouragement for that guidance and support which may enable us to steer with safety the vessel in which...
Page 2747 - Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death : but he shall be surely put to death.
Page 3047 - But an evil day came upon us. Your forefathers crossed the great waters and landed on this island. Their numbers were small. They found friends and not enemies. They told us they had fled from their own country for fear of wicked men, and had come here to enjoy their religion. They asked for a small seat. We took pity on them, granted their request and they sat down amongst us. We gave them corn and meat.
Page 2810 - I have returned, — not as the right honorable member has said, to raise another storm, — I have returned to discharge an honorable debt of gratitude to my country, that conferred a great reward for' past services, which, I am proud to say, was not greater than my desert.