Brougham and His Early Friends: Letters to James Loch, 1798-1809, Volume 3 |
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Page 77 - ... deferred enhances the price at which you must purchase safety and peace ; — nor can you expect to gather in another crop than they did who went before you, if you persevere in their utterly abominable husbandry, of sowing injustice and reaping rebellion.
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Page 78 - As your friend, as the friend of my order, as the friend of my country, as the faithful servant of my sovereign, I counsel you to assist with your uttermost efforts in preserving the peace, and upholding and perpetuating the Constitution. Therefore, I pray and I exhort you not to reject this measure.
Page 57 - I make him a present of them all. Let him come on with his whole force, sword in hand, against the constitution, and the English people will not only beat him back, but laugh at his assaults. In other times the country may have heard with dismay that
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Page 25 - Upon her arrival, the queen is surprised to find that a message' has been sent down to parliament, requiring its attention to written documents ; and she learns with still greater astonishment, that there is an intention of proposing that these should be referred to a select committee.
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