The History of Party: From the Rise of the Whig and Tory Factions, in the Reign of Charles II, to the Passing of the Reform Bill, Volumen3John Macrone, St. James's Square, 1837 |
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... Effect upon the state of parties - Conduct of Burke - Speech in the house of commons and breach with Sheridan- Expiration of the parliament CHAPTER XVI . 301 314 330 .366 Review of the last parliament - Biographical anecdotes of John ...
... Effect upon the state of parties - Conduct of Burke - Speech in the house of commons and breach with Sheridan- Expiration of the parliament CHAPTER XVI . 301 314 330 .366 Review of the last parliament - Biographical anecdotes of John ...
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... effects upon the Catholic question - Cabinet changes of 1823 — Irish Catholic Association - Burdett's Catholic bill of 1825 - Rejected by the lords- 482 Question of parliamentary reform - Mr . Lambton's motion of vi CONTENTS .
... effects upon the Catholic question - Cabinet changes of 1823 — Irish Catholic Association - Burdett's Catholic bill of 1825 - Rejected by the lords- 482 Question of parliamentary reform - Mr . Lambton's motion of vi CONTENTS .
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... effects of the long administration of the Whigs became manifest in the conduct of the nation . The Whig party was scattered and irresolute , Pitt and his city friends looked with distrust upon Newcastle and his aristocratic followers ...
... effects of the long administration of the Whigs became manifest in the conduct of the nation . The Whig party was scattered and irresolute , Pitt and his city friends looked with distrust upon Newcastle and his aristocratic followers ...
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... effect they produced . We cannot read in them the scathing power which made the boldest member tremble when he arose , nor see in them the cause of the paralysis which bound the most voluble speaker when his eye was upon them.t Upon ...
... effect they produced . We cannot read in them the scathing power which made the boldest member tremble when he arose , nor see in them the cause of the paralysis which bound the most voluble speaker when his eye was upon them.t Upon ...
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... effect expressed the same sentiment long before , when they made it one of the articles of the impeachment against Robert Earl of Oxford , that he had cor- rupted the sacred fountain of truth , and put false- hoods in the mouth of her ...
... effect expressed the same sentiment long before , when they made it one of the articles of the impeachment against Robert Earl of Oxford , that he had cor- rupted the sacred fountain of truth , and put false- hoods in the mouth of her ...
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Página 220 - He forgot himself and every thing around him. He thought only of his subject. His genius warmed and kindled as he went on. He darted fire into his audience. Torrents of impetuous and irresistible eloquence swept along their feelings and conviction. He certainly possessed, above all moderns, that union of reason, simplicity, and vehemence, which formed the prince of orators. He was the most Demosthenean speaker since Demosthenes. " I knew him,
Página 54 - For even then, Sir, even before this splendid orb was entirely set, and while the western horizon was in a blaze with his descending glory, on the opposite quarter of the heavens arose another luminary, and for his hour became lord of the ascendant.
Página 86 - He made an administration so checkered and speckled, he put together a piece of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified mosaic; such a tesselated pavement without cement ; here a bit of black stone and there a bit of white; patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans; whigs and tories; treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was indeed a very curious show, but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand...
Página 218 - The principal men both days were Fox and Wedderburne, on the opposite sides ; the latter displayed his usual talents ; the former taking the vast compass of the question before us, discovered powers for regular debate, which neither his friends hoped, nor his enemies dreaded.
Página 87 - ... that it was indeed a very curious show ; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on. The colleagues whom he had assorted at the same boards, stared at each other, and were obliged to ask, " Sir, your name? Sir, you have the advantage of me; Mr. Such-a-one, I beg a thousand pardons...
Página 76 - Upon the whole, I will beg leave to tell the House what is really my opinion. It is that the Stamp Act be repealed absolutely, totally, and immediately; that the reason for the repeal be assigned, because it was founded upon an erroneous principle.
Página 55 - If he had not so great a stock, as some have had who flourished formerly, of knowledge long treasured up, he knew better by far than any man I ever was acquainted with, how to bring together within a short time all that was necessary to establish, to illustrate, and to decorate that side of the question he supported. He stated his matter skilfully and powerfully. He particularly excelled in a most luminous explanation and display of his subject. His style of argument was neither trite and vulgar,...
Página 57 - THEY planted by. your care ! No, your oppressions planted them in America. They fled from your tyranny, to a then uncultivated and inhospitable country, where they exposed themselves to almost all the hardships to which human nature is liable ; and, among others, to the...
Página 351 - ... receive the sacrament of the Lord's supper, according to the usage of the Church of England...
Página 86 - ... dove-tailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid; such a piece of diversified mosaic ; such a tesselated pavement without cement ; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white ; patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans; whigs and tories; treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was indeed a very curious show ; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on.