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... opinion of the country at the recent election had in general terms been pronounced in favour of the principle , the task of putting the scheme into a statutory form , and carrying it with all its intricate details through the ...
... opinion of the country at the recent election had in general terms been pronounced in favour of the principle , the task of putting the scheme into a statutory form , and carrying it with all its intricate details through the ...
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... opinion , there to receive its final acquittal or condemnation . Every man who had to give his suffrage throughout ... opinions it was disposed to put aside - with greater clearness the lines of public policy and of action . We may be ...
... opinion , there to receive its final acquittal or condemnation . Every man who had to give his suffrage throughout ... opinions it was disposed to put aside - with greater clearness the lines of public policy and of action . We may be ...
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... opinion of Ireland on the side of loyalty and law , to efface the memory of former con- tentions , and to cherish the sympathies of an affectionate people . " In every matter of public interest , and especially in one so weighty , I ...
... opinion of Ireland on the side of loyalty and law , to efface the memory of former con- tentions , and to cherish the sympathies of an affectionate people . " In every matter of public interest , and especially in one so weighty , I ...
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... opinion on the matter represented the views of the Government , they must look on the question as something Utopian , and as one which had only a remote relation to Ireland . He hoped that at any rate the measure would , when produced ...
... opinion on the matter represented the views of the Government , they must look on the question as something Utopian , and as one which had only a remote relation to Ireland . He hoped that at any rate the measure would , when produced ...
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... opinion that something must be done in view of the common and , he intimated , not unjust reproach that Parliament was becoming incompetent to deal with the mass of legislation before it . The Lord Chancellor was of opinion that a joint ...
... opinion that something must be done in view of the common and , he intimated , not unjust reproach that Parliament was becoming incompetent to deal with the mass of legislation before it . The Lord Chancellor was of opinion that a joint ...
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Page 295 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 294 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so; and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 242 - For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me. Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there?
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Page 305 - As the United States is the freest of all nations, so, too, its people sympathize with all people struggling for liberty and self-government; but while so sympathizing it is due to our honor that we should abstain from enforcing our views upon unwilling nations and from taking an interested part, -without invitation, in the quarrels between different nations or between governments and their subjects.
Page 350 - Stream'd thro' my cell a cold and silver beam, And down the long beam stole the Holy Grail, Rose-red with beatings in it, as if alive, Till all the white walls of my cell were dyed With rosy...
Page 257 - But there is nothing in our laws, or in the law of nations, that forbids our citizens from sending armed vessels, as well as munitions of war, to foreign ports for sale. It is a commercial adventure which no nation is bound to prohibit, and which only exposes the persons engaged in it to the penalty of confiscation.
Page 158 - He was called to the Bar by the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple in...
Page 266 - Malta, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.