Select Speeches of the Right Honourable William Windham, and the Right Honourable William Huskisson: With Preliminary Biographical Sketches, Zväzok 2E. C. Biddle, 1837 - 619 strán (strany) |
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Strana vi
... feelings of gratitude towards Alma Mater , and preserved to the last an intimate acquaintance and correspondence with some of the most distinguished resident members . He did not , however , take his master's degree till 1783. That of ...
... feelings of gratitude towards Alma Mater , and preserved to the last an intimate acquaintance and correspondence with some of the most distinguished resident members . He did not , however , take his master's degree till 1783. That of ...
Strana xii
... feelings , and supported the opinions , of his political friends , who contended , both for the he- reditary right of the Prince of Wales to assume the Regency , and , during that assumption , for his full enjoyment of the royal ...
... feelings , and supported the opinions , of his political friends , who contended , both for the he- reditary right of the Prince of Wales to assume the Regency , and , during that assumption , for his full enjoyment of the royal ...
Strana xv
... feelings , Mr. Windham was an utter stranger . He thought that the common maxim , " honesty is the best policy , " was as valua- ble in courts and cabinets as in the ordinary concerns of life . It is true that , by pursuing this conduct ...
... feelings , Mr. Windham was an utter stranger . He thought that the common maxim , " honesty is the best policy , " was as valua- ble in courts and cabinets as in the ordinary concerns of life . It is true that , by pursuing this conduct ...
Strana xxii
... feelings of the country on the loss of Lord Nelson , whom he valued as a personal friend , and highly admired as the greatest ornament of his profession . Lord Nelson's death was speedily followed by Mr. Pitt's ; —an event which is ...
... feelings of the country on the loss of Lord Nelson , whom he valued as a personal friend , and highly admired as the greatest ornament of his profession . Lord Nelson's death was speedily followed by Mr. Pitt's ; —an event which is ...
Strana xxiv
... feelings with which the successful exertions of British valour never failed to inspire him . In his official capacity , he had to call the attention of the House of Commons to the victory which had been gallantly achieved on the Plains ...
... feelings with which the successful exertions of British valour never failed to inspire him . In his official capacity , he had to call the attention of the House of Commons to the victory which had been gallantly achieved on the Plains ...
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Select Speeches of the Right Honourable William Windham, and the Right ... William Windham Úplné zobrazenie - 1845 |
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Strana 563 - I candidly confess that I have ever looked on Cuba as the most interesting addition which could ever be made to our system of States. The control which, with Florida Point, this island would give us over the Gulf of Mexico and the countries and isthmus bordering on it as well as all those whose waters flow into it, would fill up the measure of our political well-being.
Strana 390 - ... or to regulate the mode of carrying on any manufacture, trade, or business, or the management thereof...
Strana xxiv - JUSTUM et tenacem propositi virum Non civium ardor prava jubentium, Non vultus instantis tyranni Mente quatit solida, neque Auster, Dux inquieti turbidus Adriae, 5 Nee fulminantis magna manus Jovis : Si fractus illabatur orbis, * Impavidum ferient ruinae.
Strana 581 - ... poor, of the great body of the people, seems to be the happiest and the most comfortable. It is hard in the stationary, and miserable in the declining state. The progressive state is in reality the cheerful and the hearty state to all the different orders of the society. The stationary is dull; the declining melancholy.
Strana 550 - A thousand years scarce serve to form a state ; An hour may lay it in the dust : and when Can man its shatter'd splendour renovate, Recall its virtues back, and vanquish Time and Fate?
Strana 247 - ... that this House will not alter the standard of gold or silver, in fineness, weight or denomination ;" an amendment which was carried by an overwhelming majority.
Strana 424 - ... that, unfortunately, a policy, the very reverse of this, has been, and is more or less adopted and acted upon by the government of this and of every other country ; each trying to exclude the productions of other countries, with the specious and well-meant design of encouraging its own productions...
Strana 336 - Mr. Montague, the then chancellor of the exchequer, proposed, and parliament adopted, the following resolution : — " That this House will not alter the standard of the gold and silver coins of this kingdom in fineness, weight, or denomination.
Strana 426 - ... of revenue and partly for that of protection, that the prayer of the present petition is respectfully submitted to the wisdom of parliament ; the petitioners therefore humbly pray that the house will be pleased to take the subject into consideration, and to adopt such measures as may be calculated to give greater freedom to foreign commerce, and thereby to increase the resources of the state.
Strana 424 - ... restrictive or prohibitory regulations are founded were followed out consistently, it would not stop short of excluding us from all foreign commerce whatsoever.