Miscellaneous Works of Lord Macaulay: Speeches. IndexHarper & brothers, 1880 |
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... tell the world in his advertisement that he published them by special license . When the book appeared , I found that it contained fifty - six speeches , said to have been delivered by me in the House of Commons . Of these speeches a ...
... tell the world in his advertisement that he published them by special license . When the book appeared , I found that it contained fifty - six speeches , said to have been delivered by me in the House of Commons . Of these speeches a ...
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... tell him that the rental of this district was far greater than that of the whole kingdom of Scotland at the time of the Union . And then I would tell him that this was an unrepresented district . It is needless to give any more ...
... tell him that the rental of this district was far greater than that of the whole kingdom of Scotland at the time of the Union . And then I would tell him that this was an unrepresented district . It is needless to give any more ...
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... tell us , that the ablest men have been introduced into Parliament . It is true that many distinguished persons have represented places of this descrip- tion . But , sir , we must judge of a form of government by its general tendency ...
... tell us , that the ablest men have been introduced into Parliament . It is true that many distinguished persons have represented places of this descrip- tion . But , sir , we must judge of a form of government by its general tendency ...
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... tell the people that it is as unjust to disfran- chise a great lord's nomination borough as to confiscate his estate . Take heed that you do not succeed in convincing weak and ignorant . minds that there is no more injustice in ...
... tell the people that it is as unjust to disfran- chise a great lord's nomination borough as to confiscate his estate . Take heed that you do not succeed in convincing weak and ignorant . minds that there is no more injustice in ...
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... tell us that we are an ungrateful people , and that , under in- stitutions from which we have derived inestimable benefits , we are more discontented than the slaves of the Dey of Tripoli . Sir , if we had been slaves of the Dey of ...
... tell us that we are an ungrateful people , and that , under in- stitutions from which we have derived inestimable benefits , we are more discontented than the slaves of the Dey of Tripoli . Sir , if we had been slaves of the Dey of ...
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Page 285 - Lord John Russell moved for a Committee of the whole House to take into consideration the state of Ireland.
Page 434 - Not the exuberance of soil; not the mildness of climate ; not mines, nor havens, nor rivers. These things are indeed valuable when put to their proper use by human intelligence: but human intelligence can do much without them ; and they without human intelligence can do nothing. They exist in the highest degree in regions of which the inhabitants are few, and squalid, and barbarous, and naked, and starving; while on sterile rocks, amidst unwholesome marshes, and under inclement skies, may be found...
Page 95 - September, 1831, the Bill to amend the representation of the people in England and Wales was read a third time, at an early hour and in a thin house, without any debate.
Page 131 - An act for effecting an arrangement with the East India Company, and for the better government of his Majesty's Indian territories, till the thirtieth day of April one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
Page 333 - I am confident that the three right honourable gentlemen opposite, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the late President of the Board of Trade, will all with one voice answer
Page 91 - In peace or in convulsion, by the law, or in spite of the law, through the Parliament, or over the Parliament, Reform must be carried. Therefore be content to guide that movement which you cannot stop.
Page 121 - Can we be said to do unto others as we would that they should do unto us, if we wantonly inflict on them even the smallest pain?