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" Such as is one of these magnificent machines when springing from inaction into a display of its might — such is England herself, while apparently passive and motionless she silently concentrates the power to be put forth on an adequate occasion. "
The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ... - Page 361
1828
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The Academical Speaker: A Selection of Extracts in Prose and Verse, from ...

Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 pages
...one of these magnificent machines, when springing from inaction into a display of its might—such is England herself, while, apparently passive and...arise! After a war sustained for nearly a quarter of a century,—sometimes single-handed, and with all Europe arranged, at times, against her, or at her...
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The political life of ... George Canning, from ... 1822 to ... 1827, Volume 1

Augustus Granville Stapleton - 1831 - 510 pages
...dormant " thunder. Such as is one of these magnificent " machines, when springing from inaction into a " display of its might; such is England Herself, " while...But, God forbid that " that occasion should arise." y» England, then, was declared by her Foreign Minister to be possessed of the power of going to war,...
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The Political Life of the Right Honourable George Canning: From ..., Volume 1

Augustus Granville Stapleton - 1831 - 512 pages
...dormant " thunder. Such as is one of these magnificent " machines, when springing from inaction into a " display of its might ; such is England Herself, "...But, God forbid that " that occasion should arise." England, then, was declared by her Foreign Minister to be possessed of the power of going to war, should...
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The Political Life of the Right Honourable George Canning: From ..., Volume 1

Augustus Granville Stapleton - 1831 - 510 pages
...dormant " thunder. Such as is one of these magnificent " machines, when springing from inaction into a " display of its might; such is England Herself, " while...But, God forbid that " that occasion should arise." England, then, was declared by her Foreign Minister to be possessed of the power of going to war, should...
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The History of the Life and Reign of George the Fourth, Volume 3

William Wallace - 1832 - 410 pages
...its dormant thunder. Such as is one of these magnificent machines when springing from inaction into a display of its might — such is England herself:...the power to be put forth on an adequate occasion." The year 1824 opened still more auspiciously than the preceding year. Manufacturing industry and commerce...
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The Preacher.., Volumes 5-6

1833 - 896 pages
...dormant thunder." Such is one of those magnificent machines, when spreading from inaction ; into a display of its might. Such is England herself : while...the power to be put forth on an adequate occasion. And such, I would add, are the churches and col| leges of England ; in which,— though they have been...
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Select Speeches of the Right Honourable George Canning: With a Preliminary ...

George Canning - 1835 - 650 pages
...its dormant thunder. Such as is one of these magnificent machines when springing from inaction into a display of its might — such is England herself,...that occasion should arise. After a war sustained for near a quarter of a century — sometimes single-handed, and with all Europe arranged at times against...
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The History of England: From the Accession of George III, 1760-1835, Volume 7

Thomas Smart Hughes - 1836 - 492 pages
...awaken its dormant thunder. As is one of these magnificent machines, when springing from inaction into a display of its might, such is England herself, while,...quarter of a century, sometimes singlehanded, and with all Europe arrayed at times against her, or at her side, England needs a period of tranquillity,...
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The Speeches of the Right Honourable George Canning: With a Memoir ..., Volume 6

George Canning, Roger Therry - 1836 - 452 pages
...its dormant thunder. Such as is one of these magnificent machines when springing from inaction into a display of its might — such is England herself,...silently concentrates the power to be put forth on an adeqttite occasion. But God forbid that that occasion should ari«|e After a war sustained for nearly...
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A Practical System of Rhetoric; Or, The Principles and Rules of Style ...

Samuel Phillips Newman - 1837 - 334 pages
...its dormant thunders. Such is one of those magnificent machines, when springing from inaction into a display of its might ; such is England herself, while...silently concentrates the power to be put forth on adequate occasion." EXAMPLE 7. " O 'tis A goodly night ! the cloudy wind, which blew From the Levant,...
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