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" That liberty was a plant that deserved to be cherished ; that he loved the tree, and wished well to every branch of it. That, like the vine in the Scripture, it had spread from east to west, had embraced whole nations with its branches, and sheltered... "
Washington, Or, Liberty Restored: A Poem, in Ten Books - Page 111
by Thomas Northmore - 1809 - 253 pages
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The Posthumous Works of Junius: To which is Prefixed, an Inquiry Respecting ...

Junius - 1829 - 448 pages
...constitution, and I shall hardly consult my looking-glass to discover a blemish upon my skin." Speech. — " That the Americans had purchased their liberty at...native country, and gone in search of freedom to a desert." Junius, speaking of the Americans, says : " They left their native land in search of freedom,...
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The New-England Magazine, Volume 1

Joseph Tinker Buckingham, Edwin Buckingham, Samuel Gridley Howe, John Osborne Sargent, Park Benjamin - 1831 - 570 pages
...— is one of his expressions. Chatham's opinions are well known ; he said on one occasion — " They had purchased their liberty at a dear rate, since...their native country, and gone in search of freedom in a desert.'' As might bo expected, a substantive argument is founded upon these very parallelisms...
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The anniversary calendar, natal book, and universal mirror, Volume 1

Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 pages
...that deserves to be cherished. Like the vine in the Scripture, it has spread from east to west, has embraced whole nations with its branches, and sheltered them under its leaves. Chatham. Day. III. Cal. 30. Btrtfts. Abp. Sancroft, 1616, FresingJield. Villiers, Duke of Buckingham,...
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Correspondence, ed. by [W.S. Taylor and J.H. Pringle] the ..., Volume 3

William Pitt (1st earl of Chatham.) - 1839 - 570 pages
...liberty was a plant that deserved to be cherished ; that he loved the tree, and wished well to every branch of it. That, like the vine in the Scripture,...native country, and gone in search of freedom to a desert.* * " '/'/...; left their native land in tcarch of freedom, ami found it in « desert." —...
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Correspondence of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, Volume 3

William Pitt (Earl of Chatham), William Stanhope Taylor, John Henry Pringle - 1839 - 546 pages
...liberty was a plant that deserved to be cherished ; that he loved the tree, and wished well to every branch of it. That, like the vine in the Scripture,...native country, and gone in search of freedom to a desert.* * " They left their native land in search of freedom, and found it in a detert," — Juniut,...
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The letters of Horace Walpole [ed. by J. Wright].

Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1840 - 616 pages
...supplied Mr. Almon with reports of two speeches of Lord Chatham, in one of which there is this passage, " The Americans had purchased their liberty at a dear rate, since they had qu1tted their native country and gone in search of freedom to a desert." Junius, about three weeks...
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The Pictorial History of England During the Reign of George the Third: Being ...

George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane - 1841 - 834 pages
...was a plant that deserved to be cherished — that he loved the tree himself and wished well to every branch of it — that, like the vine in the Scripture,...its branches, and sheltered them under its leaves. After reminding the House that their privileges, however transcendent, however appropriated to them,...
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Writings of Henry Lord Brougham: To which is ...

Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1841 - 344 pages
...consult my looking-glass to discover a blemish upon my skin." p. 265. Sir P. Francis's Report.—" That the Americans had purchased their liberty at...native country, and gone in search of freedom to a desert." p. 268. Junius (Woodf all, II. 77.)—" They left their native land in search of freedom,...
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1735-1748

Horace Walpole - 1842 - 596 pages
...supplied Mr. Almon with reports of two speeches of Lord Chatham, in one of which there is this passage, " The Americans had purchased their liberty at a dear...native country and gone in search of freedom to a desert." • Junius, about three weeks before, had said, " They left their native land in search of...
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The Letters of Horace Walpole: 1735-1748

Horace Walpole - 1842 - 592 pages
...supplied Mr. Almon with reports of two speeches of Lord Chatham, in one of which there is this passage, " The Americans had purchased their liberty at a dear...native country and gone in search of freedom to a desert." Junius, about three weeks before, had said, " They left their native land in search of freedom,...
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