Speeches of Henry Lord Brougham, Upon Questions Relating to Public Rights, Duties, and Interests: With Historical Introductions, and a Critical Dissertation Upon the Eloquence of the Ancients, Volume 3A. and C. Black, 1838 - Great Britain |
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... attend- ing in his place for some weeks by a very dangerous ill- ness , from which he narrowly escaped , was in the House merely to move an amendment , when the attack upon the Education Committee and its chairman was unex- pectedly ...
... attend- ing in his place for some weeks by a very dangerous ill- ness , from which he narrowly escaped , was in the House merely to move an amendment , when the attack upon the Education Committee and its chairman was unex- pectedly ...
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... attended with some triumph in the cause of humanity and justice . True , he would at length , in the course of nature , have ceased to live ; but then the bigot would have ceased to persecute - the despot to vex - the desolate poor to ...
... attended with some triumph in the cause of humanity and justice . True , he would at length , in the course of nature , have ceased to live ; but then the bigot would have ceased to persecute - the despot to vex - the desolate poor to ...
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... attending the sick bed of that ex- cellent person , whose loss brought on his own . It tended to beguile some of those sorrowful hours , the subject having long deeply engaged his attention ; and it was the last thing that he read . His ...
... attending the sick bed of that ex- cellent person , whose loss brought on his own . It tended to beguile some of those sorrowful hours , the subject having long deeply engaged his attention ; and it was the last thing that he read . His ...
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... attended but seldom , the least dissension among us would have led to an immediate assembly of the greater part of our numbers . I have , therefore , a right to assume that a real and complete unanimity prevailed among us in all our ...
... attended but seldom , the least dissension among us would have led to an immediate assembly of the greater part of our numbers . I have , therefore , a right to assume that a real and complete unanimity prevailed among us in all our ...
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... attended to our pro- ceedings was aware . The case of Mr Parry was , in- deed , peculiarly strong . It happened that he had for some years devoted himself privately to the very in- vestigation which the Board was to prosecute . He had ...
... attended to our pro- ceedings was aware . The case of Mr Parry was , in- deed , peculiarly strong . It happened that he had for some years devoted himself privately to the very in- vestigation which the Board was to prosecute . He had ...
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