 | 1775 - 868 pages
...protection — u,- -_j :./-..... .. i__ .u» ._: :_ Thefe are ties, which, though lightasair. are as ftrong as links of iron. Let the Colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights alTbciated with your government; — they will clingand grapple to you; and no force under heaven will... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1792 - 676 pages
...fimilar privileges, and equal protection. Thefe are ties, which, though light as air, are as ftrong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights affociated with your government; — they will cling and grapple to you ; and no force under heaven... | |
 | Thomas Hardy, Joseph Gurney - Great Britain - 1795 - 462 pages
...fimilar privileges, *' and equal protection. Thefe are ties which, though light as air, " are as ftrong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep ** the idea of their civil rights aflbciated with your Govern*' ments, they will cling and grapple to you, and no force un~ ** der heaven... | |
 | Edmund Burke - France - 1801 - 368 pages
...fimilar privileges, and equal protection. Thefe are tics, which, though light as air, arc as ftrong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights affociated with your govcrn' ment ; ment ; — they will cling and grapple to you ; and no force under... | |
 | 1903 - 606 pages
...dispersal. Material ties are no guarantee, as Burke long ago pointed out, for union and loyalty. ' My hold of the colonies is in the close affection...though light as air are as strong as links of ' iron.' Even if our commerce were endangered by freedom, which is far from being the case, we should remember... | |
 | Edmund Burke - English literature - 1803 - 452 pages
...fimilar privileges, and equal protection. Thefe are ties, which, though light as air, are as ftrong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights affociated with your government ; I ment ; — they will cling and grapple to you ; and no force under... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 518 pages
...service, for all service, whether of revenue, trade, or empire, my trust is in her interest in the British constitution. My hold of the colonies is in...equal protection. These are ties, which, though light a& air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights... | |
 | Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - Freedom of the press - 1810 - 516 pages
...service," said Mr. Burke, " whether " of revenue, trade, or empire, my trust is in her " interest in the British constitution. My hold of " the colonies is in the close affection which grows *t from common names, from kindred blood, from " similar privileges, and equal protection. These **... | |
 | James Ridgway - Freedom of the press - 1813 - 518 pages
...her * * interest in the British constitution. My hold of '* the colonies is-in the close afF^ption which grows (* from common names, from kindred blood,..." similar privileges, and equal protection. These t* are ties which, though light as air, are as strong " as links of iron. Let the colonies"always keep... | |
 | Joshua P. Slack - Elocution - 1815 - 340 pages
...whether of revenue, trade, or empire, my trust is in her interest in the British Constitution. My hold in the colonies is in the close affection which grows...protection. These are ties, which, though light as air, are strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with... | |
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My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. 
