| Maurice Paterson - 1880 - 392 pages
...Faith it peaceful lies, And tells to man his glorious destinies. — John Wilson (I78STHE COLONIES. 1. My hold of the colonies is in the close affection...protection. These are ties, which, though light as air, yet are as strong as the links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights... | |
| Edmund Ollier - 1880 - 658 pages
...dominion in the Crimea or Algiers as at Brnsa or Smyrna. " My hold of the colonies," he continued, "is in the close affection which grows from common...protection. These are ties which, though light as nir, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated... | |
| Luther Tracy Townsend - Oratory - 1881 - 272 pages
...philosophy deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend." — Bacon. " My hold on the colonies is the close affection which grows from common names,...protection. These are ties which, though. light as air, yet are strong as links of iron." Burke. "But yesterday, and Britain might have stood against the world... | |
| Bernard Janin Sage - Constitutional history - 1881 - 656 pages
...appositely in the British Parliament: " My hold on the colonies," said he, " is the close affection that grows from common names, from kindred blood, from...protection. These are ties which, though light as air, are strong as iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government,... | |
| Robert Chambers - American literature - 1881 - 842 pages
...nnfittest person on earth to argiie another Enirliehmnn into slavery. . . . My hold of the colon Seals in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, nnd equal protection. These ore ties which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let... | |
| John Lord - 1882 - 618 pages
...sagacity. " My hold of the colonies," said this great oracle of moral wisdom, " is the close affection gfu which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and from equal protection. These are the ties which, tnough light as air, are as strong as links of iron.... | |
| James Baldwin - English language - 1883 - 612 pages
...representation are inseparable." At the close of a long speech in defense of this position, Mr. Burke said : My hold of the colonies is in the close affection...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... | |
| History - 1883 - 540 pages
...1775. A revenue from America transmitted hither ! Do not delude yourselves ; you can never receive it. For all service, whether of revenue, trade, or empire, my trust is in the interest which America has in the British Constitution. My hold of the colonies is in the close... | |
| Charles Kendall Adams - Speeches, addresses, etc., English - 1884 - 340 pages
...must be considerable in her quarter of the globe. There she may serve you, and serve you essentially. For that service, for all service, whether of revenue,...hold of the colonies is in the close affection which V grows from common names, from kindred [ , ^ blood, from similar privileges, and equal pro- j tection.... | |
| George Bancroft - United States - 1884 - 484 pages
...You never can receive it, no, not a shilling. For all service, whether of revenue, trade, or empire, my hold of the colonies is in the close affection...blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. Let them always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government, they will cling... | |
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