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الصفحة 33
... what other academies most of their lordships have been bred in but their shops
, what other arts they have been versed in but those which more required good
arms and good shoulders than good heads , I think we are yet to be informed .
... what other academies most of their lordships have been bred in but their shops
, what other arts they have been versed in but those which more required good
arms and good shoulders than good heads , I think we are yet to be informed .
الصفحة 49
If I were an American , as I am an Englishman , while a foreign troop was landed
in my country , I never would lay down my arms - never - never - never . VOL . III .
In a just and necessary war , to maintain the ITS HISTORY AND ELOQUENCE .
If I were an American , as I am an Englishman , while a foreign troop was landed
in my country , I never would lay down my arms - never - never - never . VOL . III .
In a just and necessary war , to maintain the ITS HISTORY AND ELOQUENCE .
الصفحة 53
... himself free from indignity when he could say , Civis Romanus sum ; so also a
British subject , in whatever land he may be , shall feel confident that the watchful
eye and the strong arm of England will protect him against injustice and wrong .
... himself free from indignity when he could say , Civis Romanus sum ; so also a
British subject , in whatever land he may be , shall feel confident that the watchful
eye and the strong arm of England will protect him against injustice and wrong .
الصفحة 66
Whose were the arms that drove your bayonets at Vimeira through the phalanxes
that never reeled in the shock of war before ? What desperate valour climbed the
steeps and filled the moats at Badajoz ? All his victories should have rushed ...
Whose were the arms that drove your bayonets at Vimeira through the phalanxes
that never reeled in the shock of war before ? What desperate valour climbed the
steeps and filled the moats at Badajoz ? All his victories should have rushed ...
الصفحة 81
The most memorable passage of arms between Mr . Gladstone and Mr . Disraeli
came off in the debate on the budget ( Nov . 1853 ) , when the Derby government
was defeated by a majority of nineteen . It had lasted four nights . Mr . Gladstone
...
The most memorable passage of arms between Mr . Gladstone and Mr . Disraeli
came off in the debate on the budget ( Nov . 1853 ) , when the Derby government
was defeated by a majority of nineteen . It had lasted four nights . Mr . Gladstone
...
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