| Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1889 - 556 pages
...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...government ;— they will cling and grapple to you ; and no force under heaven will he of power to tear them from their allegiance. But let it be once understood,... | |
| 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 ' which...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 - Political science - 1807 - 560 pages
...whether of revenue, tr.uk . or empire, my trust is in her interest in the British constitution. My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows...government ; — they will cling and grapple to you ; and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance. But let it be once understood,... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 512 pages
...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...government ; they will cling and grapple to you ; and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance. But let it be once understood,... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 518 pages
...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...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 (1st baron.) - 1810 - 522 pages
...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..." idea of their civil rights associated with your go" vernments, they will cling and grapple to you, and " no force under heaven will be of power to... | |
| Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - Freedom of the press - 1810 - 516 pages
...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...** idea of their civil rights associated with your go** vernments, they will cling and grapple to you, and " no force under heaven will be of power to... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1813 - 768 pages
...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...government ; — they will cling and grapple to you; and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance. But let it be once understood,... | |
| Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - Freedom of the press - 1813 - 522 pages
...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..." idea of their civil rights associated with your go" vernment, they will cling and grapple to you, and " no force under heaven will be of power to tear... | |
| 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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