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Speeches in Parliament: Of the Right Honourable William Windham - Page 21
by William Windham - 1812
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Cobbett's Annual Register, Volume 2

1802 - 1016 pages
...mithdra-wn, and that tbt ambition of France mû stop of its mm aca>rJ.—k is impossible not to see in the' e feeble and sickly imaginations, that fatal temper...and comfort from any source rather than from their o«i exertions. (WiNDHAx'i SFH.CH, Register, Vol. II. p. 1164.) The President (of tie United States,)...
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Cobbett's Political Register, Volume 2

William Cobbett - 1802 - 1012 pages
...with" drawn, and that the ambition of France " will stop of its own accord. — It is im" possible not to see in these feeble and " sickly imaginations, that fatal temper of " miiui, which leads men to look for help " and comfort from any source rather than " from their own...
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The Monthly Register, Magazine, and Review, of the ..., Volume 2, Issues 1-6

1807 - 442 pages
...there is but one country between France and the empire of the world, is it, then, the moment, in which we choose to suppose, that all opposition may be withdrawn,...any source rather than from their own exertions." .• It is not, now, the question, whether or not Britain is to preserve her independence, as a nation...
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Cobbett's Weekly Political Register, Volume 10

1806 - 540 pages
...choose to su| pose, that her ambition will stop of its own accord! It is impossible not to see, in thcsy feeble and sickly imaginations, that fatal temper of mind, which leads men to look for help and comfou. " from any source rather than from thtir own exertions." MB. WINUJIAM'S Speech, in the Mouse...
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The Parliamentary History of England, from the Earliest Period to the Year ...

William Cobbett - 1820 - 888 pages
...will stop of its own accord. — II is impossible not to see 'm these feeble and sickly imagination, that fatal temper of mind, which leads men to look...from any source rather than from their own exertions. \Ve are become of a sadden great hoperi. We hope the French will have no inclination to hurt us ; —...
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The Parliamentary History of England from the Earliest Period to ..., Volume 36

Great Britain. Parliament - 1820 - 884 pages
...withdrawn, tsd ¡kit the ambition of France will stop a?' .is own accord. — It is impossible not v see in these feeble and sickly imaginations, that fatal temper of mind, which ia-Js men to look for help and comfort from any source rather than from their own exertions. We are...
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Select Speeches of the Right Honourable William Windham, and the ..., Volume 2

William Windham - 1837 - 694 pages
...in motion, and has since guided and governed all its movements. The authors of the Revolution wisned to destroy morality and religion. They wished those...French will have no inclination to hurt us ; — we hope, now Peace is come, and the pressure of War, as it is called, taken off, that the French Empire...
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Select Speeches of the Right Honourable William Windham, and the ..., Volume 2

William Windham - 1837 - 694 pages
...all opposition may be withdrawn, and that the ambition of France will stop of its own accord.—It is impossible not to see in these feeble and sickly...hope the French will have no incli-nation to hurt us;—we hope, now Peace is come, and the pressure of War, as it is called, taken off, that the French...
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Select Speeches of the Right Honourable William Windham, and the ..., Volume 2

William Windham - 1837 - 678 pages
...all opposition may be withdrawn, and that the ambition of France will stop of its own accord.—It is impossible not to see in these feeble and sickly...We hope the French will have no inclination to hurt us;—we hope, now Peace is come, and the pressure of War, as it is called, taken off, that the French...
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Library of Oratory: Embracing Select Speeches of Celebrated ..., Volume 4

1845 - 698 pages
...that the scheme ofuniversal •empire was, from the beginning, that which was looked to as the sreal consummation of its labours ; the object first in...their own exertions. We are become of a sudden great kopers. We hope the French will have no inclination to hurt us 5 — we hope, now Peace is come, and...
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