| George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane - 1841 - 834 páginas
...— " Foreign war is hanging over your heads by a slight and brittle thread : France and Spain are watching your conduct, and waiting for the maturity...; but I will pronounce that the kingdom is undone !" According to his son William, who was then a stripling, and who was destined to obtain the chief... | |
| Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1841 - 350 páginas
...proved. The concluding sentence of the speech has been often cited: " If the ministers persevere in misleading the king, I will not say that they can...but I will pronounce that the kingdom is undone." Again, in 1777, after describing the course of the war, and " the traffic and barter driven with every... | |
| Moses Severance - 1841 - 316 páginas
...ministers thus persevere in misadvising and misleading the King, I will not say, that they can alienatei' the affections of his subjects from his crown; but...King is betrayed ; but I will pronounce, that the kingdom^s undone. Extract of a Speech of Patrick Henry, before a Convention of Delegates for the. several... | |
| William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1841 - 548 páginas
...aflections of his subjects from his crown ; but I will affirm, that they will make the crown not wortli his wearing. I will not say that the king is betrayed...but I will pronounce, that the kingdom is undone. LORD CHATHAM'S SPEECH, IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS, AT THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. NOVEMBER 18, 1777. 1 RISE,... | |
| Henry Sherman - 1843 - 302 páginas
...strength from fresh opposition ? If the ministers, on the contrary, persevere in their present measures, I will not say that the king is betrayed, but I will pronounce that the kingdom is undone. I have crawled to tell yon my opinion. I think it my duty to give the whole of my experience and counsel... | |
| William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1845 - 558 páginas
...every danger and every hazard impend, to deter you from perseverance in your present ruinous measure. Foreign war hanging over your heads by a slight and...but I will pronounce, that the kingdom is undone. LORD CHATHAM'S SPEECH, IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS, AT THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT, NOVEMBER 18, 1777. 1 RISE,... | |
| 1845 - 554 páginas
...every danger and every hazard impend, to deter you from perseverance in your present ruinous measure. Foreign war hanging over your heads by a slight and...that the king is betrayed ; but I will pronounce, tliat the kingdom .is undone. LORD CHATHAM'S SPEECH, IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS, AT THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1845 - 312 páginas
...America and the temper of your colonies, more than to their own concerns, be they what they may. _-'' crown ; but I will affirm, that they will make the...but I will pronounce, that the kingdom is undone. QUESTIONS. — 1. What opinion had Mr. Pitt of the Congress at Philadelphia? 2. What did he say parliament... | |
| 1846 - 486 páginas
...said : " Foreign war is hanging over your heads by a slight and brittle thread ; France and Spain are watching your conduct, and waiting for the maturity...but I will pronounce that the kingdom is undone." Chatham continued his intercourse with Franklin, thinking he could propose measures which would be... | |
| William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1848 - 208 páginas
...war, sent out as a peace-offering to the Congress of America, by whom it was treated with contempt. for the maturity of your errors, with a vigilant eye...but I will pronounce that the kingdom is undone." After a debate of more than ordinary length, the question was rejected by a majority of 68 to 18. The... | |
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