The Speeches of Charles Phillips, Esq: Delivered at the Bar, and on Various Public Occasions in Ireland and England. To which is Added, a Letter to George IV. |
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... heaven first blessed my infant view , and nature breathed into my infant heart , that ardour for my , country which nothing but death can chill- here , where the scenes of my childhood remind me , how innocent I was , and the grave of ...
... heaven first blessed my infant view , and nature breathed into my infant heart , that ardour for my , country which nothing but death can chill- here , where the scenes of my childhood remind me , how innocent I was , and the grave of ...
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... heavens roaring round its head , firmly balanced on the base of its eternity ; the relic of WHAT WAS ; the solemn and sublime memento of WHAT MUST BE ! Is this my opinion as a professed member of the church of England ? Undoubtedly it ...
... heavens roaring round its head , firmly balanced on the base of its eternity ; the relic of WHAT WAS ; the solemn and sublime memento of WHAT MUST BE ! Is this my opinion as a professed member of the church of England ? Undoubtedly it ...
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... heaven with the abomination of earth , and hanging the tatters of a political piety upon the cross of an insulted Saviour . RELIGION , HOLY RELIGION , ought not , in the words of its Founder , to be " led into temptation . " The hand ...
... heaven with the abomination of earth , and hanging the tatters of a political piety upon the cross of an insulted Saviour . RELIGION , HOLY RELIGION , ought not , in the words of its Founder , to be " led into temptation . " The hand ...
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... heavens , and her domes of gold reflected back the sun - beams . The spoiler came ; he marked her for his victim ; and , as if his very glance was destiny , even before the night- fall , with all her pomp , and wealth , and happiness ...
... heavens , and her domes of gold reflected back the sun - beams . The spoiler came ; he marked her for his victim ; and , as if his very glance was destiny , even before the night- fall , with all her pomp , and wealth , and happiness ...
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... heaven forgot where it existed . It has been said too ( and when we were to be calumniated , what has not been said ? ) that Irishmen are neither fit for freedom or grateful for favours . In the first place , I deny that to be a favour ...
... heaven forgot where it existed . It has been said too ( and when we were to be calumniated , what has not been said ? ) that Irishmen are neither fit for freedom or grateful for favours . In the first place , I deny that to be a favour ...
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Page 137 - So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity That, when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt...
Page 109 - The glorious, pious and immortal memory of the great and good King William — not forgetting Oliver Cromwell, who assisted in redeeming us from Popery, slavery, arbitrary power, brass money and wooden shoes.
Page 179 - A mind, bold, independent, and decisive — a will, despotic in its dictates — an energy that distanced expedition, and a conscience pliable to every touch of interest, marked the outline of this extraordinary character — the most extraordinary, perhaps, that, in the annals of this world, ever rose, or reigned, or fell.
Page 38 - Caesar was merciful, Scipio was continent, Hannibal was patient; but it was reserved for Washington to blend them all in one, and, like the lovely masterpiece of the Grecian artist, to exhibit, in one glow of associated beauty, the pride of every model and the perfection of every master.
Page 199 - Of a mere lifeless, violated form : While those whom love cements in holy faith, And equal transport, free as Nature live, Disdaining fear. What is the world to them, Its pomp, its pleasure, and its nonsense all ! Who in each other clasp whatever fair High fancy forms, and lavish hearts can wish...
Page 37 - ... of their philosophy, the eloquence of their senate, and the inspiration of their bards ! Who shall say, then, contemplating the past, that England, proud and potent as she appears...
Page 37 - I see you anticipate me—I see you concur with me, that it matters very little what immediate spot may be the birth-place of such a man as WASHINGTON. No people can claim, no country can appropriate him; the boon of Providence to the human race, his fame is eternity, and his residence creation.
Page 37 - In his hurried march, Time has but looked at their imagined immortality, and all its vanities, from the palace to the tomb, have, with their ruins, erased the very impression of his footsteps ! The days of their glory are as if they had never been ; and the island that was then a speck, rude and neglected, in the barren ocean, now rivals the ubiquity of their commerce, the glory of their arms, the fame of their philosophy, the eloquence of their senate, and the inspiration of their bards...
Page 181 - All the visions of antiquity became common places in his contemplation; kings were his people — nations were his outposts; and he disposed of courts, and crowns, and camps, and churches, and cabinets, as if they were the titular dignitaries of the chessboard! ."«• .•*. Amid all these changes he stood immutable as adamant. It mattered little whether in the field...
Page 203 - I denounce it in the name of the sovereignty of Massachusetts, which was stricken down by the blow. I denounce it in the name of humanity. I denounce it in the name of civilization which it outraged. I denounce it in the name of that fair play which bullies and prize-fighters respect.