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" My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties, which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. "
Chambers's readings in English prose ... 1558 to 1860 - Page 145
by Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865
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The Speeches of the Hon. T. Erskine (now Lord Erskine): When at ..., Volume 3

James Ridgway - Freedom of the press - 1813 - 518 pages
...her * * interest in the British constitution. My hold of '* the colonies is-in the close afF^ption which grows (* from common names, from kindred blood,..." similar privileges, and equal protection. These t* are ties which, though light as air, are as strong " as links of iron. Let the colonies"always keep...
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The American Orator: Comprising a Collection, Principally from American ...

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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Specimens of Irish Eloquence: Now First Arranged and Collected, with ...

Charles Phillips - English orations - 1819 - 484 pages
...constitution. My hold of the colonies is m the close aifection which grows from common names, from kmdred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection....air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies ul\\;i)s keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government ; — they will clmg and...
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Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, An Attempt to Collect ...

Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 526 pages
...or empire, my trust is in her interest in the British constitution. My hold of the colonies is ¡n the close affection which grows from common names,...equal protection. These are ties which, though light a« air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep tt.e idea of their civil rights...
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Fourth of July Orations, Volume 1

1863 - 538 pages
...find ready credence, it cannot be in that House of Commons, where Burke uttered those golden words: " My hold of the Colonies is in the close affection...blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection." It cannot be in that House of Peers, where Chatham, conscious that the Colonies were fighting the battle...
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The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 648 pages
...empire, my trust is in her interest in the British constitution. My hold of the colonies is in the dose people. Whenever parliament is persuaded to assume...the corrective and oontnul of the acting powers of associât Ы with your government ; — they will cling and grapple to you ; and no force under heaven...
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The National Preceptor: Or, Selections in Prose and Poetry; Consisting of ...

Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...service, 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...though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. 2. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government ; they...
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The Monthly Chronicle, Volume 6

1840 - 588 pages
...which the true principles are pointed out, by which the mother country should govern her colonies. " My hold of the colonies is in the close affection...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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Lectures on Modern History: From the Irruption of the Northern ..., Volume 2

William Smyth - History, Modern - 1840 - 514 pages
...trust is in the interest which America has in the British constitution. My hold of the colonies i* in the close affection which grows from common names,...are ties, which, though light as air, are as strong a* links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your...
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Lectures on Modern History: From the Irruption of the Northern ..., Volume 2

William Smyth - Great Britain - 1841 - 522 pages
...in the British constitution. My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from the common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges,...government ; they will cling and grapple to you, and no power under heaven will be able to tear them from their allegiance. But, let it be once understood,...
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