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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. Let the colonies always keep... "
Text-book of Prose: From Burke, Webster, and Bacon : with Notes, and ... - Page 47
by Henry Norman Hudson - 1876 - 636 pages
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Centennial Offering: Republication of the Principles and Acts of the ...

Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1876 - 536 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 once be understood,...
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Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay: With Indexes...

Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1876 - 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...
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History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the ..., Volume 4

George Bancroft - United States - 1876 - 660 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...with your government, they will cling and grapple to yon ; and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance. But let it be...
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Foliorum centuriae, selections for translation into Latin and Greek prose ...

Hubert Ashton Holden - 1876 - 592 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...the idea of their civil rights associated with your government;—they will cling and grapple to you; and no force under heaven will be of power to tear...
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Speeches of Lord Erskine: While at the Bar, Volume 2

Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - Freedom of the press - 1876 - 604 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...the idea of their civil rights associated with your governments, they will cling and grapple to you, and no force under heaven will be of power to tear...
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Unterricht, Erziehung und Fortbildung. 2 Bde. [in 3pt ..., Volume 2, Part 2

H. Loehnis - 1876 - 650 pages
...Should loiter there at noon, and read his name. POLLOK, Course of Time. FOR GREEK PROSE. (3 hours.) Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil...government ; — they will cling and grapple to you ; and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance. As long aa you have the...
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Imperialism: A Study

John Atkinson Hobson - History - 1965 - 412 pages
...by any sentiments of attachment towards Great Britain. " My hold of the colonies," wrote Burke, " is the close affection which grows from common names,...which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron."1 But in these ties, save the last only, there is nothing to demand or to ensure political union....
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Constitutional History of the American Revolution: The Authority ..., Volume 1

John Phillip Reid - Law - 2003 - 398 pages
...security of rights and equality of rights were the twin bonds of British constitutionalism. 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,...
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Westmoreland and Portland Places: The History and Architecture of America's ...

Julius Hunter, Julius K. Hunter - History - 1988 - 231 pages
...nation. 3 . THE TIES THAT BIND My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from commons names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges,...though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. —Edmund Burke (1775) The pioneers who were bold enough to build mansions in the urban wilderness...
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Nationalism: Five Roads to Modernity

Liah Greenfeld - History - 1992 - 600 pages
...held the British nation together and, in this speech at least, shared their notion of "consitution": Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil...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...
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