 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...  Fourth of July Orations - Page 51863Full view - About this book
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1853 - 1016 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...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... | |
 | John Wingate Thornton - Ann, Cape (Mass.) - 1854 - 116 pages
...GREATER IN BODIES FULL GROWN." Dudley's Letter to Lady Bridgdt, Countess of Lincoln, Mardi 12, 1631. "MY HOLD OF THE COLONIES IS IN THE CLOSE AFFECTION...BLOOD, FROM SIMILAR PRIVILEGES AND EQUAL PROTECTION. THESE ARE TIES WHICH, THOUGH HGHT AS AIR, ARE AS STRONO AS LINKS OF IRON." Burke's Speech on Conciliation... | |
 | Peter Burke - Philosophy - 1854 - 346 pages
...revenue, trade, or empire, my trust is in her (America's) interest in the British • constitution. My hold of the colonies is in the close affection...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... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1857 - 428 pages
...betray you. An Englishman is the most unfit person on earth to argue another Englishman into slavery My hold of the colonies is in the close affection...blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are the ties which, though light as air, are strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always... | |
 | John Shaw (M.D.) - Travel - 1857 - 324 pages
...betray you. An Englishman is the unfittest person on earth to argue another Englishman into slavery. My hold of the colonies is in the close affection...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... | |
 | David Addison Harsha - Orators - 1857 - 544 pages
...uncommonly fine: " My hold of the colonies," added Mr. Burke, " is in the close * Studies pass into habits. 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... | |
 | LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY - 1858 - 448 pages
...whether of revenue, trade, or empire, 22. my trust is in her interest in the British constitution. My hold of the colonies is in the close affection...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... | |
 | GEORGE BANOROIT - 1858 - 450 pages
...whether of revenue, trade, or empire, 22. my trust is in her interest in the British constitution. My hold of the colonies is in the close affection...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... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1858 - 454 pages
...whether* of revenue, trade, or empire, 22. my trust is in her interest in the British constitution. My hold of the colonies is in the close affection...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... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1859 - 140 pages
...of things can bo readily believed to exist, surely it can not be the parent country ; it can not bo in that House of Commons, where Burke uttered those...from similar privileges, and equal protection." It can not be in that House of Peers, where Chatham, conscious that the colonies were fighting the battle... | |
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