 ... whenever they see the least attempt to wrest from them by force, or shuffle from them by chicane, what they think the only advantage worth living for. This fierce spirit of liberty is stronger in the English colonies probably than in any other people...  The North American Review - Side 5501839Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Guy Carleton Lee - 1900 - 652 sider
...them by chicane, what they think the only advantage worth living for. This fierce spirit of liberty is stronger in the English colonies, probably, than in any other people of the earth ; and this from a variety of powerful causes, which, to understand the true temper of their minds and... | |
 | 1901 - 208 sider
...them by force, what they think the only advantage worth living for. This fierce spirit of liberty is stronger in the English colonies, probably, than in any other people of the earth, and this from a great variety of powerful causes. The people of the colonies are descendants of Englishmen.... | |
 | Richard Henry Jesse, Edward Archibald Allen - 1901 - 404 sider
...liberty, the animating principle of his life, shines out above all •"This fierce spirit of liberty is stronger in the English colonies probably than in any other people of the earth. The people of the colonies are descendants of Englishmen. England, sir, is a nation which still, I... | |
 | Lester Frank Ward - 1901 - 152 sider
...essay on "Newspapers." 4. Explain and comment on the words of Burke, "The fierce spirit of liberty is stronger in the English colonies probably than in any other people of the earth." 5. What were the abuses corrected by the reform bill of 1832? 6. What does the history of South Africa... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1902 - 558 sider
...them by chicane, what they think the only advantage worth living for. This fierce spirit of liberty is stronger in the English colonies probably than in any other people of the earth ; and this from a great variety of powerful causes ; which, to understand the true temper of their... | |
 | 1902 - 494 sider
...them by force, what they think the only advantage worth living for. This fierce spirit of liberty is stronger in the English colonies, probably, than in any other people of the earth, and this from a great variety of powerful causes. The people of the colonies are descendants of Englishmen.... | |
 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - 1902 - 450 sider
...them by chicane, what they think the only advantage worth living for. This fierce spirit of liberty is stronger in the English colonies, probably, than in any other people of the earth, and this from a variety of powerful causes, which, to understand the true temper of their minds, and... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1902 - 316 sider
...them by chicane, what they think the only advantage worth living for. This fierce spirit of liberty is stronger in the English Colonies probably than in any other people of the earth, and this from a great variety of powerful causes; which, to understand the true temper of their minds... | |
 | Whitelaw Reid - 1903 - 234 sider
...English heritage he grounded his appeals : " This fierce spirit of liberty," he told Parliament, " is stronger in the English Colonies, probably, than in any other people of the earth. They are not only devoted to liberty, but to liberty according to English ideas and on English principles."... | |
 | Charles Alexander McMurry - 1903 - 346 sider
...them by chicane, what they think the only advantage worth living for. This fierce spirit of liberty is stronger in the English colonies probably than in any other people of the earth, and this from a great variety of powerful causes ; which, to understand the true temper of their minds... | |
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