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" To conclude, my Lords: if the Ministers thus persevere in misadvising and misleading the King, I will not say that they can alienate the affections of his subjects from his crown; but I will affirm that they will make the crown not worth his wearing.... "
Anecdotes of the life of ... William Pitt, earl of Chatham [by J. Almon ... - Page 273
by John Almon - 1810
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The Life and Public Services of Samuel Adams: Being a Narrative of ..., Volume 2

William Vincent Wells - United States - 1865 - 534 pages
...the affections of his subjects from the Crown ; but I will affirm that, the American jewel out of it, they will make the Crown not worth his wearing: I will not say that the King is betrayed; but I will say that the nation is ruined." 1 With such spirited and almost inspired eloquence did this illustrious...
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McGuffey's New Sixth Eclectic Reader: Exercises in Rhetorical ..., Book 6

William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1867 - 758 pages
...thread, and France and Spain are watching your conduct, and waiting for the maturity of your errors, 10. To conclude, my lords, if the ministers thus persevere...betrayed; but I will pronounce that the kingdom is undone! CXXVI.— BATTLE OP BEAL' AN DUINE. FROM WALTER SCOTT. BEAL' AN DCINE, nn abbreviation for Beallaeh...
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Works, Volume 3

Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1872 - 458 pages
...will not say that they can alienate the affections of his subjects from his crown ; but I will afBrm that they will make the crown not worth his wearing....but I will pronounce that the kingdom is undone." Again, in 1777, after describing the cause of the war and "the traffic and barter driven with every...
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Soldier and Patriot. The Story of George Washington. [With a Portrait.]

Frances Mary Owen - 1873 - 280 pages
...they can alienate the affections of his subjects from his crown, but I will affirm that they will f 2 make the crown not worth his wearing. I will not say....but I will pronounce that the kingdom is undone." But Chatham was not heeded. Boston was still filled with troops, and resented it so much that considerable...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 2

Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 768 pages
...reported at the time, that his Lordship had concluded his speech with the following remarkable words ; " If the ministers thus persevere in misadvising and...but I will pronounce, that the kingdom is undone" — WTF MT. 69.] LORD CHATHAM'S SPEECH. 301 more than the whistling of the winds. The motion was rejected....
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Life of Benjamin Franklin, Written by Himself, Volume 2

Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 562 pages
...with the following remarkable words; " If the ministers thus persevere in misadvising and misletnling the King, I will not say, that they can alienate the...but I will pronounce, that the kingdom is undone." — WTF . 69.] LORD CHATHAM'S SPEECH. 30! more than the whistling of the winds. The motion was rejected....
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The History of Massachusetts: From the Landing of the Pilgrims to the ...

George Lowell Austin - Massachusetts - 1875 - 746 pages
...the affections of his subjects from the crown, but I will affirm that, the American jewel out of it, they will make the crown not worth his wearing. I...will not say that the king is betrayed ; but I will say that the nation is ruined." 1 Camden, Shelburne, and Rockingham coincided with the views expressed...
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Life of Benjamin Franklin, Written by Himself, Volume 2

Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 566 pages
...affections of his subjects from his crown, but I will affirm, that they will make the crown not wortk his -wearing. I will not say, that the King is betrayed,...but I will pronounce, that the kingdom is undone." — WTF more than the whistling of the winds. The motion was rejected. Sixteen Scotch peers, and twenty-four...
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Select British Eloquence: Embracing the Best Speeches Entire, of the Most ...

Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Great Britain - 1875 - 968 pages
...alienate il.« affections of his subjects from his urown, but 1 will affirm that they will make the croicn _ _? ?>| k ?y & : s 8~ n < '. q I k| B:wt h QM֨ h$ S l] cZ it undone. The motion, after a long debate, was lost by a vote of 68 to 18. SPEECH OF LORD CHATHAM...
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A Popular History of England: From the Earliest Times to the ..., Volume 4

Guizot (M., François) - Great Britain - 1876 - 588 pages
.... . . . Foreign war is hanging over your heads by a slight and brittle thread. Spain and France are watching your conduct, and waiting for the maturity...but I will pronounce that the kingdom is undone." Charles Fox, Lord Holland's second son, who held a subordinate office in the administration, had embraced...
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