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Page 193
... Britain . Surely there can be no offence given by a younger member in offering mediation between the elder brethren of the same family upon a point of difference be- tween them . But what if Great Britain should take offence at this ...
... Britain . Surely there can be no offence given by a younger member in offering mediation between the elder brethren of the same family upon a point of difference be- tween them . But what if Great Britain should take offence at this ...
Page 337
... Britain . But the honorable senator thought it was impossible , for the reason , as he said , that the distances which the mails must be transported through this great empire so far exceeded those within the islands of Great Britain ...
... Britain . But the honorable senator thought it was impossible , for the reason , as he said , that the distances which the mails must be transported through this great empire so far exceeded those within the islands of Great Britain ...
Page 383
... Britain equally claims to own British Honduras by absolute right , and that although she has two or three times been occasionally dispossessed in the varying fortunes of war , she has so claimed it since 1667 , and has held it ...
... Britain equally claims to own British Honduras by absolute right , and that although she has two or three times been occasionally dispossessed in the varying fortunes of war , she has so claimed it since 1667 , and has held it ...
Contents
BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR PAGE | xiii |
SPEECHES IN The Senate of the United STATES | 51 |
Freedom in the District of ColumbiaFreedom in New MexicoIndemnities | 278 |
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