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 | Asia - 1822 - 746 pages
...Empire in the East . would long since have been lost to Great Britain, if civil skill and mi. litary prowess had not united their efforts to support an...authority, which heaven never gave, by means which it never can sanction." If the above passage had any foundation in truth, and though the feelings of the Advocate... | |
 | Joseph Clinton Robertson - 1822 - 206 pages
...empire in the east would long since have heen lost to Great Britain, if civil skill and military powers had not united their efforts to support an authority which heaven never gave, by means which it never can sanction. " Gentlemen, I think I can observe that you are touched with this way of considering... | |
 | Great Britain - 1825 - 498 pages
...with a rod of iron ; and our empire in the East would long since have been lost to Great Britain ; if civil skill and military prowess had not united...— which heaven never gave, — by means which it can never sanction. " Gentlemen, I think I can observe, that you are touched with this way of considering... | |
 | Great Britain - 1825 - 494 pages
...would long since have been lost to Great Britain, if civil skill and military prowess had not uhited their efforts to support an authority — which heaven never gave, -"• by means which it can never sanction. " Gentlemen, I think I can observe, that you are touched with this way of considering... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 376 pages
...empire in the east would long since have been lost to Great Britain, if civil skill and military powers had not united their efforts to support an authority which heaven never gave, by means which it never can sanction. " Gentlemen, I think I can observe that you are touched with this way of considering... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - Great Britain - 1828 - 592 pages
...governed by a rod of iron ; and our Empire m the East would long since have been lost to Great Britain, if civil skill and military prowess had not united...authority, which Heaven never gave, by means which it never can sanction.' Neither Mr. Hastings personally, nor the character of the nation whose delegated representative... | |
 | Christianity - 1828 - 598 pages
...governed by a rod of iron ; and our Empire in the East would long since have been lost to Great Britain, if civil skill and military prowess had not united...authority, which Heaven never gave, by means which it never can sanction.' Neither Mr. Hastings personally, nor the character of the nation whose delegated representative... | |
 | Asia - 1822 - 654 pages
...governed by a rod of iron ; and our Empire in the East would long since have been lost to Great Britain, if civil skill and military prowess had not united...authority, which heaven never gave, by means which it never can sanction." If the above passage had any foundation in truth, and though the feelings of the Advocate... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - American literature - 1830 - 334 pages
...empire in the east would long since have been lost to Great Britain, if civil skill and military powers had not united their efforts to support an authority which Heaven never gave, by means which it never can sanction. Gentlemen, I think I can observe that you are touched with this way of considering the... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Elocution - 1831 - 356 pages
...empire in the east would long since have been lost to Great Britain, if civil skill and military powers, had not united their efforts to support an authority which Heaven never gave, by means which it never can sanction. I know what they feel, and how such feelings can alone be repressed. I have heard them... | |
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