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" If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never — never — never. "
Contributions to the Edinburgh Review - Page 203
by Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1856 - 1563 pages
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Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of ..., Volume 1

Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1839 - 476 pages
...mercenary aid on which you rely irritates to an incurable resentment the minds of your enemies, Avhom you overrun with the sordid sons of rapine and of...was landed in my country, I never would lay down my amis, never ! never ! never !" Such language, used in the modern days of ultra loyalty and extreme...
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Correspondence of William Pitt, Volume 4

William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1840 - 628 pages
...incurable resentment, the minds of your enemies — to over-run them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder ; devoting them and their possessions to the...would lay down my arms — never — never — never. " Your own army is infected with the contagion of these illiberal allies. The spirit of plunder and...
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Correspondence of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, Volume 4

William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1840 - 626 pages
...incurable resentment, the minds of your enemies — to over-run them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder ; devoting them and their possessions to the...would lay down my arms — never — never — never. " Your own army is infected with the contagion of these illiberal allies. The spirit of plunder and...
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The Monthly chronicle; a national journal, Volume 5

1840 - 582 pages
...incurable resentment the minds of your enemies, — to overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder ! devoting them and their possessions to the...never would lay down my arms, — never, never, never ! But, my Lords, who is the man that, in addition to these disgraces of our army, has dared to authorise...
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The American Orator's Own Book: A Manual of Extemporaneous Eloquence ...

1840 - 452 pages
...devoting them and their possessions to the rapacity of hireling cruelty- If I were an American, as 1 am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed...never would lay down my arms ; — never, never, never ! But, my lords, who is the man, that, in addition to the disgraces and mischiefs of the war, has dared...
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Writings of Henry Lord Brougham: To which is ...

Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1841 - 350 pages
...every little pitiful German prince, that sells his subjects to the shambles of a foreign country,"—he adds—" The mercenary aid on which you rely, irritates,...was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms—never! never! never!"—Such language, used in the modern days of ultra loyalty and extreme...
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Celebrated Speeches of Chatham, Burke, and Erskine: To which is Added, the ...

William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1841 - 548 pages
...incurable resentment, the minds of your enemies — to overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder ; devoting- them and their possessions to...would lay down my arms — never — never — never. Your own army is infected with ihe contagion of these illiberal allies. The spirit of plunder and of...
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The Pictorial History of England During the Reign of George the Third: Being ...

George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane - 1841 - 834 pages
...incurable resentment the minds of your enemies — to over-run them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder ; devoting them and their possessions to the...would lay down my arms— never — never — never." He affirmed that our own army was infected with the contagion of these illiberal allies, and that the...
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A System of Elocution: With Special Reference to Gesture, to the Treatment ...

Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pages
...them with the mercenary sons of rapine, nnd plun-der, devoting them, and their possessions, | to tin rapacity of hireling cruelty. | If I were an American,...lay down my arms — | Never ! | Nev'er ! | Nev;er ! | But, my lords, who is the man | that, iii addition to the disgraces, and mischiefs of the war,...
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The History of England: From the Accession to the Decease of King ..., Volume 2

John Adolphus - 1841 - 690 pages
...possessions to the rapacity of hireling " cruelty ! If I were an American, as I am an En" glishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my " country,...never would lay down my arms ; never ; " never ; never ! " But who is the man that has dared to authorise " and associate to our arms the tomahawk and scalp"...
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