 | 1897 - 872 sider
...parliament for the borough of Liskeard at the beginning of the struggle with America, ' and supported with many a sincere and silent vote the rights, though...not, perhaps, the interest, of the mother country. He sat eight years, but never had courage to speak; ' the great speakers filled him with despair, the... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - 1898 - 558 sider
...my seat at the beginning of the memorable contest between Great Britain and America, and supported, with many a sincere and silent vote, the rights, though...interest, of the mother country. After a fleeting illusive hope, prudence condemned me to acquiesce in the humble station of a mute. I was not armed... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1898 - 364 sider
...my seat at the beginning of the memorable contest between Great Britain and America, and supported with many a sincere and silent vote the rights, though not perhaps the interests, of the mother country. After a fleeting illusive 20 hope, prudence condemned me to acquiesce... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 430 sider
...my seat at the beginning of the memorable contest between Great Britain and America, and supported, with many a sincere and silent vote, the rights, though...interest, of the mother country. After a fleeting illusive hope, prudence condemned me to acquiesce in the humble station of a mute. I was not armed... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1899 - 822 sider
...in the humble station of a mute." In the conflict between Great Britain and America, he "supported, with many a sincere and silent vote, the rights, though not perhaps the interests, of the mother country." While his career in Parliament was inglorious, it was not valueless... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1900 - 398 sider
...my seat at the beginning of the memorable contest between Great Britain and America, and supported with many a sincere and silent vote, the rights, though not, perhaps, the interest, of the mother country.4 After a fleeting illusive hope, prudence condemned me to acquiesce in the humble station... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke - 1911 - 444 sider
...my seat at the beginning of the memorable contest between Great Britain and America, and supported, with many a sincere and silent vote, the rights, though...interest, of the mother country. After a fleeting illusive hope, prudence condemned me to acquiesce in the humble station of a mute. I was not armed... | |
 | John Lawson Stoddard - 1913 - 494 sider
...my seat at the beginning of the memorable contest between Great Britain and America, and supported, with many a sincere and silent vote, the rights, though...interest, of the mother country. After a fleeting illusive hope, prudence condemned me to acquiesce in the humble station of a mute. I was not armed... | |
 | Reginald Lucas - 1913 - 436 sider
...my seat at the beginning of the memorable contest between Great Britain and America, and supported, with many a sincere and silent vote, the rights, though not perhaps the interests, of the mother country.' Rockingham and Burke when they opposed the Stamp Act admitted the... | |
 | Reginald Lucas - 1913 - 436 sider
...my seat at the beginning of the memorable contest between Great Britain and America, and supported, with many a sincere and silent vote, the rights, though not perhaps the interests, of the mother country.' Rockingham and Burke when they opposed the Stamp Act admitted the... | |
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I took my seat at the beginning of the memorable contest between Great Britain and America, and supported, with many a sincere and silent vote, the rights, though not, perhaps, the interest, of the mother country. 
