 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1889 - 556 pages
...service, whether of revenue, trade, or empire, my trust is in her interest in the British constitution. My hold of the colonies is in the close affection...light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government ;— they will... | |
 | 1903 - 606 pages
...dispersal. Material ties are no guarantee, as Burke long ago pointed out, for union and loyalty. ' My hold of the colonies is in the close affection...though light as air are as strong as links of ' iron.' Even if our commerce were endangered by freedom, which is far from being the case, we should remember... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 512 pages
...service, whether of revenue, trade, or empire, my trust is in her interest in the British constitution. My hold of the colonies is in the close affection...light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government ; they will cling... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 518 pages
...service, whether of revenue, trade, or empire, my trust is in her interest in the British constitution. My hold of the colonies is in the close affection...equal protection. These are ties, which, though light a& air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights... | |
 | Thomas Erskine (1st baron.) - 1810 - 522 pages
..." whether "of revenue, trade, or empire, my trust is in her " interest in the British constitution. My hold of " the colonies is in the close affection...as air, are as strong " as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the " idea of their civil rights associated with your go" vernments, they will... | |
 | Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - Freedom of the press - 1810 - 516 pages
...whether " of revenue, trade, or empire, my trust is in her " interest in the British constitution. My hold of " the colonies is in the close affection which grows *t from common names, from kindred blood, from " similar privileges, and equal protection. These **... | |
 | Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - Freedom of the press - 1813 - 522 pages
..." whether "of revenue, trade, or empire, my trust is in her "interest in the British constitution. My hold of " the colonies is in the close affection...as air, are as strong " as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the " idea of their civil rights associated with your go" vernment, they will... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1813 - 768 pages
...service, whether of revenue, trade, or empire, my trust is in her interest in the British constitution. My hold of the colonies is in the close affection...light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government ; — they will... | |
 | James Ridgway - Freedom of the press - 1813 - 518 pages
...her * * interest in the British constitution. My hold of '* the colonies is-in the close afF^ption which grows (* from common names, from kindred blood,..." similar privileges, and equal protection. These t* are ties which, though light as air, are as strong " as links of iron. Let the colonies"always keep... | |
 | Joshua P. Slack - Elocution - 1815 - 340 pages
...whether of revenue, trade, or empire, my trust is in her interest in the British Constitution. My hold in the colonies is in the close affection which grows...protection. These are ties, which, though light as air, are strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with... | |
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My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep... 
