 There was ambition, there was sedition, there was violence; but no man shall persuade me that it was not the cause of liberty on one side, and of tyranny on the other," have for themselves decided this question.  The North American Review - Page 388edited by - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Earl John Russell Russell - Constitutional history - 1821 - 342 pages
...all the ancient privileges of the English nation were to depend upon his nod ! CHAP. VII. CHARLES THE There was ambition, there was sedition, there was...persuade me that it was not the cause of liberty on one side, and of tyranny on the other. LORD CHATHAM, quoted by GKATTAN, (Letter to the Citizens of... | |
 | Robert OXLAD - 1826 - 240 pages
...all the excesses of this period—" There was amhition,. there was sedition, there was violence ; hut no man shall persuade me, that it was not the cause of liherty on one side, and nl tyrauny on the other."—The reigns of Charles I. and James II., are dismissed... | |
 | August Wilhelm Rehberg - 1829 - 452 pages
...Urtfyetl/ we^eê nie tiger uuegefpro<í)en worben, al§ oom erjlen ?)itt, ©rafen »on б^афат. There was ambition, there was sedition, there was...persuade me, that it was not the cause of liberty on one side, and of tyranny on the other. ©egen biefen дШ^епЬепЗСиеГргиф beê großen... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1829 - 930 pages
...well if he would remember Lord Chatham's memorable words, " There was ambition, there was sedilion, there was violence; but no man shall persuade me that it was not the cause of liberty on one side, and of tyranny on the other." It might be expected that Mr. Lawson would make much of the... | |
 | 1842 - 740 pages
...and cavaliers ; yet in the words spoken by one of our greatest statesmen, and quoted by another, ' there was ambition, there was sedition, there was violence ; but no man can persuade us that it was not the cause of liberty on one side, and tyranny on the other !' So said... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1842 - 782 pages
...arid cavaliers ; yet in the words spoken by one of our greatest statesmen, and quoted by another, ' there was ambition, there was sedition, there was violence ; but no man can persuade us that it was not the cause of liberty on one side, and tyranny on the other !' So said... | |
 | Philip Harwood - Great Britain - 1844 - 268 pages
...There was ambition, there was sedition, there was violence mixing in the public cause, but no man will persuade me that it was not the cause of Liberty on the one side, and Tyranny on the other." CHATHAM CHAPMAN AND ELCOATE, SHOE-LANE, FLEET-STREET. 1844. CONTENTS.... | |
 | Philip Harwood - Great Britain - 1844 - 268 pages
...There was ambition, there was sedition, there was violence mixing in the public cause, but no man will persuade me that it was not the cause of Liberty on the one side, and Tyranny on the other." CHATHAM CHAPMAN AND ELCOATE, SHOE-LANE, FLEET-STREET. CONTENTS. CHAPTER... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1846 - 550 pages
...then possible ! " nor for addressing the reader in the lowly and conciliatory words, — "I pity tbee. Brag not, or I shall have to despise thee." We should...or they must draw their line, and say, " Hitherto shall thou come, and no farther." And well it was for the cause of freedom and humanity, that a strong... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1846 - 548 pages
...conciliatory words, — "I pity thee. Brag not, or I shall 388 Carlyle's Letters of Cromwell. [April, have to despise thee." We should not of ourselves...or they must draw their line, and say, " Hitherto shall thou come, and no farther." And well it was for the cause of freedom and humanity, that a strong... | |
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