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" ... 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 the idea of their... "
The speeches of the hon. Thomas Erskine ... when at the Bar, on subjects ... - Page 497
by Thomas Erskine (1st baron.) - 1810
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The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir, Volume 1

Edmund Burke - 1860 - 644 pages
...iron. Le^the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government ; — they will cling and grapple to you ; and no force under heaven will he of power to tear them from their allegiance. I'.,y let it he once understood, that your government...
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Modern Europe, a school history. To 1859

John Lord - 1860 - 530 pages
...you, and no power under heaven will be able to tear them from their allegiance. But let it once be understood that your government may be one thing, and their privileges another, then the cement is gone, and everything hastens to dissolution. It is the love of the people, it is...
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Choice specimens of English literature, selected and arranged by T.B. Shaw ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government, they will cling and grapple to you ; and no force...the cement is gone, the cohesion is loosened, and everything hastens to decay and dissolution. As long as you have the wisdom to keep the sovereign authority...
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Works, Volume 2

Edmund Burke - 1865 - 592 pages
...iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government, — they will cling and grapple to you, and no force under...the cement is gone, the cohesion is loosened, and everything hastens to decay and dissolution. As long as you have the wisdom to keep the sovereign authority...
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Chambers's readings in English prose ... 1558 to 1860

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 244 pages
...iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government ; they will cling and grapple to you ; and no force...power to tear them from their allegiance. But let it lie once understood that your government may be one thing and their privileges another ; that these...
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Britain and Her Colonies

Jesse Beaufort Hurlbert - 1865 - 296 pages
...to you, and no power under Heaven will be able to tear them from your allegiance. But let it once be understood that your government may be one thing and their privileges another, the cement is gone, the cohesion is loosened, and everything hastens to decay and dissolution. As long...
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Typical Selections from the Best English Authors: With Introductory Notices

English authors - 1869 - 458 pages
...iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government ; — they will cling and grapple to you ; and no force...the cement is gone ; the cohesion is loosened ; and everything hastens to decay and dissolution. As long as you have the wisdom to keep the sovereign authority...
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Choice Specimens of English Literature: Selected from the Chief English ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 pages
...iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government, they will cling and grapple to you; and no force under...the cement is gone, the cohesion is loosened, and everything hastens to decay and dissolution. As long as you have the wisdom to keep the sovereign authority...
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The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 2

Edmund Burke - 1869 - 584 pages
...always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government, — they will cling md grapple to you, and no force under heaven will be...But let it be once understood that your government nay be one thing and their privileges another, that ;hese two things may exist without any mutual reation,...
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American Bastile: A History of the Illegal Arrests and Imprisonment of ...

John A. Marshall - 1869 - 754 pages
...their personal rights ; for, in the language of the great English orator and statesman, Edmund Burke, " Let it be once understood that your government may be one thing, and the people's privileges another ; that these two things may exist without any mutual relation, the...
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