 I speak in the spirit of the British law, which makes liberty commensurate with and inseparable from British soil; which proclaims even to the stranger and sojourner, the moment he sets his foot upon British earth, that the ground on which he treads is...  Curran and His Contemporaries - Σελίδα 165των Charles Phillips - 1851 - 595 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
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...giving, I say, in the so much censured words of this paper — giving e universal emancipation.7 " I speak in the spirit of the British law, which makes...soil — which proclaims even to the stranger and sojourner, the moment he sets his foot upon British earth, that the ground on which he treads is holy,... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1872 - 740 σελίδες
...Universal Emancipation," one of the obnoxious terms in the alleged libellous address. "I speak," said he, "in the spirit of the British law, which makes liberty commensurate with, and inseparable from British soil—which proclaims even to the stranger and the sojourner, the moment he sets his foot upon British... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1874 - 458 σελίδες
...to all who had a right to demand it; giving, I say, in the so-much-censured words of this paper, " Universal Emancipation ! " I speak in the spirit of...British soil; which proclaims even to the stranger and sojourner, the moment he sets his foot on British earth, that the ground on which he treads is holy,... | |
 | Worthy Putnam - 1874 - 424 σελίδες
...— giving, I say, in the so much censured words of this paper, giving" universal emancipation!" 4. J speak in the spirit of the British law, which makes...soil ; which proclaims even to the stranger and the sqjourner, the moment he sets his foot upon British earth, that the ground on which he treads is holy,... | |
 | William Wells Brown - 1874 - 576 σελίδες
...Currau followed, in one of the finest speeches ever made in behalf of the rights of man. Said he, — "I speak in the spirit of the British Law, which makes liberty commensurate with, and inseparable from, the British soil; which proclaims, even to the Granger and the sojourner, the moment he sets his foot... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1874 - 374 σελίδες
...was in his defence that Curran made his famous eulogium of the British law in these words : " The law which proclaims even to the stranger and the sojourner, the moment he sets his foot on British earth, that the ground he treads is holy, and consecrated by the genius of universal emancipation."... | |
 | Grace Atkinson Oliver - 1874 - 380 σελίδες
...was in his defence that Curran made his famous eulogium of the British law in these words : " The law which proclaims even to the stranger and the sojourner, the moment he sets his foot on British earth, that the ground he treads is holy, and consecrated by the genius of universal emancipation."... | |
 | William Wells Brown - 1874 - 590 σελίδες
...Cumin followed, in one of tho finest speeches ever made in behalf of tho rights of man. Said he, — "I speak in the spirit of the British Law, which makes liberty connnensurato with, and inseparable from, the British soil; which proelaims, even to the stranger and... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1875 - 380 σελίδες
...who had a right to demand it ; giving, I say, in the so-much-censured words of this paper, giving " universal emancipation ! " I speak in the spirit of...sojourner, the moment he sets his foot upon British ' hv th'P i- ' gf0.Und -0n Which he treads is holv' and consecrated by the genius of "universal emancipation... | |
 | John Walker Vilant Macbeth - 1875 - 558 σελίδες
...crowded congregation, he thus spake : But it is a genuine climax we have from the Irish lawyer Curran : " I speak in the spirit of the British law, which makes...proclaims even to the stranger and the sojourner, the first moment that he sets foot upon British earth, that the ground upon which he treads is holy, and... | |
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