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" You cannot subdue her by your present or by any measures. What, then, can you do ? You cannot conquer ; you cannot gain ; but you can address ; you can lull the fears and anxieties of the moment into an ignorance of the danger that should produce them. "
Mirabeau's Letters, During His Residence in England: With Anecdotes, Maxims, &c - Page 399
by Honoré-Gabriel de Riquetti comte de Mirabeau - 1832
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The British Cicero: Or, A Selection of the Most Admired Speeches ..., Volume 2

Oratory - 1808 - 546 pages
...her by your present or any measures. What then can you do? You cannot conquer, you cannot gain ; but you can ADDRESS : you can lull the. fears and anxieties of the moment into ignorance of the danger that should produce them. I did hope, instead of that false and empty pride',...
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The British Plutarch [by T. Mortimer].

Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pages
...present, or by any measures.— What then can you do ?—You cannot conquer—you cannot gain —but you can address ; you can lull the fears and anxieties...them, But, my lords, the time demands the language of (ruth;—rwe must not now apply the flattering unctiqn of servile complaisance or blind complaisance.—In...
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The history of England, from the accession of George iii to 1783, Volume 3

John Adolphus - 1810 - 544 pages
...her by any meafures. What then can you do ? You cannot conquer, you cannot gain, but you can addrefs; you can lull the fears and anxieties of the moment into an ignorance of the danger that fhould produce them. But the time demands the language of truth ; we muil not now apply the flattering...
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The Parliamentary History of England, from the Earliest Period to the Year ...

William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1814 - 736 pages
...minister that dare avow it in his place. What is the import of this extraordinary application ? What but you can address ; you can lull the fears and anxieties...lords, the time demands the language of truth : — we mutt not now apply the flattering unction of servile compliance, or blind complaisance. In a just and...
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Elegant Extracts: Or Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose

Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1824 - 794 pages
...her by your present or any measures. What then can you do ? You cannot conquer, you cannot gain; but ing acted meritoriously ; ignorance of the danger that should produce them. I did hope, instead of that false and empty pride,...
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An Essay on Junius and His Letters: Embracing a Sketch of the Life and ...

Benjamin Waterhouse - Great Britain - 1831 - 482 pages
...by your present or by any measures. What then can you do ? You cannot conquer, you cannot gain, but you can address; you can lull the fears and anxieties...just and necessary war, to maintain the rights or honor of my country, I would strip the shirt from my back to support it. But in such a war as this,...
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Correspondence of William Pitt, Volume 4

William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Europe - 1840 - 644 pages
...persuaded to be the mover of a similar amendment. can you do ? You cannot conquer, you cannot gain, but you can address ; you can lull the fears and anxieties...— we must not now apply the flattering unction of serrile compliance, or blind complaisance. In a just and necessary war, to maintain the rights or honour...
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Celebrated Speeches of Chatham, Burke, and Erskine: To which is Added, the ...

William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Speeches, addresses, etc., English - 1841 - 548 pages
...your present, or by any measures. What, then, can you do? You cannot conquer; you cannot gain; but you can address; you can lull the fears and anxieties...just and necessary war, to maintain the rights or honor of my country, 1 would strip the shirt from my back to support it. But in such a war as this,...
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The Pictorial History of England During the Reign of George the Third: Being ...

George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane - Great Britain - 1841 - 834 pages
...cannot subdue her by any measures. What, then, can you do ? You cannot conquer, you cannot gain ; but you can address, — you can lull the fears and anxieties...complaisance. In a just and necessary war, to maintain the right or honour of my country, I would strip the shirt from my back to support it ; but in such a war...
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The History of England: From the Accession to the Decease of King ..., Volume 2

John Adolphus - Great Britain - 1841 - 688 pages
...cannot subdue her by any measures. " What then can you do I You cannot conquer, you " cannot gain, but you can address ; you can lull the " fears and anxieties of the moment into an ignorance " of the dangers that should produce them. But the " time demands the language of truth ; we must not " now...
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