John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Leonard Heath. (continued) |
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| Yet spirit immortal, the tomb can not bind thee, But like thine own eagle that soars to the sun Thou springest from bondage and leavest behind thee A name which before thee no mortal hath won. Tho’ nations may combat, and war’s thunders rattle, No more on thy steed wilt thou sweep o’er the plain: Thou sleep’st thy last sleep, thou hast fought thy last battle, No sound can awake thee to glory again. |
| The Grave of Bonaparte. |
| Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield Disraeli. (1804–1881) |
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| I will sit down now, but the time will come when you will hear me. 1 |
| Maiden Speech in the House of Commons. 1837. |
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| Free trade is not a principle, it is an expedient. 2 |
| On Import Duties, April 25, 1843. |
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| The noble lord 3 is the Rupert of debate. 4 |
| Speech, April, 1844. |
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| The Right Honorable gentleman 5 caught the Whigs bathing and walked away with their clothes. |
| Speech, House of Commons, Feb. 28, 1845. |
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| A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy. |
| Speech on agricultural Interests, March 17, 1845. |
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| A precedent embalms a principle. |
| Speech on the Expenditures of the Country, Feb. 22, 1848. |
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| Justice is truth in action. |
| Speech, Feb. 11, 1851. |
| Note 1. See W. L. Garrison, page 633: I will be heard. [back] |
| Note 2. It is a condition which confronts us, not a theory.—Grover Cleveland: Annual Message, 1887. Reference to the Tariff. [back] |
| Note 3. Lord Stanley. [back] |
| Note 4. See Bulwer, page 631. [back] |
| Note 5. Sir Robert Peel. [back] |