Speeches Delivered On Public Occasions In Liverpool

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Excerpt from Speeches of the Right Hon. George Canning: Delivered of Public Occasions in Liverpool He had, at first, to plunge into the full tide of party conflict; and, during successive elections, the excited state of the political combatants, and the frequent pressure Of public affairs upon particular interests, tended little to encourage the exercise Of candid and liberal sentiments: yet, even in these circumstances, the influence Of his honourable conduct triumphed over the rugged and hoister ous feelings Of party; and his services were not suffered to terminate before he secured, in the address presented to him, at his farewell visit, by the unanimous votes of all the mercantile asso ciations of the great commercial community. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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