...recollected those proud days of her glory when her minister could exclaim in the House of Commons, " We go to plant the standard of England on the well-known...standard is planted foreign dominion shall not come ;" or, when hurling defiance at France, then in possession of Spain, the same minister triumphantly...

...acknowledges, and such the necessity for peace which the circumstances of the world inculcate . . . We go to Portugal not to rule, not to dictate, not to prescribe constitutions, but to defend and preserve the independence of an ally. We go to plant the standard of England on the well-known heights...

...to do so ; and let us cease our interference when that duty ends. \Ve go to Portugal, not to rale, not to dictate, not to prescribe constitutions, —...standard is planted, foreign dominion shall not come." In this spirited appeal, he carried the sense of the house almost unanimously along with him. In the...

...dined. James Smith at a neighbouring table ; agreed to go with him to see the new piece at the * " We go to plant the standard of England on the well-known...standard is planted, foreign dominion shall not come." — Canning's Speeches, vol. vi. p. 92. Haymarket. Quoted a well-rhymed epigram he had found in some...

...dined. James Smith at a neighbouring table ; agreed to go with him to see the new piece at the * " We go to plant the standard of England on the well-known...standard is planted, foreign dominion shall not come." — Canning's Speeches, vol. vi. p. 92. 80 DIARY OF [.ffiTAT. 51. Haymarket. Quoted a well-rhymed epigram...

...attacked, because it is our duty to do so : and let us cease our interference where that duty ends. We go to Portugal, not to rule, not to dictate, not...defend and to preserve the independence of an ally." Dodsley's Ann. Register. 1826. p. 196. The mind and language of the House of Lords were exactly similar;...

...attacked, because it is our duty to do so, and let us cease our interference where that duty ends. We go to Portugal, not to rule, not to dictate, not...is planted, foreign dominion shall not come. [The Speaker having read the Address, which was received with much applause — SIR ROBERT WILSON approved...

...attacked, because it is our duty to do so ; and let us cease our interference where that duty ends. We go to Portugal not to rule, not to dictate, not...standard is planted, foreign dominion shall not come." Mr. Canning sat down much exhausted, amid loud cheers from all sides of the house. No speech in parliament...

...attacked, because it is our duty to do so ; and let us cease our interference where that duty ends. We go to Portugal not to rule, not to dictate, not...standard is planted, foreign dominion shall not come." Mr. Canning sat down much exhausted, amid loud cheers from all sides of the house. No speech in parliament...

...must be raised against the efforts of any power that shall attempt forcibly to control the choice, and fetter the independence, of Portugal. . . . We...not to prescribe constitutions, but to defend and preserve the independence of an ally." Throughout these years of brilliaut speech and action, Palmerstoii...