...attacked, because it is our duty to do so, and let us cease that interference where that duty ends. We go to Portugal not to rule, not to dictate, not to prescribe consti1 Vide Portugal, by Morse Stephens, " Story of the Nations Series," p. 412. tutions, but to preserve...

...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. RICHARD LALOR SHIEL OCTOBER 24, 1828 THE CATHOLICS OF IRELAND LET no man believe that I have come here,...

...risen to defend our dispatch of troops to Portugal. " We go to plant the standard of England on the heights of Lisbon. Where that standard is planted, foreign dominion shall not come." As he pronounced these words a shaft of sunlight, piercing through one of the windows, lit upon that...

...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...Standard is planted, foreign dominion shall not come ! " As he uttered these words he looked upwards. A beam of light streamed through the windows and smote...

...December, 1826, Canning, in the most famous of his speeches, announced that he had sent British troops to 'plant the standard of England on the well-known...standard is planted foreign dominion shall not come!' Madame Lieven (now a princess) listened to this speech locked up in a small hole, called the ventilator,...

...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 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...

...hesitate. In answer to the appeals of the Portuguese ministers he sent a British fleet to the Tagus, "not to rule, not to dictate, not to prescribe constitutions, but to safeguard and preserve the independence of an ally." The action was decisive; Spain gave way and recognised...

...ministers, imperative that Portugal should not be left unaided. "We go to Portugal," he concluded, " not to rule, not to dictate, not to prescribe constitutions, but to preserve and defend the independence of an ally. We go to plant the standard of England on the well-known...

...ghastly white, already dying yet somehow vividly alive, he left a memorable impression as he declared : "We go to plant the Standard of England on the wellknown...Standard is planted, foreign dominion shall not come!" His audience was suitably impressed.50 Then, from nowhere, came the old, taunting question. What did...

...proposed after the marriages of the Duke of Cumberland and the Duke of Gloucester. 21 September 1. "We go to plant the standard of England on the well-known...of Lisbon. Where that standard is planted, foreign domination shall not come." Canning's Speeches, 6:92. (Russell's note.) 2. "The Brunswick Club," 11....