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Commander Locker -Lampson (Tory sponsor of the motion) : "The time has come to stop making freeborn Englishmen the helots of a slave State...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITISH EMPIRE: The Week in Parliament Jul. 5, 1926 | 7/5/1926 | See Source »

...good ship President Madison steamed into the port of Yokohama. Americans were aboard, and a customs officer thought it his plain and insulting duty to breathe a little anti-exclusion spirit into his work. He examined the freeborn citizens of the U. S. for all the 60 seconds of the 60 minutes of an hour, forcing them, among other things, to stand on a wet wooden platform in their bare feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Insult | 7/7/1924 | See Source »

...result was that the aforesaid freeborn American citizens sneezed a complaint to the U. S. Consul at Yokohama. Later, the Japanese Director of Customs apologized to the Consul for the discourteous treatment accorded to the Americans by the customs officer and stated that he would remove him from his post...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Insult | 7/7/1924 | See Source »

...interesting, however, to note that the British are getting highly agitated over the prospect of prohibition in their own conservative land. This has even run to taking out insurance, called the "pussyfoot policies." What a delightful thought. The home of "Irish," of "Scotch," and of ale--and the freeborn natives scared silly lost they be deprived of their inalienable privilege of getting drunk on Saturday night. Never fear, John Bull! Even if the "dry" Bogey-man does get you, it is only half an hour by air from Dover to Calais. And we venture to suggest that France will remain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ONE-HALF OF ONE PERCENT. | 5/3/1920 | See Source »

...Freeborn (Capt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Freshman Race. | 9/30/1896 | See Source »

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