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... hold , or expect to hold certain advantages , by 1It is not intended by these words , to throw any reflection upon gentlemen , because they are possessed of offices : For many of them are certainly men of virtue , and lovers of their ...
... hold , or expect to hold certain advantages , by 1It is not intended by these words , to throw any reflection upon gentlemen , because they are possessed of offices : For many of them are certainly men of virtue , and lovers of their ...
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... hold that law has upon them , and then to get hold of law . Faction is a Hercules , whose first labour is to strangle this lion , and then to « make armour of his skin . In every democratick state the ruling faction will have law to ...
... hold that law has upon them , and then to get hold of law . Faction is a Hercules , whose first labour is to strangle this lion , and then to « make armour of his skin . In every democratick state the ruling faction will have law to ...
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... Hold him , hold him , -I can command my passion . ( Enter JONATHAN . ) JONATHAN What the rattle ails you ? Is the old one in you ? Let the colonel alone , can't you ? I feel chock full of fight , do you want to kill the colonel ...
... Hold him , hold him , -I can command my passion . ( Enter JONATHAN . ) JONATHAN What the rattle ails you ? Is the old one in you ? Let the colonel alone , can't you ? I feel chock full of fight , do you want to kill the colonel ...
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THE MAKING OF THE REPUBLIC | 1 |
from History of the American Revolu | 55 |
from Letters on Various | 94 |
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