Essays and Letters, Volume 2R. & W.A.Bartow & Company, 1822 - American essays |
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... parliaments and councils , to have the be- nefit of their collected wisdom ; but we necessarily have , at the same time , the inconvenience of their collected passions , prejudices , and private interests . By the help of these , artful ...
... parliaments and councils , to have the be- nefit of their collected wisdom ; but we necessarily have , at the same time , the inconvenience of their collected passions , prejudices , and private interests . By the help of these , artful ...
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... parliament ; and wrong- fully throw it upon his honester , and perhaps much poorer neighbours ? He will perhaps be ready to tell me , that he does not wrong his neighbours ; he scorns the imputation ; he only cheats the king a little ...
... parliament ; and wrong- fully throw it upon his honester , and perhaps much poorer neighbours ? He will perhaps be ready to tell me , that he does not wrong his neighbours ; he scorns the imputation ; he only cheats the king a little ...
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... parliament , and a few public officers , have now a right to avoid by a frank the payment of postage . When any letter not written by them , or on their business , is franked by any of them , it is a hurt to the revenue , an injury ...
... parliament , and a few public officers , have now a right to avoid by a frank the payment of postage . When any letter not written by them , or on their business , is franked by any of them , it is a hurt to the revenue , an injury ...
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... parliament of England for abolishing the slave trade , to say nothing of other legislatures , and the debates upon them , will have a similar con- clusion ? March 23 , 1790 . HISTORICUS . ACCOUNT OF THE HIGHEST COURT OF JUDICATURE IN ...
... parliament of England for abolishing the slave trade , to say nothing of other legislatures , and the debates upon them , will have a similar con- clusion ? March 23 , 1790 . HISTORICUS . ACCOUNT OF THE HIGHEST COURT OF JUDICATURE IN ...
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... parliament , as they had ex- ceeded their proportion . Had this happy method of requisition been con- tinued ( a method that left the king's subjects in those remote countries the pleasure of showing their zeal and loyalty , and of ...
... parliament , as they had ex- ceeded their proportion . Had this happy method of requisition been con- tinued ( a method that left the king's subjects in those remote countries the pleasure of showing their zeal and loyalty , and of ...
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