Sir John Eliot. John Pym. Lord Chatham. Lord Mansfield. Edmund BurkeCharles Kendall Adams Putnam, 1884 - Speeches, addresses, etc., English |
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... empire ; and it happens in all the forms into which empire can be thrown . In large bodies the circulation of power must be less vigorous at the extremities . , Nature has said it . The Turk cannot govern Egypt , and Arabia , and ...
... empire ; and it happens in all the forms into which empire can be thrown . In large bodies the circulation of power must be less vigorous at the extremities . , Nature has said it . The Turk cannot govern Egypt , and Arabia , and ...
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... empire , as distinguished from a single state or kingdom . But my idea of it is this ; that an empire is the aggregate of many states , under one common head , whether this head be a monarch or a presiding republic . It does , in such ...
... empire , as distinguished from a single state or kingdom . But my idea of it is this ; that an empire is the aggregate of many states , under one common head , whether this head be a monarch or a presiding republic . It does , in such ...
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... empire is never to know an hour's tranquillity . An intestine fire will be kept alive in the bowels of the colonies , which one time or another must consume this whole Empire . I allow , indeed , that the Empire of Germany raises her ...
... empire is never to know an hour's tranquillity . An intestine fire will be kept alive in the bowels of the colonies , which one time or another must consume this whole Empire . I allow , indeed , that the Empire of Germany raises her ...
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SIR JOHN ELIOT | 1 |
ON THE CONDITION OF ENGLAND UNDER THE DUKE OF BUCK | 13 |
JOHN | 27 |
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