The state of the nation, in a series of letters to the duke of Bedford1805 |
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... CIVIL and MILITARY polity most happily combined ; whereby these two characters , like the faculties of intellectual ability and bodily force in man , are inseparably interwoven , and constitute a complete state , or free government ...
... CIVIL and MILITARY polity most happily combined ; whereby these two characters , like the faculties of intellectual ability and bodily force in man , are inseparably interwoven , and constitute a complete state , or free government ...
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... civil and military ; and when so restored , a strong ministry , if there be any ability in the country , will follow as a necessary consequence . In the present state of the representation of the people in parliament , we know by dire ...
... civil and military ; and when so restored , a strong ministry , if there be any ability in the country , will follow as a necessary consequence . In the present state of the representation of the people in parliament , we know by dire ...
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... civil fundamental was not so properly under- valued , as in fact sold for power in prompt payment , by one who was then as grey in deceit and treachery , as he was green in years and the qualities of a mature statesman ; whereas its ...
... civil fundamental was not so properly under- valued , as in fact sold for power in prompt payment , by one who was then as grey in deceit and treachery , as he was green in years and the qualities of a mature statesman ; whereas its ...
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... civil government , that even amongst the parliamentary opposers of the American war , the writer does not recollect any but the Earl of Abingdon , and Mr. David Hartley , and latterly the Duke of Richmond , who opposed that war as ...
... civil government , that even amongst the parliamentary opposers of the American war , the writer does not recollect any but the Earl of Abingdon , and Mr. David Hartley , and latterly the Duke of Richmond , who opposed that war as ...
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... civil and military , on the subject of the English Constitution , 1799 . 22. Letter to the Rev. Chr . Wyvill , 1801 . 23. Letter to the Electors of Nottingham , 1803 . 24. A Review of the Proceedings upon the Petitions , complaining of ...
... civil and military , on the subject of the English Constitution , 1799 . 22. Letter to the Rev. Chr . Wyvill , 1801 . 23. Letter to the Electors of Nottingham , 1803 . 24. A Review of the Proceedings upon the Petitions , complaining of ...
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