The state of the nation, in a series of letters to the duke of Bedford1805 |
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... spirit , or even of ordinary pru- dence , or of regard for posterity ; since my subject is not only the present state of the nation , but to what that nation must rapidly degenerate , unless the counsels of better times be again ...
... spirit , or even of ordinary pru- dence , or of regard for posterity ; since my subject is not only the present state of the nation , but to what that nation must rapidly degenerate , unless the counsels of better times be again ...
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... spirit of the stupid pretences in the year 1716 , in favour of septennial parliaments ; ' nor were such arguments ever heard of , until the true . constitutional principle had been set aside , by the sta- tute of 6 William and Mary , c ...
... spirit of the stupid pretences in the year 1716 , in favour of septennial parliaments ; ' nor were such arguments ever heard of , until the true . constitutional principle had been set aside , by the sta- tute of 6 William and Mary , c ...
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... spirit the county of York , where the first meeting for restoring independence to parlia- ment , was called by a requisition to the Sheriff , with two hundred and nine respectable signatures . It was held on the 30th . December , 1779 ...
... spirit the county of York , where the first meeting for restoring independence to parlia- ment , was called by a requisition to the Sheriff , with two hundred and nine respectable signatures . It was held on the 30th . December , 1779 ...
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... spirit of reformation in what related to the essentials of our liberty , which Mr. Pitt's duplicity , procrastina- tion , and art , had caused for a while to slumber ; and he apprehended the day was approaching when his sin- cerity was ...
... spirit of reformation in what related to the essentials of our liberty , which Mr. Pitt's duplicity , procrastina- tion , and art , had caused for a while to slumber ; and he apprehended the day was approaching when his sin- cerity was ...
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... spirit of reformation in England , that to crush that new liberty in its infancy , became so ardently their desire , as to blind them to the infamy of the thing it- self , and the aggravated infamy of leaguing for so shameful a purpose ...
... spirit of reformation in England , that to crush that new liberty in its infancy , became so ardently their desire , as to blind them to the infamy of the thing it- self , and the aggravated infamy of leaguing for so shameful a purpose ...
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