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... liberty , and this sacred regard which British monarchs and British nobles must pay to the rights of the people , when the people demand them , is a great lack in our American system of government ; so that the American who goes ...
... liberty , and this sacred regard which British monarchs and British nobles must pay to the rights of the people , when the people demand them , is a great lack in our American system of government ; so that the American who goes ...
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... liberty assumed its broadest character . Scenes of riot and anarchy existed , it is true ; but they were accompanied with blessings , for the absence of which nothing could atone . They waked in the bosom of the people those fires of ...
... liberty assumed its broadest character . Scenes of riot and anarchy existed , it is true ; but they were accompanied with blessings , for the absence of which nothing could atone . They waked in the bosom of the people those fires of ...
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... liberty . " A fancy indeed , that cost them dear . The war - whoop of the Indian — the roar of the wintry storm - a desolate unpeo- pled continent , methinks were a sad relief from fancied wrongs . Poor , credulous , superstitious men ...
... liberty . " A fancy indeed , that cost them dear . The war - whoop of the Indian — the roar of the wintry storm - a desolate unpeo- pled continent , methinks were a sad relief from fancied wrongs . Poor , credulous , superstitious men ...
Contents
IRELANDHER WOES AND STRUGGLES UNDER BRITISH OPPRESSION 93174 | 174 |
BOOK VI | 239 |
HOSTILITY OF THE BRITISH PRESS AND THE RULING CLASSES TO | 289 |
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