Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 1Perkins & Marvin, 1838 |
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... maintaining armies and fortresses , un- til it has extended its control over seventy millions of people . Dif- fering from these , and still differing more from the New England and North American Colonies , are the European settlements ...
... maintaining armies and fortresses , un- til it has extended its control over seventy millions of people . Dif- fering from these , and still differing more from the New England and North American Colonies , are the European settlements ...
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... maintained , nevertheless , by the force of habit and precedent , and is adopted in our own existing systems of government . 66 " There lie , " says another English writer , whose connexion with the Board of Trade has enabled him to ...
... maintained , nevertheless , by the force of habit and precedent , and is adopted in our own existing systems of government . 66 " There lie , " says another English writer , whose connexion with the Board of Trade has enabled him to ...
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... maintain the interest and represent the sovereignty of his new - born country , in the proudest courts of Europe ; that he should one day exercise her supreme magistracy ; that he should yet live to behold ten millions of fellow ...
... maintain the interest and represent the sovereignty of his new - born country , in the proudest courts of Europe ; that he should one day exercise her supreme magistracy ; that he should yet live to behold ten millions of fellow ...
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... maintaining the government of a great nation on principles entirely popular . In the absence of mili- tary power ... maintained , where property was holden according to the principles of the feudal system ; nor , on the other hand ...
... maintaining the government of a great nation on principles entirely popular . In the absence of mili- tary power ... maintained , where property was holden according to the principles of the feudal system ; nor , on the other hand ...
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... maintained , even were we foolish enough to desire it . There is reason , there- fore , to expect a long continuance of our systems . Party and passion , doubtless , may prevail at times , and much temporary mis- chief be done . Even ...
... maintained , even were we foolish enough to desire it . There is reason , there- fore , to expect a long continuance of our systems . Party and passion , doubtless , may prevail at times , and much temporary mis- chief be done . Even ...
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