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Page 36
... constitution , and those who represent them as conspiring to subvert it , are equally in error . The old constitution , as we have attempted to show , could not be maintained . The progress of time , the increase of wealth , the ...
... constitution , and those who represent them as conspiring to subvert it , are equally in error . The old constitution , as we have attempted to show , could not be maintained . The progress of time , the increase of wealth , the ...
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... constitutional or unconstitutional , they will assuredly find . They will be better governed under a good constitution than under a bad constitution . But they will be better governed under the worst constitution than some other nations ...
... constitutional or unconstitutional , they will assuredly find . They will be better governed under a good constitution than under a bad constitution . But they will be better governed under the worst constitution than some other nations ...
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... constitutions , the constitution of Scotland must be reckoned as one of the worst , perhaps as the worst , in Christian Europe . Yet the Scotch are not ill governed . And the reason is simply that they will not bear to be ill governed ...
... constitutions , the constitution of Scotland must be reckoned as one of the worst , perhaps as the worst , in Christian Europe . Yet the Scotch are not ill governed . And the reason is simply that they will not bear to be ill governed ...
Contents
ENGLISH HISTORY | 3 |
Introduction by Douglas Jerrold | 18 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 405 |
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