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Page 46
... danger amounted to nothing . There was indeed danger from the attachment of a large party to his office . But this danger his execution only increased . His personal influence was little indeed . He had lost the confidence of every ...
... danger amounted to nothing . There was indeed danger from the attachment of a large party to his office . But this danger his execution only increased . His personal influence was little indeed . He had lost the confidence of every ...
Page 131
... danger . That there is a certain amount of public danger which will justify a legislature in sentencing a man to death by retrospective law , few people , we suppose , will deny . Few people , for example , will deny that the French ...
... danger . That there is a certain amount of public danger which will justify a legislature in sentencing a man to death by retrospective law , few people , we suppose , will deny . Few people , for example , will deny that the French ...
Page 588
... danger by the too just discontents of Ireland , was to be assailed by France , Spain , and Holland , and to be threatened by the armed neutrality of the Baltic ; when even our maritime supremacy was to be in jeopardy ; when hostile ...
... danger by the too just discontents of Ireland , was to be assailed by France , Spain , and Holland , and to be threatened by the armed neutrality of the Baltic ; when even our maritime supremacy was to be in jeopardy ; when hostile ...
Contents
ENGLISH HISTORY | 3 |
Introduction by Douglas Jerrold | 18 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 405 |
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