Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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... parliament than the Scotch , who indeed are not represented at all.1 But are the Irish better governed than the Scotch ? Surely not . This circumstance has of late been used as an argument against reform . It proves nothing against ...
... parliament than the Scotch , who indeed are not represented at all.1 But are the Irish better governed than the Scotch ? Surely not . This circumstance has of late been used as an argument against reform . It proves nothing against ...
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... Parliament , and imprisoned the most popular members . He would have called another Parliament . He would have given some vague and delusive promises of relief in return for subsidies . When entreated to fulfil his promises , he would ...
... Parliament , and imprisoned the most popular members . He would have called another Parliament . He would have given some vague and delusive promises of relief in return for subsidies . When entreated to fulfil his promises , he would ...
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... Parliament ; the nation showed , by the calm and temperate manner in which it asserted its liberty , that it was fit to enjoy liberty . The French Revolu- tion was , on the other hand , the most horrible event recorded in history ...
... Parliament ; the nation showed , by the calm and temperate manner in which it asserted its liberty , that it was fit to enjoy liberty . The French Revolu- tion was , on the other hand , the most horrible event recorded in history ...
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... Parliament . It was long the fashion to ascribe all the follies which they committed to the writings of the philosophers . We believe that it was misrule , and nothing but misrule , that put the sting into those writ- ings . It is not ...
... Parliament . It was long the fashion to ascribe all the follies which they committed to the writings of the philosophers . We believe that it was misrule , and nothing but misrule , that put the sting into those writ- ings . It is not ...
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... Parliament , or as their old rem- edy of scandalum magnatum . Yet we must acknowl- edge that , though our political opinions are by no means aristocratical , we always feel kindly disposed towards noble authors . Industry and a taste ...
... Parliament , or as their old rem- edy of scandalum magnatum . Yet we must acknowl- edge that , though our political opinions are by no means aristocratical , we always feel kindly disposed towards noble authors . Industry and a taste ...
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