Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1Dent, 1909 - 669 pages |
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... thousand clergymen of the Church of England , there is scarcely one who would not say that a man who should leave his country and friends to preach the Gospel among savages , and who should , after labouring indefatigably without any ...
... thousand clergymen of the Church of England , there is scarcely one who would not say that a man who should leave his country and friends to preach the Gospel among savages , and who should , after labouring indefatigably without any ...
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... thousand pounds , as that a form of trial which is sufficient for the purposes of justice , in a matter affecting liberty and property , is insufficient in a matter affecting life . Nay , if a mode of proceeding be too lax for capital ...
... thousand pounds , as that a form of trial which is sufficient for the purposes of justice , in a matter affecting liberty and property , is insufficient in a matter affecting life . Nay , if a mode of proceeding be too lax for capital ...
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... thousand armed men was raised in a week . If the King were , like our Edward the Second and Richard the Second , generally odious , he could not procure a single bow or halbert . He fell at once and without an effort . In such times a ...
... thousand armed men was raised in a week . If the King were , like our Edward the Second and Richard the Second , generally odious , he could not procure a single bow or halbert . He fell at once and without an effort . In such times a ...
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... thousand devoted soldiers , we do not see what chance the nation would have had of escaping from despotism . The Judges would have given as strong a decision in favour of camp - money as they gave in favour of ship - money . If they had ...
... thousand devoted soldiers , we do not see what chance the nation would have had of escaping from despotism . The Judges would have given as strong a decision in favour of camp - money as they gave in favour of ship - money . If they had ...
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... thousand troops , accustomed to carnage and free quarters in Ireland . We think , with Mr. Hallam , that many of the Royalist nobility and gentry were true friends to the Constitution , and that , but for the solemn protestations by ...
... thousand troops , accustomed to carnage and free quarters in Ireland . We think , with Mr. Hallam , that many of the Royalist nobility and gentry were true friends to the Constitution , and that , but for the solemn protestations by ...
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