Modern Eloquence, Volume 14Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1901 |
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... England alone , of all the states pretending to be free , leaves shackles upon the human mind . England alone , amongst free states , exhibits the absurd claim of regulating belief by law , and forcing opinion by statute . Is it ...
... England alone , of all the states pretending to be free , leaves shackles upon the human mind . England alone , amongst free states , exhibits the absurd claim of regulating belief by law , and forcing opinion by statute . Is it ...
Page 1705
... England has now the monopoly of that article . I might go further , and I might say that England possesses an advantage , quoad hoc , in her institutions ; for there men are compelled to pay their debts . But here men are not only not ...
... England has now the monopoly of that article . I might go further , and I might say that England possesses an advantage , quoad hoc , in her institutions ; for there men are compelled to pay their debts . But here men are not only not ...
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... England some of these wealthy people take it into their heads to buy seats in Parliament . But when they get there , unless they possess great talents , they are mere nonentities ; their existence is only to be found in the Red Book ...
... England some of these wealthy people take it into their heads to buy seats in Parliament . But when they get there , unless they possess great talents , they are mere nonentities ; their existence is only to be found in the Red Book ...
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