American Literature: A Period Anthology, Volume 1Oscar Cargill Macmillan Company, 1939 |
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... Laws . But more Particularly in pursuing our Condition for the discovery of the Law of Na- ture , this is very obvious to view , viz . 1. A Principle of Self - Love , & Self- Preservation , is very predominant in every Mans Being . 2. A ...
... Laws . But more Particularly in pursuing our Condition for the discovery of the Law of Na- ture , this is very obvious to view , viz . 1. A Principle of Self - Love , & Self- Preservation , is very predominant in every Mans Being . 2. A ...
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... laws but such as I like . But the King you'll say , hath a negative in England ; the people there can make no laws without his consent . In point of right and good order , there is something very ridiculous that a youth of twenty - one ...
... laws but such as I like . But the King you'll say , hath a negative in England ; the people there can make no laws without his consent . In point of right and good order , there is something very ridiculous that a youth of twenty - one ...
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... laws the most wholesome & necessary for the public good . He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate & pressing im- 40 portance , unless suspended in their oper- ation till his assent should be obtained ; & when so ...
... laws the most wholesome & necessary for the public good . He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate & pressing im- 40 portance , unless suspended in their oper- ation till his assent should be obtained ; & when so ...
Contents
THE FIRST FRONTIER | 1 |
THE AWAKENING OF LITERARY CONSCIOUSNESS | 10 |
PROLOGUE | 17 |
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