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... Scotland , to whose inhabitants the incorporation of their interests with England appeared still more ob- noxious and exceptionable . Many years elapsed before any great national bene- fits accrued to Scotland from the mea- sure ...
... Scotland , to whose inhabitants the incorporation of their interests with England appeared still more ob- noxious and exceptionable . Many years elapsed before any great national bene- fits accrued to Scotland from the mea- sure ...
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... Scotland and Eng- land . The Two distinct ancient go- vernments of both kingdoms were vir- tually abrogated , and ONE was sub- stituted , in which , though the consti- tution of England preponderated , yet it was essentially modified ...
... Scotland and Eng- land . The Two distinct ancient go- vernments of both kingdoms were vir- tually abrogated , and ONE was sub- stituted , in which , though the consti- tution of England preponderated , yet it was essentially modified ...
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... Scotland - for the formation of a lower house , is a question too multiform to be discussed here . All I intend by alluding to it , is to shew , that in the spirit and cir- cumstances of the times , something is gravitating towards such ...
... Scotland - for the formation of a lower house , is a question too multiform to be discussed here . All I intend by alluding to it , is to shew , that in the spirit and cir- cumstances of the times , something is gravitating towards such ...
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... Scotland . It is very true , that the Scotch cler- gymen are individually paid very little below the average rate among the clergymen of the Church of England ; but the Quarterly author en- tirely loses sight of the fact , that the ...
... Scotland . It is very true , that the Scotch cler- gymen are individually paid very little below the average rate among the clergymen of the Church of England ; but the Quarterly author en- tirely loses sight of the fact , that the ...
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ment of Scotland ought to be increased , not diminished . It is entirely , or almost entirely , owing to the extent of the parishes , that any dissen- ters have thriven in Scotland ; for the people quit their own church only when it is ...
ment of Scotland ought to be increased , not diminished . It is entirely , or almost entirely , owing to the extent of the parishes , that any dissen- ters have thriven in Scotland ; for the people quit their own church only when it is ...
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Página 340 - Spain the same opinions were repeated with this specific addition, that in either of two cases (now happily not likely to occur), in that of any attempt on the part of Spain to revive the obsolete interdiction of intercourse with countries over which she has no longer any actual dominion, or in that of the employment of foreign assistance to...
Página 199 - ... in the course of his studies, or fresh from the feeling of the moment. They who lived with him, could trace him in his sermons to the book which he had last been reading, or the subject which had recently taken his attention. But the salient points of his oratory were not prepared passages. — they were bursts of passion, like jets from a Geyser, when the spring is in full play.