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... period when villenage was gra- dually giving way to freedom . To such an opinion I certainly do not subscribe . Nor is it my intention to enter here into any controversy respecting the origin of our representation ; a discussion ...
... period when villenage was gra- dually giving way to freedom . To such an opinion I certainly do not subscribe . Nor is it my intention to enter here into any controversy respecting the origin of our representation ; a discussion ...
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... period with the concerns of the people , and if the members of it are always capable of being re - elected , it will evidently become enlightened on all the interests , and capable of discussing , with abi- lity , all the great ...
... period with the concerns of the people , and if the members of it are always capable of being re - elected , it will evidently become enlightened on all the interests , and capable of discussing , with abi- lity , all the great ...
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... period remark- able for long and sanguinary wars , she made her name respected abroad , without a waste of blood or trea- sure ; and , in a time of great political ferment , she maintained the most absolute authority at home , without ...
... period remark- able for long and sanguinary wars , she made her name respected abroad , without a waste of blood or trea- sure ; and , in a time of great political ferment , she maintained the most absolute authority at home , without ...
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... period , would scarcely have failed to remark , that the force of free institutions was suspended , but not destroyed , by the personal influence of Elizabeth ; and while he acknowledged that no sovereign ever carried the art of ...
... period , would scarcely have failed to remark , that the force of free institutions was suspended , but not destroyed , by the personal influence of Elizabeth ; and while he acknowledged that no sovereign ever carried the art of ...
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... period arrived when , in the opinion of Hyde and Falkland , the King had conceded enough , and the Parliament could not without danger to the monarchy insist upon more . Their views and their conduct have received the high sanction of ...
... period arrived when , in the opinion of Hyde and Falkland , the King had conceded enough , and the Parliament could not without danger to the monarchy insist upon more . Their views and their conduct have received the high sanction of ...
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