Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and IrelandJ. M'Glashan, 1849 - 393 Seiten |
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... tion oath , and exacting his ratification of the new Declaration of Rights . The American Revolution , with its Declaration of Independence , teaching the House of Hanover the salutary truth , not only that " resistance to tyrants is ...
... tion oath , and exacting his ratification of the new Declaration of Rights . The American Revolution , with its Declaration of Independence , teaching the House of Hanover the salutary truth , not only that " resistance to tyrants is ...
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... tion only ) through the Commons ; but it was thrown out by the Lords . Sparing further details for the present , suffice it to say , that at intervals during this period , Sydney Smith , with his Peter Plymley Letters , laughed to scorn ...
... tion only ) through the Commons ; but it was thrown out by the Lords . Sparing further details for the present , suffice it to say , that at intervals during this period , Sydney Smith , with his Peter Plymley Letters , laughed to scorn ...
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... tion in the hands of a tyrannical King and Ministry , with pliant judges at their beck ; and in the latter half of the last century they were used without stint or mercy . They struck down Wilkes , Tooke , Woodfall , Muir , Palmer ...
... tion in the hands of a tyrannical King and Ministry , with pliant judges at their beck ; and in the latter half of the last century they were used without stint or mercy . They struck down Wilkes , Tooke , Woodfall , Muir , Palmer ...
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... tion . In this regard his conduct might be profitably studied by his professed admirers on this side of the Atlantic . Mr. Fox was totally unlike his great rival . Pitt was state- ly , taciturn , and of an austere temper . Fox was easy ...
... tion . In this regard his conduct might be profitably studied by his professed admirers on this side of the Atlantic . Mr. Fox was totally unlike his great rival . Pitt was state- ly , taciturn , and of an austere temper . Fox was easy ...
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... tion . " Point to the festering corruption of the Church Estab- lishment , and it lifted up its holy hands at " the horrors of the French revolution . ” The Catholics were persecuted , the Irish gibbeted , and printers transported , to ...
... tion . " Point to the festering corruption of the Church Estab- lishment , and it lifted up its holy hands at " the horrors of the French revolution . ” The Catholics were persecuted , the Irish gibbeted , and printers transported , to ...
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