Speeches of Henry Lord Brougham, Upon Questions Relating to Public Rights, Duties, and Interests: With Historical Introductions, and a Critical Dissertation Upon the Eloquence of the Ancients, 2. köideA. and C. Black, 1838 |
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... authority , or gains his per- sonal liberty in common with the other subjects of the realm . Although not bred to the legal profession , he devoted himself to the study of the law , for the pur- pose of prosecuting this contention ; he ...
... authority , or gains his per- sonal liberty in common with the other subjects of the realm . Although not bred to the legal profession , he devoted himself to the study of the law , for the pur- pose of prosecuting this contention ; he ...
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... authority in the senate to one of far inferior per- sonal endowments . But when these partly accidental circumstances were added to his powers , and when the whole were used and applied with the habits of indus- try which naturally ...
... authority in the senate to one of far inferior per- sonal endowments . But when these partly accidental circumstances were added to his powers , and when the whole were used and applied with the habits of indus- try which naturally ...
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... authorities of the colony , Slave - trading to an enormous extent , was for some years openly car- ried on . A Colonial Secretary of State admitted that above 25,000 Negroes had been brought over from the African Coast , in other words ...
... authorities of the colony , Slave - trading to an enormous extent , was for some years openly car- ried on . A Colonial Secretary of State admitted that above 25,000 Negroes had been brought over from the African Coast , in other words ...
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... authority , I learned that this , if estimated at 30,000 , would not be overrated . But the branch of the trade which it is the most important to attend to at present , is that carried on by American vessels , in open viola- tion of the ...
... authority , I learned that this , if estimated at 30,000 , would not be overrated . But the branch of the trade which it is the most important to attend to at present , is that carried on by American vessels , in open viola- tion of the ...
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... authority for it . I earnestly hope some persons connected with privateers and cruisers may soon try the question . They could It nations ) by America , but by our own laws it was still allowed . appeared to us , therefore , difficult ...
... authority for it . I earnestly hope some persons connected with privateers and cruisers may soon try the question . They could It nations ) by America , but by our own laws it was still allowed . appeared to us , therefore , difficult ...
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