The Manual of Liberty, Or, Testimonies in Behalf of the Rights of Mankind; Selected from the Best Authorities, in Prose and Verse, and Methodically ArrangedH. D. Symonds, 1795 - 406 pages |
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... ment are now at issue . The partisans of both are guilty of considerable error in the mode of conducting their respective causes : the defenders of the old systems are stub- bornly bent upon not relaxing in the slight- est particular ...
... ment are now at issue . The partisans of both are guilty of considerable error in the mode of conducting their respective causes : the defenders of the old systems are stub- bornly bent upon not relaxing in the slight- est particular ...
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... ment , and even of society itself . The charters which we call by distinction great , are public in- struments of this nature ; I mean the charters of King John and King Henry the Third . The things secured by these instruments may ...
... ment , and even of society itself . The charters which we call by distinction great , are public in- struments of this nature ; I mean the charters of King John and King Henry the Third . The things secured by these instruments may ...
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... ment of the natural dispositions of mankind either for or against slavery ; but rather from the prodi- gious efforts of every free people to prevent op- pression . I am sensible that the former frequent- ly declaim in favour of the ...
... ment of the natural dispositions of mankind either for or against slavery ; but rather from the prodi- gious efforts of every free people to prevent op- pression . I am sensible that the former frequent- ly declaim in favour of the ...
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... ment so partial to authority , as not to allow , that the hostile mind of the rulers to their people , did fully justify a change of government . IDEM . Letter to Sheriffs of Bristol , p . 26.55 . 34 . In the situation in which we stand ...
... ment so partial to authority , as not to allow , that the hostile mind of the rulers to their people , did fully justify a change of government . IDEM . Letter to Sheriffs of Bristol , p . 26.55 . 34 . In the situation in which we stand ...
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... ment being at the same time determined ) a stand- ing legislature , to whom , under these pre - esta- blished restrictions , the government of the state was thenceforward committed , and whose laws the the several members of the ...
... ment being at the same time determined ) a stand- ing legislature , to whom , under these pre - esta- blished restrictions , the government of the state was thenceforward committed , and whose laws the the several members of the ...
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