Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages from the Best English Authors and Translations: Principally Designed for the Use of Young Persons, Volume 2S. Walker, 1826 - English letters |
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Page 84
... measures , if pursued , must have their use . And , of all those opi- nions which are offered to your ac- ceptance , may that be chosen , which will best advance the general weal ! Leland . $ 28 . The first Olynthiac Oration ...
... measures , if pursued , must have their use . And , of all those opi- nions which are offered to your ac- ceptance , may that be chosen , which will best advance the general weal ! Leland . $ 28 . The first Olynthiac Oration ...
Page 175
... measures , and rendering them neral , I must take notice , that the na- disagreeable to the people , and there- ture of our constitution seems to be by carrying perhaps a new election very much mistaken by the gentle- against them ...
... measures , and rendering them neral , I must take notice , that the na- disagreeable to the people , and there- ture of our constitution seems to be by carrying perhaps a new election very much mistaken by the gentle- against them ...
Page 192
... measures ; measures which every German despot ; your attempts have produced hitherto nothing but will be for ever vain and impotent ; — disappointments and defeats . doubly so , indeed , from this merce- I cannot , my lords , I will not ...
... measures ; measures which every German despot ; your attempts have produced hitherto nothing but will be for ever vain and impotent ; — disappointments and defeats . doubly so , indeed , from this merce- I cannot , my lords , I will not ...
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On the Constitution of England Montesquieu | 3 |
Necessity of the Union | 23 |
The Feudal System | 30 |
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