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 17
... STANDING ARMIES , and the cor- but now , a comparatively small force respondent appendages of military of disciplined troops , acting on the establishment . Standing armies , it defensive , with the aid of posts , is is said , are not ...
... STANDING ARMIES , and the cor- but now , a comparatively small force respondent appendages of military of disciplined troops , acting on the establishment . Standing armies , it defensive , with the aid of posts , is is said , are not ...
Page 167
... standing ses , and impositions more than I do ; army is still a standing army , what- but to have my liberty , which is the ever name it be called by : they are soul of my life , taken from me by a body of men distinct from the power ...
... standing ses , and impositions more than I do ; army is still a standing army , what- but to have my liberty , which is the ever name it be called by : they are soul of my life , taken from me by a body of men distinct from the power ...
Page 169
... standing armies of those standing army , and have made it , in countries which have already submit- a manner , a part of our constitution ; ted their necks to the yoke ? We are we have already subjected great num- now come to the ...
... standing armies of those standing army , and have made it , in countries which have already submit- a manner , a part of our constitution ; ted their necks to the yoke ? We are we have already subjected great num- now come to the ...
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On the Constitution of England Montesquieu | 3 |
Necessity of the Union | 23 |
The Feudal System | 30 |
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