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... supposed to arise from the fact that the former were descendants of the Saxons , the last of the Normans . This is another instance of confounding a coincidence with cause and effect . The cavaliers ( who we will suppose were ...
... supposed to arise from the fact that the former were descendants of the Saxons , the last of the Normans . This is another instance of confounding a coincidence with cause and effect . The cavaliers ( who we will suppose were ...
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... supposed that the bulk of the Roman population was ex- pelled from the Island after the invasion of A. D. 406 ; that the Roman legion had been removed some time before , in order to pro- tect the empire in another quarter , is certain ...
... supposed that the bulk of the Roman population was ex- pelled from the Island after the invasion of A. D. 406 ; that the Roman legion had been removed some time before , in order to pro- tect the empire in another quarter , is certain ...
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... supposed that literature and philosophy , have al- ready begun to decline . This , like many other general propositions has at least the merit of containing something striking . Its fault consists in presenting an imperfect , and ...
... supposed that literature and philosophy , have al- ready begun to decline . This , like many other general propositions has at least the merit of containing something striking . Its fault consists in presenting an imperfect , and ...
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... and believe . It is supposed that there are a great many secrets in government which will not bear to be divulged to the generality of mankind . We have read of the secret and the CHAP . II . ] OF FREE INSTITUTIONS . 21.
... and believe . It is supposed that there are a great many secrets in government which will not bear to be divulged to the generality of mankind . We have read of the secret and the CHAP . II . ] OF FREE INSTITUTIONS . 21.
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... supposed to consist simply in making application of a set of ready made rules , and therefore to be inconsistent with the attain- ment of any substantive power , it does not engage public attention so early , nor attract so general an ...
... supposed to consist simply in making application of a set of ready made rules , and therefore to be inconsistent with the attain- ment of any substantive power , it does not engage public attention so early , nor attract so general an ...
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Page 241 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Page 333 - Many murders have been discovered among them ; and they are not only a most unspeakable oppression to poor tenants (who, if they give not bread, or some kind of provision, to perhaps forty such villains in one day, are sure to be insulted by them), but they rob many poor people who live in houses distant from any neighbourhood.
Page 173 - By the 8th Section of the 1st Article of the Constitution of the United States, the Congress has power : — 1. To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States ; but all duties, imposts, and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; 2.
Page 333 - In years of plenty many thousands of them meet together in the mountains, where they feast and riot for many days; and at country weddings, markets, burials, and other the like public occasions, they are to be seen both men and women perpetually drunk, cursing, blaspheming, and fighting together.
Page 276 - The substantive civil law, in the instances which we have given, is different in different countries, and in the same country at different times. As the substantive civil law varies, the penal law, which is added as a guard to the substantive civil law, must vary also.
Page 483 - Do, in the name and in behalf of the people of Virginia, declare and make known, that the powers granted under the Constitution, being derived from the people of the United States, be resumed by them whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression...
Page 8 - Weights and Measures, p. 237); and the country which could bear so large an exportation, must already have attained an improved state of agriculture.
Page 333 - ... two hundred thousand people begging from door to door. These are not only no way advantageous, but a very grievous burden to so poor a country. And though the number of them be perhaps double to what it was formerly, by reason of this present great distress, yet in all times there have been about one hundred thousand of those vagabonds, who have lived without any regard or subjection either to the laws of the land, or even those of God and nature...
Page 483 - That the powers of government may be reassumed by the people whenever it shall become necessary to their happiness...
Page 8 - The spirit of improvement had passed the Alps, and been felt even in the woods of Britain, which were gradually cleared away to open a free space for convenient and elegant habitations. York was the seat of government; London was already enriched by commerce; and Bath was celebrated for the salutary effects of its medicinal waters.