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... must take their por- tion , which is no doubt a great portion , of the blame due to all the educated Britons for allowing the existence of that stupidity which used to break out THE DUKE'S RESIGNATION . 3 in credulity and alarm .
... must take their por- tion , which is no doubt a great portion , of the blame due to all the educated Britons for allowing the existence of that stupidity which used to break out THE DUKE'S RESIGNATION . 3 in credulity and alarm .
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... tion of civil freedom the English Government dared not be more merciful ; but the English people wished its Government could be more merciful . When the excitement of the people was throwing off these two bubbles of alarm - the City's ...
... tion of civil freedom the English Government dared not be more merciful ; but the English people wished its Government could be more merciful . When the excitement of the people was throwing off these two bubbles of alarm - the City's ...
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... tion or remonstrance was not received till they had dissolved their formidable array . He trusted overmuch to a private secretary , who was not a gentleman and who delighted in writing and talking to all sorts of people ; in particular ...
... tion or remonstrance was not received till they had dissolved their formidable array . He trusted overmuch to a private secretary , who was not a gentleman and who delighted in writing and talking to all sorts of people ; in particular ...
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... tion in the search for prizes , stirred and refreshed some men of middle age who had been cramped by patronage and wearied by dilatory sophistry ; whilst younger men , who at another time would have branched off into law , trade , and ...
... tion in the search for prizes , stirred and refreshed some men of middle age who had been cramped by patronage and wearied by dilatory sophistry ; whilst younger men , who at another time would have branched off into law , trade , and ...
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... tion of the codes of British India , might have been proposed by the occupant of the woolsack , shaped by the Lords Lyndhurst , Plunket , and Tenterden , and accepted without much delay by Lord Althorp , by Sir Robert Peel , and by ...
... tion of the codes of British India , might have been proposed by the occupant of the woolsack , shaped by the Lords Lyndhurst , Plunket , and Tenterden , and accepted without much delay by Lord Althorp , by Sir Robert Peel , and by ...
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