The Ten Pounder, Wydanie 1Stillies Bros., 1832 |
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... better acquainted with me . In the meantime , it may , perhaps , be proper to state briefly the reasons which have led me to choose this particular time for the commencement of my little work . These reasons are to be found chiefly , if ...
... better acquainted with me . In the meantime , it may , perhaps , be proper to state briefly the reasons which have led me to choose this particular time for the commencement of my little work . These reasons are to be found chiefly , if ...
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... better definition of it . No doubt , there will always be a " few " in every community ( and among us these have almost invariably been MEN of the LAW ) who have a plain interest in the excitement of party spirit , and in giving to ...
... better definition of it . No doubt , there will always be a " few " in every community ( and among us these have almost invariably been MEN of the LAW ) who have a plain interest in the excitement of party spirit , and in giving to ...
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... better than to see the rest of the world divided into two great classes - the insolvent debtors and the merciless creditors to whom a bankruptcy , which , perhaps , spreads ruin among hun- dreds , presents nothing but the promise of a ...
... better than to see the rest of the world divided into two great classes - the insolvent debtors and the merciless creditors to whom a bankruptcy , which , perhaps , spreads ruin among hun- dreds , presents nothing but the promise of a ...
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... better far would it have been that we had never heard of Reform or the extension to us of the right of voting for members of Parliament . But , as I said before , it will not be from any fault in the new law that such a state of things ...
... better far would it have been that we had never heard of Reform or the extension to us of the right of voting for members of Parliament . But , as I said before , it will not be from any fault in the new law that such a state of things ...
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... better for my argu- ment , and the worse for all those concerned . But , first , it must not be supposed that all these thousands were work- men and inhabitants of Edinburgh . On the contrary , the procession was made up of an omne ...
... better for my argu- ment , and the worse for all those concerned . But , first , it must not be supposed that all these thousands were work- men and inhabitants of Edinburgh . On the contrary , the procession was made up of an omne ...
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