The Ten Pounder, Wydanie 1Stillies Bros., 1832 |
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... feeling of mutual dependence , the sense of mutual benefits , and that mutual confidence which is the only cement by which society can long be held together ? Assuredly it is by the prevalence of party spirit . This it is what in ...
... feeling of mutual dependence , the sense of mutual benefits , and that mutual confidence which is the only cement by which society can long be held together ? Assuredly it is by the prevalence of party spirit . This it is what in ...
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... they should sometimes carry this feeling to excess . Such men can , at the utmost , merely delay a little the introduction of those new measures which are truly beneficial — thus affording time for the THE TEN POUNDER . 3.
... they should sometimes carry this feeling to excess . Such men can , at the utmost , merely delay a little the introduction of those new measures which are truly beneficial — thus affording time for the THE TEN POUNDER . 3.
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... feel convinced , that there are many among the religious , moral , and industrious of our fellow - citizens , to whom such inquiries , carried on in a spirit of candour , without regard to the pretensions of any party , and conveyed in ...
... feel convinced , that there are many among the religious , moral , and industrious of our fellow - citizens , to whom such inquiries , carried on in a spirit of candour , without regard to the pretensions of any party , and conveyed in ...
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... feel ) without rancour towards any party , without hostility to any indivi- dual , and with a wish to do justice to the opinions of all . These , then , are the chief views which have induced me to choose the present rather dull season ...
... feel ) without rancour towards any party , without hostility to any indivi- dual , and with a wish to do justice to the opinions of all . These , then , are the chief views which have induced me to choose the present rather dull season ...
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... feel in discovering that , for once at least , they have miscalculated either their own influence or our folly , in trying to palm such a political counterfeit as this upon us . COMBINATION . So much has lately been said of the THE TEN ...
... feel in discovering that , for once at least , they have miscalculated either their own influence or our folly , in trying to palm such a political counterfeit as this upon us . COMBINATION . So much has lately been said of the THE TEN ...
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