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... despotic sovereigns during those periods of history , and in those countries in which the subjects were most disposed to implicit obedience , and when the uses of money were com- paratively few , are appealed to in sup- port of the ...
... despotic sovereigns during those periods of history , and in those countries in which the subjects were most disposed to implicit obedience , and when the uses of money were com- paratively few , are appealed to in sup- port of the ...
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... despotic , that not a mouse , if I list be silent , dares raise his voice within three stories of me ! Conceive me , sole master , and disposing of all , in the very last house of all the world in which I ever looked to dispose of any ...
... despotic , that not a mouse , if I list be silent , dares raise his voice within three stories of me ! Conceive me , sole master , and disposing of all , in the very last house of all the world in which I ever looked to dispose of any ...
Page 78
... despots was never so universal , so abject , and so full of evil consequences , as it is at present . •. contradict them . The consequence has been , that from his silence , the House of Commons , in the last two sessions , has appeared ...
... despots was never so universal , so abject , and so full of evil consequences , as it is at present . •. contradict them . The consequence has been , that from his silence , the House of Commons , in the last two sessions , has appeared ...
Page 156
... despotism to retain any accurate notions of liberty , or of the measures by which its pro- gress is to be advanced or retarded . Sir Robert is of opinion , that fifty thousand Persians , fully organized and officered by Europeans ...
... despotism to retain any accurate notions of liberty , or of the measures by which its pro- gress is to be advanced or retarded . Sir Robert is of opinion , that fifty thousand Persians , fully organized and officered by Europeans ...
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... despot's faltering heart he hears The rustling of a murderer's step behind The costly hangings of th ' imperial hall , And flies from room to room . Nay , dark mistrust At length destroys all household unity , The cool refreshing cup ...
... despot's faltering heart he hears The rustling of a murderer's step behind The costly hangings of th ' imperial hall , And flies from room to room . Nay , dark mistrust At length destroys all household unity , The cool refreshing cup ...
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Page 241 - I must tell you, there are two kings and two kingdoms in Scotland : there is King James, the head of this commonwealth, and there is Christ Jesus, the King of the church, whose subject James the Sixth is, and of whose kingdom he is not a king, nor a lord, nor a head, but a member.