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... body of people , come here with a Petition , it is not the number of people , but the reasonableness of the request , that should weigh with the House . A body of Dis- senters come to this House , and say , Tolerate us- we desire ...
... body of people , come here with a Petition , it is not the number of people , but the reasonableness of the request , that should weigh with the House . A body of Dis- senters come to this House , and say , Tolerate us- we desire ...
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... body . In our legislative capacity we are , in most instances , esteemed a very wise body . In our judicial , we have no credit , no character at all . Our judgments stink in the nostrils of the people . They think us to be not only ...
... body . In our legislative capacity we are , in most instances , esteemed a very wise body . In our judicial , we have no credit , no character at all . Our judgments stink in the nostrils of the people . They think us to be not only ...
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... body of the people ; the English commonalty had been in a manner disarmed ever since the Conquest . In this regulation we may probably trace the origin of the militia , which , being under the orders of the crown rather in a political ...
... body of the people ; the English commonalty had been in a manner disarmed ever since the Conquest . In this regulation we may probably trace the origin of the militia , which , being under the orders of the crown rather in a political ...
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On the Reform of the Representation in the House | 92 |
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