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Page 52
... danger ? If there be danger , must there be no precaution at all against it ? If you ask whether I think the danger urgent and immediate , I answer , thank God , I do not . The body of the people is yet sound , the Constitution is in ...
... danger ? If there be danger , must there be no precaution at all against it ? If you ask whether I think the danger urgent and immediate , I answer , thank God , I do not . The body of the people is yet sound , the Constitution is in ...
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... danger is not only from the circumstances , which threaten , but from the value of the objects , which are threatened . A small danger menacing an inestimable object is of more importance than the greatest perils , which regard one ...
... danger is not only from the circumstances , which threaten , but from the value of the objects , which are threatened . A small danger menacing an inestimable object is of more importance than the greatest perils , which regard one ...
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... danger from any particular measure , is , whether the danger to the church is a publick evil ; for to those , who think , that the na- tional Church Establishment is itself a national grievance , to desire them to forward or to resist ...
... danger from any particular measure , is , whether the danger to the church is a publick evil ; for to those , who think , that the na- tional Church Establishment is itself a national grievance , to desire them to forward or to resist ...
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On the Reform of the Representation in the House | 92 |
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