A Study of the Prose Works of John DonneAppendices (p [337]-360): A List of manuscripts of Donne's prose works --B A chronological arrangements of Donne's sermons --C Prose works attributed to Donne. |
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Page 345 - Instead of the function of governing, for which it is radically unfit, the proper office of a representative assembly is to watch and control the government: to throw the light of publicity on its acts: to compel a full exposition and justification of all of them which any one considers questionable; to censure them if found condemnable, and, if the men who compose the government abuse their trust, or...
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