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... attempt to trace. But when he afterwards began to account for it by a subtle elastic ether, this great man (if in so ... attempting to show why it operated in this manner: or, if I were to explain the effects of bodies striking one ...
... attempt to trace. But when he afterwards began to account for it by a subtle elastic ether, this great man (if in so ... attempting to show why it operated in this manner: or, if I were to explain the effects of bodies striking one ...
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... attempt inadvertently to take another step in the manner of the former ones, the shock is extremely rude and disagreeable: and by no art can we cause such a shock by the same means when we expect and prepare for it. When I say that this ...
... attempt inadvertently to take another step in the manner of the former ones, the shock is extremely rude and disagreeable: and by no art can we cause such a shock by the same means when we expect and prepare for it. When I say that this ...
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... attempt to invalidate it in any way, or in any of its parts, exists to this hour; and has grown stronger and stronger every hour of its existence. As to the second component of a good peace, compensation, I have but little trouble; the ...
... attempt to invalidate it in any way, or in any of its parts, exists to this hour; and has grown stronger and stronger every hour of its existence. As to the second component of a good peace, compensation, I have but little trouble; the ...
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... attempt towards a compulsory equality in all circumstances, and an exact practical definition of the supreme rights in every case, is the most dangerous and chimerical of all enterprises. The old building stands well enough, though part ...
... attempt towards a compulsory equality in all circumstances, and an exact practical definition of the supreme rights in every case, is the most dangerous and chimerical of all enterprises. The old building stands well enough, though part ...
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... attempts in others. Those attempts in the House of Lords can no more be called aristocratic proceedings, than the proceedings with regard to the county of Middlesex in the House of Commons can with any sense be called democratical. It ...
... attempts in others. Those attempts in the House of Lords can no more be called aristocratic proceedings, than the proceedings with regard to the county of Middlesex in the House of Commons can with any sense be called democratical. It ...
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