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Page xiii
... for this part of his plan was an answer to a pamphlet which was supposed to come from high authority , and was circulated by ministers with great industry , at the time of its appearance , in October , 1795 , ADVERTISEMENT . xiii.
... for this part of his plan was an answer to a pamphlet which was supposed to come from high authority , and was circulated by ministers with great industry , at the time of its appearance , in October , 1795 , ADVERTISEMENT . xiii.
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... ministers are not worse . There is hardly any prince without a favor- ite , by whom he is governed in as arbitrary a manner as he governs the wretches subjected to him . Here the tyranny is doubled . There are two courts , and I + two ...
... ministers are not worse . There is hardly any prince without a favor- ite , by whom he is governed in as arbitrary a manner as he governs the wretches subjected to him . Here the tyranny is doubled . There are two courts , and I + two ...
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... minister could not exercise his functions ; a warlike people , amongst whom a gen- eral did not dare either to gain or lose a battle ; a learned nation , in which a philosopher could not ven- ture on a free inquiry . This was the city ...
... minister could not exercise his functions ; a warlike people , amongst whom a gen- eral did not dare either to gain or lose a battle ; a learned nation , in which a philosopher could not ven- ture on a free inquiry . This was the city ...
Page 275
... ministers at one period , or to their supine negligence and traitorous dissen- sions at another , the complaint had been just , and might have been useful . But far the greater and much the worst part of the state which he exhibits is ...
... ministers at one period , or to their supine negligence and traitorous dissen- sions at another , the complaint had been just , and might have been useful . But far the greater and much the worst part of the state which he exhibits is ...
Page 276
... minister this nation has enjoyed since his Majesty's accession , is the Earl of Bute ; and the only good managers of revenue we have seen are Lord Despenser and Mr. George Grenville ; and , under the description of men of virtue and ...
... minister this nation has enjoyed since his Majesty's accession , is the Earl of Bute ; and the only good managers of revenue we have seen are Lord Despenser and Mr. George Grenville ; and , under the description of men of virtue and ...
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