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... doubt , be found that one fiftieth part in number and value of the contributors had a larger share of the repre- sentation than the other forty - nine fiftieths . This is not go- vernment by property . It is government by certain ...
... doubt , be found that one fiftieth part in number and value of the contributors had a larger share of the repre- sentation than the other forty - nine fiftieths . This is not go- vernment by property . It is government by certain ...
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... doubt that a House of Commons , chosen freely by the middle classes , will contain many very able men . I do not say , that pre- cisely the same able men who would find their way into the present House of Commons will find their way ...
... doubt that a House of Commons , chosen freely by the middle classes , will contain many very able men . I do not say , that pre- cisely the same able men who would find their way into the present House of Commons will find their way ...
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... doubt that was confiscation . No doubt we took away from the peasants of Munster and Connaught , without giving them a farthing of compensation , that which was as much their property as their pigs or their frieze coats . But we did it ...
... doubt that was confiscation . No doubt we took away from the peasants of Munster and Connaught , without giving them a farthing of compensation , that which was as much their property as their pigs or their frieze coats . But we did it ...
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... doubt a tumult caused by local and temporary irritation ought to be suppressed with promptitude and vigour . Such disturbances , for example , as those which Lord George Gordon raised in 1780 , should be instantly put down with the ...
... doubt a tumult caused by local and temporary irritation ought to be suppressed with promptitude and vigour . Such disturbances , for example , as those which Lord George Gordon raised in 1780 , should be instantly put down with the ...
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... doubt not ; and I doubt not that they will find it : but sudden relief they are far too wise to expect . The bill , says the honorable and learned gentleman , is good for nothing : it is merely theoretical : it removes no real and ...
... doubt not ; and I doubt not that they will find it : but sudden relief they are far too wise to expect . The bill , says the honorable and learned gentleman , is good for nothing : it is merely theoretical : it removes no real and ...
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Página 477 - No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank; But friends and foes, in dumb surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank; And when above the surges They saw his crest appear. All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry, And even the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer.
Página 469 - Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; I, with two more to help me, Will hold the foe in play. In yon strait path a thousand May well be stopped by three. Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with me?" Then out spake Spurius Lartius ; A Ramnian proud was he: "Lo, I will stand at thy right hand, And keep the bridge with thee.
Página 544 - Rochelle, proud city of the waters, Again let rapture light the eyes of all thy mourning daughters. As thou wert constant in our ills, be joyous in our joy, For cold, and stiff, and still are they who wrought thy walls annoy.
Página 469 - Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...
Página 545 - Ho ! maidens of Vienna ! Ho ! matrons of Lucerne ! Weep, weep, and rend your hair for those who never shall return. Ho ! Philip, send, for charity, thy Mexican pistoles, That Antwerp monks may sing a mass for thy poor spearmen's souls...
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Página 463 - Tall are the oaks whose acorns Drop in dark Auser's rill ; Fat are the stags that champ the boughs Of the Ciminian hill ; Beyond all streams Clitumnus Is to the herdsman dear ; Best of all pools the fowler loves The great Volsinian mere.