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Had we been of French or Spanish descent , there would have been barricades , coup - d'états , pronunciamentos ; but the English race know better how to treat the body - politic . They never ap- ply the knife except for the most despe- ...
Had we been of French or Spanish descent , there would have been barricades , coup - d'états , pronunciamentos ; but the English race know better how to treat the body - politic . They never ap- ply the knife except for the most despe- ...
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In France , such persons would be Socialists and Rouges ; in this country , where the better classes only have any reason to rebel , they cannot well con- spire against government , but attack re- ligion instead , and pride themselves ...
In France , such persons would be Socialists and Rouges ; in this country , where the better classes only have any reason to rebel , they cannot well con- spire against government , but attack re- ligion instead , and pride themselves ...
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... but little better than cant and twaddle now . They seem to take it for granted that the question is settled , the rights of man accurately defined , the true and only theory of government found , - and that he who doubts is blinded ...
... but little better than cant and twaddle now . They seem to take it for granted that the question is settled , the rights of man accurately defined , the true and only theory of government found , - and that he who doubts is blinded ...
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... OF NEW YORK , IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK , ESQ . , TO THE DON ROBERTO WAGONERO , OF WASHINGTON , olim , BUT nunc OF NOWHEREINPARTICULAR . my misfortunes , ) at a moment when I had the prospect of her sharing my better days .
... OF NEW YORK , IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK , ESQ . , TO THE DON ROBERTO WAGONERO , OF WASHINGTON , olim , BUT nunc OF NOWHEREINPARTICULAR . my misfortunes , ) at a moment when I had the prospect of her sharing my better days .
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Is not -'s last novel a better antidote against melan- choly , stupendously absurd as it is , than foalfoot or plantain , featherfew or savin , agrimony or saxifrage , or any other herb in old Robert Burton's pharmacopoeia ?
Is not -'s last novel a better antidote against melan- choly , stupendously absurd as it is , than foalfoot or plantain , featherfew or savin , agrimony or saxifrage , or any other herb in old Robert Burton's pharmacopoeia ?
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