The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 3Houghton, Mifflin, 1887 - Legislators |
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... their capacity to understand and appreciate that adaptation , have been fairly proved by its existence during sixty years - a period which em- braces its projection amid doubt and perplexity , its organization 20 ORATIONS AND DISCOURSES .
... their capacity to understand and appreciate that adaptation , have been fairly proved by its existence during sixty years - a period which em- braces its projection amid doubt and perplexity , its organization 20 ORATIONS AND DISCOURSES .
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... cost of ages of want , of millions of lives , and even of national existence . Ire- land denied the pretensions of the pope to temporal power , and resisted the invader . Henry did not reinstate the Irish 13 ORATIONS AND DISCOURSES .
... cost of ages of want , of millions of lives , and even of national existence . Ire- land denied the pretensions of the pope to temporal power , and resisted the invader . Henry did not reinstate the Irish 13 ORATIONS AND DISCOURSES .
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... existence . Ireland , fet- tered and manacled more than ever before , was annexed to Great Britain by the act of union . A gloomy period of twenty years succeeded . Tyranny scarcely feared resistance . Penury had taken up her home in ...
... existence . Ireland , fet- tered and manacled more than ever before , was annexed to Great Britain by the act of union . A gloomy period of twenty years succeeded . Tyranny scarcely feared resistance . Penury had taken up her home in ...
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... existence of slavery . " In 1845 , the obnoxious rule of the house of representatives was rescinded . Freedom of debate and of petition was restored , and the unrestrained and irrepressible discussion of slavery by the press and ...
... existence of slavery . " In 1845 , the obnoxious rule of the house of representatives was rescinded . Freedom of debate and of petition was restored , and the unrestrained and irrepressible discussion of slavery by the press and ...
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... existence which always captivated my fancy , from its irregularity , and from the refined pleasure it seemed capable of affording . It imposes the fewest restraints upon our inclinations , and those few can be shaken off at pleasure ...
... existence which always captivated my fancy , from its irregularity , and from the refined pleasure it seemed capable of affording . It imposes the fewest restraints upon our inclinations , and those few can be shaken off at pleasure ...
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