Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 1W. Blackwood, 1850 - 2060 sivua |
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... society , instead of flowing on with the steady current of ordinary prosperity , seems to glide with " the torrent's smoothness ere it dash below . " At such periods , the former motives of conduct lose their influence ; the prejudices ...
... society , instead of flowing on with the steady current of ordinary prosperity , seems to glide with " the torrent's smoothness ere it dash below . " At such periods , the former motives of conduct lose their influence ; the prejudices ...
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... hallucination , from the throne to the cottage . For many years preceding that memorable event , the whole established ideas of every class of society had been sub- verted . Fashion , the frivolities of which follow the 2 THE REFORM BILL .
... hallucination , from the throne to the cottage . For many years preceding that memorable event , the whole established ideas of every class of society had been sub- verted . Fashion , the frivolities of which follow the 2 THE REFORM BILL .
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... society , but had been moulded by the hand of Time , in correspondence with the successive wants of successive ... societies ; that the liberties of the people had been gradually extended with the changes of time , and were never so ...
... society , but had been moulded by the hand of Time , in correspondence with the successive wants of successive ... societies ; that the liberties of the people had been gradually extended with the changes of time , and were never so ...
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... society . In- deed , the severity of this distress among many , contrasted with the general opulence and wellbeing with which they were surrounded , has been , without doubt , one among the many causes of the widespread discontent which ...
... society . In- deed , the severity of this distress among many , contrasted with the general opulence and wellbeing with which they were surrounded , has been , without doubt , one among the many causes of the widespread discontent which ...
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... society , and totally incon- sistent with the durability of the empire , are its being based on a uniform system of representation ; the over- whelming preponderance which it gives to numbers over property ; the undue majority which it ...
... society , and totally incon- sistent with the durability of the empire , are its being based on a uniform system of representation ; the over- whelming preponderance which it gives to numbers over property ; the undue majority which it ...
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