The Manual of Liberty, Or, Testimonies in Behalf of the Rights of Mankind; Selected from the Best Authorities, in Prose and Verse, and Methodically Arranged |
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... . It holds out an appeal to the most scrupulous doubter , or the most zealous adversary of public liberty . The doubter who would guard against the contagion of any any temporary delusion , and the adversary who turns away iv PREFACE .
... . It holds out an appeal to the most scrupulous doubter , or the most zealous adversary of public liberty . The doubter who would guard against the contagion of any any temporary delusion , and the adversary who turns away iv PREFACE .
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any temporary delusion , and the adversary who turns away indignant from insolent novelties , are each of them consulted in this case . We give to them opinions , not the immature product of temporary zeal , but that have stood the test ...
any temporary delusion , and the adversary who turns away indignant from insolent novelties , are each of them consulted in this case . We give to them opinions , not the immature product of temporary zeal , but that have stood the test ...
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... turning to a captain of his gallies , " strip the injured and the injurer , and conveying them to " one of the most barbarous and remote of the " islands , set them ashore in the night , and leave " them both to their fortune . " 66 66 ...
... turning to a captain of his gallies , " strip the injured and the injurer , and conveying them to " one of the most barbarous and remote of the " islands , set them ashore in the night , and leave " them both to their fortune . " 66 66 ...
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... turn to our gentleman's mind , insomuch , that lying awake one night , het thus confessed his error to the basket - maker : " I " have been to blame , " says he , " and wanted judgment to distinguish between accident and " excellence ...
... turn to our gentleman's mind , insomuch , that lying awake one night , het thus confessed his error to the basket - maker : " I " have been to blame , " says he , " and wanted judgment to distinguish between accident and " excellence ...
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... turn common cheat , and the other servilely to put on a livery . You place a dependence on the actual order of society , without thinking that order subject to unavoidable revolutions . The high may be re- duced low , and the rich may ...
... turn common cheat , and the other servilely to put on a livery . You place a dependence on the actual order of society , without thinking that order subject to unavoidable revolutions . The high may be re- duced low , and the rich may ...
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