The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 109A. Constable, 1859 |
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Page 155
... things , causes cannot long be wanting to wound our pride and stain our honour . Our very helplessness will increase our irritation ; and unless both nations have grown much wiser in the interval which must elapse , we may find ...
... things , causes cannot long be wanting to wound our pride and stain our honour . Our very helplessness will increase our irritation ; and unless both nations have grown much wiser in the interval which must elapse , we may find ...
Page 285
... things , impossible . Every free Government is founded on a system of compromises . The essence of a despotic Government is that it listens to no com- promise , and knows no other standard than the will of the prince . Compromise in the ...
... things , impossible . Every free Government is founded on a system of compromises . The essence of a despotic Government is that it listens to no com- promise , and knows no other standard than the will of the prince . Compromise in the ...
Page 429
... things were actually tending , and that swiftly . Had the same rate of decrease gone on , one century would have seen the extinction of slavery , by the extinction of the slaves . We put it to the good sense of our readers , whether it ...
... things were actually tending , and that swiftly . Had the same rate of decrease gone on , one century would have seen the extinction of slavery , by the extinction of the slaves . We put it to the good sense of our readers , whether it ...
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the History of Slavery and to the Government | 1 |
ciations | 37 |
1853 | 66 |
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