An Enquiry Into the Duties of Men in the Higher and Middle Classes of Society in Great Britain, Resulting from Their Respective Stations, Professions, and Employments, Volume 1B. & J. White, 1797 |
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... fhall be conferred , and the defcription of perfons to whom it fhall be en- trufted ; no man who is deftitute of the civil qualifications prescribed has any plea for com → plaining of injuftice in being precluded from filling the poft ...
... fhall be conferred , and the defcription of perfons to whom it fhall be en- trufted ; no man who is deftitute of the civil qualifications prescribed has any plea for com → plaining of injuftice in being precluded from filling the poft ...
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... fhall finally speak their sense , whenever that fenfe is decided and permanent ; and armed with fufficient powers ultimately to enfure fuccefs , under thofe circumftances , to its determination . To To give full fecurity to the people ...
... fhall finally speak their sense , whenever that fenfe is decided and permanent ; and armed with fufficient powers ultimately to enfure fuccefs , under thofe circumftances , to its determination . To To give full fecurity to the people ...
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... fhall probably fee great reason to re- joice that the elective right is limited under the British Conftitution . And we are not to forget that , if any inconveniences and hardships are to be apprehended in confequence of limit- ing it ...
... fhall probably fee great reason to re- joice that the elective right is limited under the British Conftitution . And we are not to forget that , if any inconveniences and hardships are to be apprehended in confequence of limit- ing it ...
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... fhall continue for " fix months , unless fooner prorogued or dif- " folved by the fucceffor ; if the parliament be at the time of the king's death feparated by " adjournment or prorogation , it shall not- withstanding affemble ...
... fhall continue for " fix months , unless fooner prorogued or dif- " folved by the fucceffor ; if the parliament be at the time of the king's death feparated by " adjournment or prorogation , it shall not- withstanding affemble ...
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... fhall fee additional reason to be thankful to Providence for having caft our lot under the British Conftitution . And we have caufe ftill further to rejoice , that a regular method of re- moving any remaining defects in the Conftitu ...
... fhall fee additional reason to be thankful to Providence for having caft our lot under the British Conftitution . And we have caufe ftill further to rejoice , that a regular method of re- moving any remaining defects in the Conftitu ...
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