The North American Review, Volume 88Jared Sparks, James Russell Lowell, Edward Everett, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1859 - American fiction Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 389
... liberty is en- joyed by one man alone ; as the nation progresses , liberty is usurped by the few ; when the nation ripens , liberty becomes the possession of the many ; when it decays , liberty passes from the many to the few , finally ...
... liberty is en- joyed by one man alone ; as the nation progresses , liberty is usurped by the few ; when the nation ripens , liberty becomes the possession of the many ; when it decays , liberty passes from the many to the few , finally ...
Page 394
... liberty was overthrown by Rome's last king , and the aristocracy began their rule with- out any popular checks to their power . It is true that the plebeians , on the establishment of the so - called Republic , re- gained in form the ...
... liberty was overthrown by Rome's last king , and the aristocracy began their rule with- out any popular checks to their power . It is true that the plebeians , on the establishment of the so - called Republic , re- gained in form the ...
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... Liberty , however , was all the time silently gaining strength . The despicable King James , not- withstanding his frightfully despotic theories , was ridiculously imbecile . " He neither gave way gracefully to the advancing spirit of ...
... Liberty , however , was all the time silently gaining strength . The despicable King James , not- withstanding his frightfully despotic theories , was ridiculously imbecile . " He neither gave way gracefully to the advancing spirit of ...
Contents
THE MOUNT VERNON MEMORIAL | 52 |
EDMUND BURKE | 61 |
LIFE AND WRITINGS OF DE QUINCEY | 113 |
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