The Black Book: Or, Corruption Unmasked!, Volume 2J. Fairburn, 1823 - Great Britain |
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... interests of the commonwealth never became in- corporated with the government : power remained in the hands of a minority , who exercised it for their own interests , adverse to popular rights , free inquiry , and the general advantage ...
... interests of the commonwealth never became in- corporated with the government : power remained in the hands of a minority , who exercised it for their own interests , adverse to popular rights , free inquiry , and the general advantage ...
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... interests in jeopardy united for their common security , and obtained it . But the condition of the People remained unaltered , with the exception of exchanging regal for aristocratical oppression . III . - On successive Administrations ...
... interests in jeopardy united for their common security , and obtained it . But the condition of the People remained unaltered , with the exception of exchanging regal for aristocratical oppression . III . - On successive Administrations ...
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... interest - with this difference , that the former demand only what is just , while the latter seek to hold by force what they have no right to possess . To many Reform would certainly be ruin ; there would then be real retrenchment ...
... interest - with this difference , that the former demand only what is just , while the latter seek to hold by force what they have no right to possess . To many Reform would certainly be ruin ; there would then be real retrenchment ...
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... interest is to spend ; and that it is the most natural thing in the world that a body of men should , at all times , be liberal in their grant of public money , when large masses of it passes into their own pockets . That the reader's ...
... interest is to spend ; and that it is the most natural thing in the world that a body of men should , at all times , be liberal in their grant of public money , when large masses of it passes into their own pockets . That the reader's ...
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... interest , have all fallen in nearly the same proportion ; so that it would not be too much to reckon an income of £ 60 equivalent to an income of £ 100 in the period selected for comparison ; and , consequently , that the expenditure ...
... interest , have all fallen in nearly the same proportion ; so that it would not be too much to reckon an income of £ 60 equivalent to an income of £ 100 in the period selected for comparison ; and , consequently , that the expenditure ...
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