The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the Third, 1760-1860, Volum 2

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Longmans, Green, 1865

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Side 72 - They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs which had been rent asunder; A dreary sea now flows between; — But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween, The marks of that which once hath been.
Side 587 - But how much nobler will be the Sovereign's boast, when he shall have it to say, that he found law dear, and left it cheap; found it a sealed hook — left it a living letter ; found it the patrimony of the rich — left it the inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged sword of craft and oppression — left it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence...
Side 552 - Great Britain, give and grant to your Majesty, — what ? Our own property ? — No ! We give and grant to your Majesty, the property of your Majesty's Commons of America. — It is an absurdity in terms.

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