The Life and Writings of Thomas Paine: Containing a Biography, Том 5V. Parke, 1908 |
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... representative should be better than the man . Mr. Burke , in speaking of the English rep- resentation , has advanced as bold a challenge as ever was given in the days of chivalry . " Our representation , " says he , " has been found ...
... representative should be better than the man . Mr. Burke , in speaking of the English rep- resentation , has advanced as bold a challenge as ever was given in the days of chivalry . " Our representation , " says he , " has been found ...
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... representatives incur by that service , and not to it as an office . If an allowance at the rate of five hundred pounds per annum be made to every rep- resentative , deducting for non - attend- ance , the expense , if the whole number ...
... representatives incur by that service , and not to it as an office . If an allowance at the rate of five hundred pounds per annum be made to every rep- resentative , deducting for non - attend- ance , the expense , if the whole number ...
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... representatives , a great part of them are mere machines of the court , placemen and dependents . I presume , that though all the people of England pay taxes , not a hundredth part of them are electors , and the members of one of the ...
... representatives , a great part of them are mere machines of the court , placemen and dependents . I presume , that though all the people of England pay taxes , not a hundredth part of them are electors , and the members of one of the ...
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... representative system , na- tions will become acquainted , and the animosities and prejudices fomented by the intrigues and artifice of courts , will cease . The oppressed sol- dier will become a freeman ; and the tortured sailor , no ...
... representative system , na- tions will become acquainted , and the animosities and prejudices fomented by the intrigues and artifice of courts , will cease . The oppressed sol- dier will become a freeman ; and the tortured sailor , no ...
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... representatives , and no sovereignty except that of the laws , I tender you my services in helping forward the success of those principles which honor a nation and con- tribute to the advancement of the entire world ; and I tender them ...
... representatives , and no sovereignty except that of the laws , I tender you my services in helping forward the success of those principles which honor a nation and con- tribute to the advancement of the entire world ; and I tender them ...
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