American Literature: From the beginning to 1860.-v. 2. From 1860 to the presentC. Scribner's Sons, 1948 |
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... king's measures for overturning the constitution , and changing that free and happy government into a wretched , absolute monarchy . It was they that , when the king was about levying forces against his subjects in order to make himself ...
... king's measures for overturning the constitution , and changing that free and happy government into a wretched , absolute monarchy . It was they that , when the king was about levying forces against his subjects in order to make himself ...
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... kings came at first ? The question admits but of three answers , viz . , either by lot , by election , or by usurpation . If the first king was taken by lot , it es- tablishes a precedent for the next , which excludes hereditary ...
... kings came at first ? The question admits but of three answers , viz . , either by lot , by election , or by usurpation . If the first king was taken by lot , it es- tablishes a precedent for the next , which excludes hereditary ...
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... king , we till the smiling plain ; Without a king , we trace the unbounded sea , And traffic round the globe , through each degree ; Each foreign clime our honour'd flag re- veres , Which asks no monarch , to support the STARS : 40 ...
... king , we till the smiling plain ; Without a king , we trace the unbounded sea , And traffic round the globe , through each degree ; Each foreign clime our honour'd flag re- veres , Which asks no monarch , to support the STARS : 40 ...
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