... ideas wherewith to present, as with their homage and their fealty, the approaching reformation : others as fast reading, trying all things, assenting to the force of reason and convincement. What could a man require more from a nation so pliant and... Discourses on Government - Page 95by Algernon Sidney - 1805Full view - About this book
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