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... Said has been a constant and consistent critic of this trend, whose life and works strongly resent the “vanishing history” of committed, engaged intellectuals. He works and words constantly reiterate the need for ethical action on the ...
... Said has been a constant and consistent critic of this trend, whose life and works strongly resent the “vanishing history” of committed, engaged intellectuals. He works and words constantly reiterate the need for ethical action on the ...
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GOD SAID, 'THESE DO!' Messenger K. Hezekiah Scipio. wrote his prophetic Book of Revelation on Patmos. The apostle ... said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these others do?” “Yes, LORD,” he answered, “you know ...
GOD SAID, 'THESE DO!' Messenger K. Hezekiah Scipio. wrote his prophetic Book of Revelation on Patmos. The apostle ... said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these others do?” “Yes, LORD,” he answered, “you know ...
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... said Brown ; which said order and payments under the said order , were partial , illegal , and in violation of the express pro- visions of the statutes under which the said justice pretended to have made the said several orders , and in ...
... said Brown ; which said order and payments under the said order , were partial , illegal , and in violation of the express pro- visions of the statutes under which the said justice pretended to have made the said several orders , and in ...
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of said elevator on the first floor , a key by which said person might procure access to said elevator and under- take the use thereof , and thereto called the attention of said Goldthwaite and Masterson . 11. ( h ) Specific Invitation ...
of said elevator on the first floor , a key by which said person might procure access to said elevator and under- take the use thereof , and thereto called the attention of said Goldthwaite and Masterson . 11. ( h ) Specific Invitation ...
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... Said, too, invention in this sense is a form of creative repetition and reliving. The idea of both interpretation and narrative as invention can be given a literary extension by looking at the special quality of Said's polyphonic ...
... Said, too, invention in this sense is a form of creative repetition and reliving. The idea of both interpretation and narrative as invention can be given a literary extension by looking at the special quality of Said's polyphonic ...
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Page 24 - Majesty's heirs and successors, each in his time and order, will come to the crown with the same contempt of their choice with which his Majesty has succeeded to that he wears.
Page 23 - He professedly wrote his discourses on government, as he himself expresses it, " to establish the throne of the great restorer king William; to make good his title in the consent of the people, which being the only one of all lawful governments, he...
Page 354 - True humility, the basis of the Christian system, is the low, but deep and firm, foundation of all real virtue. But this, as very painful in the practice, and little imposing in the appearance, they have totally discarded.
Page 22 - And the Acts lately made in England and Scotland mutually for the Union of the Two Kingdoms or that the Kings or Queens of this Realm with and by the Authority of Parliament are not able to make Laws and Statutes of sufficient Force and Validity to limit and bind the Crown and the Descent Limitation Inheritance and Government thereof...
Page 23 - is almost the only lawful king in the world, because the only one who owes his crown to the choice of his people.
Page 44 - When popular discontents have been very prevalent, it may well be affirmed and supported that there has been generally something found amiss in the constitution or in the conduct of government. The people have no interest in disorder. When they do wrong, it is their error, not their crime. But with the governing part of the state it is far otherwise...
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