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Though every one of these Bugbears is an empty Phantom, yet the People seem to believe every article of this bombastical Creed and tremble and shudder in Consequence.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “Though every one of these Bugbears is an empty Phantom, yet the People seem to believe every article of this bombastical…”
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Beveridge describes the irrational fears of the people regarding political issues, likening them to phantoms.
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