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It is but too true that we have a sect preaching up & pouting after an English constitution of king, lords, & commons, & whose heads are itching for crowns, coronets & mitres....
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “It is but too true that we have a sect preaching up & pouting after an English constitution of king, lords, & commons, &…”
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Beveridge critiques those who seek to replicate the British monarchy in America, warning against the desire for aristocracy.
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