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2 Sep. 1809 Parl y Reform B
2 Sep. 1809

Parl y Reform

B. I. Necessity

Ch.18. Mischief of Idol-worship

§.3. King’s interest. 2. power[?]

Elogiums mischievous

Elogiums &c

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In the character of evidence of desert what can be the value of praise when at the

same time that praise, how well so ever or how ill so ever deserving it, sees

/beholds/ rewards in store for it, and when if the royal person be spoken of in any

way it must be in the way of praise, speaking of him in the way of dispraise having

been /being/ made a punishable crime?
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