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 ¬the capacity, nor many more the application to digest them, and even supposing the case to have been fairly stated, the rule from time to time to be applied to it was often beyond the reach of those who were to decide, and came for their decision adorned with gifts and graces to secure the most favourable reception. — The public effect also of the decision I have already ex- plained to you. — It was no longer the act of a power for ages the object of jealous appre- hension, but of those who for ages had faithfully controuled it, and the judgment of the people was surprized. ¬" The period of the delusion you have also heard. — The consequences of extreme mis- government must be universally felt, and the discontents they produce are irresistible ; but. unfortunately they seldom arrive until the evil complained of is beyond redress. The crown is sure in the dubious season to command the popu- lar council, and through them popular opinion, until errors become palpable and destructive, ¬when ¬