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 is the invetigation of omething doubtful. An Italian philoopher oberves, that no man deires to hear what he has already een.

their aemblies have been uddenly diolved, what was the reaon? Their deliberations were indecent, and their intentions editious. The power of diolution is granted and reerved for uch times of turbulence. Their bet friends have been lately oliciting the King to diolve his Parliament, to do what they o loudly complain of uffering.

the ame vengeance involves the innocent and guilty is an evil to be lamented, but human caution cannot prevent it, nor human power always redres it. To bring miery on thoe who have not deerved it, is part of the aggregated guilt of rebellion.