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Delegation Of Power

1 passage in the novel carry this mark, in the order they appear.

Is this the still militant old man, standing at the corners of the three kingdoms, on all hands coercing alms of beggars?

It will readily be seen that in this case the alleged right of the Duke to the whale was a delegated one from the Sovereign. We must needs inquire then on what principle the Sovereign is originally invested with that right.

Chapter 90, Heads or Tails · verse 8

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