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... not entirely fufficient to pro- duce an actual defire of peace on both fides , could not , however , fail to induce a kind of languor and wearifomeness , and in fome [ 4 ] confiderable negociation , the effect feemed to be , that France.
... not entirely fufficient to pro- duce an actual defire of peace on both fides , could not , however , fail to induce a kind of languor and wearifomeness , and in fome [ 4 ] confiderable negociation , the effect feemed to be , that France.
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... kind of gift , which alfo includes the land which they cultivate and inhabit . Upon the whole , this convention feems to have afforded confiderable fatis- faction to both parties ; nor has any matter of complaint or dif- pute fince ...
... kind of gift , which alfo includes the land which they cultivate and inhabit . Upon the whole , this convention feems to have afforded confiderable fatis- faction to both parties ; nor has any matter of complaint or dif- pute fince ...
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... kind of proteft , iffued by the heritors of the town and parifh of Carluke , in the county of Lanerk , feems a more direct and pointed libel upon administration in particular , and government in general , than the licence of the prefent ...
... kind of proteft , iffued by the heritors of the town and parifh of Carluke , in the county of Lanerk , feems a more direct and pointed libel upon administration in particular , and government in general , than the licence of the prefent ...
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... kind , in a moment annihilated . Without enquiring at prefent , they faid , into the caufes of that la- mentable naval inferiority , through which our naked and aftonifhed coafts were abandoned to the out- rage of the enemy , and the ...
... kind , in a moment annihilated . Without enquiring at prefent , they faid , into the caufes of that la- mentable naval inferiority , through which our naked and aftonifhed coafts were abandoned to the out- rage of the enemy , and the ...
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... kind at a diftance , we fhewed fuch a fulness of ftrength , and growing vigour of preparation , that no power in Europe could hesitate , on that account , at making a common caufe with us . He obferved , with regard to the propofed ...
... kind at a diftance , we fhewed fuch a fulness of ftrength , and growing vigour of preparation , that no power in Europe could hesitate , on that account , at making a common caufe with us . He obferved , with regard to the propofed ...
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