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... stand on thc high ground of rank and dignity , which is trust implicd , can hardly in any case remain indifferent , without the certainty of linking into insignificancc ; and thereby in cffcct effect deserting that post in which , with ...
... stand on thc high ground of rank and dignity , which is trust implicd , can hardly in any case remain indifferent , without the certainty of linking into insignificancc ; and thereby in cffcct effect deserting that post in which , with ...
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... stand friendless in Europe . But of this naked condition of their country , I know some people are not ashamed . They have their system of politicks ; our ancestors grew great by another . In this manner these virtuous inen concluded ...
... stand friendless in Europe . But of this naked condition of their country , I know some people are not ashamed . They have their system of politicks ; our ancestors grew great by another . In this manner these virtuous inen concluded ...
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... stand in argument : but , whatever he expected or proposed , he fhould have stated the matter fairly . He tells us that this establishment is near £ .1,500,000 more than it was in 1759 , 1753 , and other years of peace . This he has ...
... stand in argument : but , whatever he expected or proposed , he fhould have stated the matter fairly . He tells us that this establishment is near £ .1,500,000 more than it was in 1759 , 1753 , and other years of peace . This he has ...
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... standing authority , the Confiderations . We find there , p . 43 * , the peace establishment of 1764 and 1765 stated at £ .3,609,700 . This is near two hundred thousand pounds less than that given in The State of the Nation . But even ...
... standing authority , the Confiderations . We find there , p . 43 * , the peace establishment of 1764 and 1765 stated at £ .3,609,700 . This is near two hundred thousand pounds less than that given in The State of the Nation . But even ...
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... stands the matter in point of opinion and prejudice , the fprings by which people in that class of life are chiefly actuated ? The idea of our common people , concerning French living , is dreadful ; altogether as dreadful as our ...
... stands the matter in point of opinion and prejudice , the fprings by which people in that class of life are chiefly actuated ? The idea of our common people , concerning French living , is dreadful ; altogether as dreadful as our ...
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