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... France , s had no fich calamities impending over her ; her distresses were great , but they were immediate " und temporury ; her wunt of credit preferred “ her from a great incrcase of debt , and the loss of her ultramarine dominions ...
... France , s had no fich calamities impending over her ; her distresses were great , but they were immediate " und temporury ; her wunt of credit preferred “ her from a great incrcase of debt , and the loss of her ultramarine dominions ...
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... . For what purpose in any cause shall we hereafter contend with France ? can we ever flatter ourselves that we fall wage a more * P. 6 , 7 , , 9 , 10 , fucsuccessful war ? If , on our part , in a 20 OBSERVATIONS ON A LATE.
... . For what purpose in any cause shall we hereafter contend with France ? can we ever flatter ourselves that we fall wage a more * P. 6 , 7 , , 9 , 10 , fucsuccessful war ? If , on our part , in a 20 OBSERVATIONS ON A LATE.
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... France without a struggle will indeed be less for our honour , but on every principle of our author it must be more for our advantage . According to his representation of things , the queftion is only concerning the most easy fall . France ...
... France without a struggle will indeed be less for our honour , but on every principle of our author it must be more for our advantage . According to his representation of things , the queftion is only concerning the most easy fall . France ...
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... France carries on the war against us in Germany , every loss the fuftains contributes to the atchievement of licr conquest . If her armics are three years unpaid , the is the less exhausted by expence . If her crcdit is destroyed , she ...
... France carries on the war against us in Germany , every loss the fuftains contributes to the atchievement of licr conquest . If her armics are three years unpaid , the is the less exhausted by expence . If her crcdit is destroyed , she ...
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... France , has thought proper to inform us , that * " they put themselves “ into the hands of the English . ” He uses the same assertion , in nearly the same words , in another place ; † “ her colonies had put themselves into our hands ...
... France , has thought proper to inform us , that * " they put themselves “ into the hands of the English . ” He uses the same assertion , in nearly the same words , in another place ; † “ her colonies had put themselves into our hands ...
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