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Page 33
... object . I fall however shew , that his whole propofition , whatever modifications he may please to give it , is without foundation ; that our navigation was not decreased ; that , on the contrary , it was greatly encreased in the war ...
... object . I fall however shew , that his whole propofition , whatever modifications he may please to give it , is without foundation ; that our navigation was not decreased ; that , on the contrary , it was greatly encreased in the war ...
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... object in a stcady course of rising or of falling , niust in its nature be an unfair one ; more particularly if the cause of the rise or fall be visible , and its continuauce in any degree probable . Average estimates are never just but ...
... object in a stcady course of rising or of falling , niust in its nature be an unfair one ; more particularly if the cause of the rise or fall be visible , and its continuauce in any degree probable . Average estimates are never just but ...
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... object . The l'amily Compac had been I know not how long before in agitation . But then it was that we saw produced into day - light and action the most odious and most formidable of all the conspiracies against the liberties of Europe ...
... object . The l'amily Compac had been I know not how long before in agitation . But then it was that we saw produced into day - light and action the most odious and most formidable of all the conspiracies against the liberties of Europe ...
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... object of their anxiety . They could not but have seen that the whole Spanish monarchy was melted down into the cabinet of Versailles . But they thought this circumstance an advantage ; as it enabled them to go through with their work ...
... object of their anxiety . They could not but have seen that the whole Spanish monarchy was melted down into the cabinet of Versailles . But they thought this circumstance an advantage ; as it enabled them to go through with their work ...
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... object of no value except to thew our dispositions to be quite equal at least towards both powers ; and they enabled France to compensate Spain by the gift of LouiTiana ; loading us with all the harshness , leaving the act of kindness ...
... object of no value except to thew our dispositions to be quite equal at least towards both powers ; and they enabled France to compensate Spain by the gift of LouiTiana ; loading us with all the harshness , leaving the act of kindness ...
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