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... equal in their respective bulk , has , at the same time , been fortunately found to pro- duce a more methodical arrangement of the whole . The first and second volumes , as before , severally contain those literary and philosophical ...
... equal in their respective bulk , has , at the same time , been fortunately found to pro- duce a more methodical arrangement of the whole . The first and second volumes , as before , severally contain those literary and philosophical ...
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... equal success for the subversion of government ; and that specious arguments might be used against those things which they , who doubt of every thing else , will never permit to be questioned . It is an observa- tion which I think ...
... equal success for the subversion of government ; and that specious arguments might be used against those things which they , who doubt of every thing else , will never permit to be questioned . It is an observa- tion which I think ...
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... equal sufferer . But I am content to detract from this , and to suppose that the Indians lost only half so much , and then the account stands thus : In this war alone , ( for Semiramis had other wars ) in this single reign , and in this ...
... equal sufferer . But I am content to detract from this , and to suppose that the Indians lost only half so much , and then the account stands thus : In this war alone , ( for Semiramis had other wars ) in this single reign , and in this ...
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... equal fury . The butcheries of Julius Cæsar alone are calculated by somebody else ; the numbers he has been the means of destroying have been reckoned at 1,200,000 . But to give your Lordship an idea that may serve as a standard , by by ...
... equal fury . The butcheries of Julius Cæsar alone are calculated by somebody else ; the numbers he has been the means of destroying have been reckoned at 1,200,000 . But to give your Lordship an idea that may serve as a standard , by by ...
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... equals , who had associated with them for their common defence . With their prudence they renounced all appearance of justice . They entered into wars rashly and wantonly . If they were unsuccessful , instead of growing wiser by their ...
... equals , who had associated with them for their common defence . With their prudence they renounced all appearance of justice . They entered into wars rashly and wantonly . If they were unsuccessful , instead of growing wiser by their ...
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