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... hope, imagine that I mean seriously to set about the refutation of these uningenious paradoxes and reveries without imagination. I state them only that we may discern a little in the questions of war and peace, the most weighty of all ...
... hope, imagine that I mean seriously to set about the refutation of these uningenious paradoxes and reveries without imagination. I state them only that we may discern a little in the questions of war and peace, the most weighty of all ...
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... hope of the French finances, was called in, to aid in the reduction of an interest, so light to our author, so intolerably heavy upon those who are to pay it. After many unsuccessful efforts towards reconciling arbitrary reduction with ...
... hope of the French finances, was called in, to aid in the reduction of an interest, so light to our author, so intolerably heavy upon those who are to pay it. After many unsuccessful efforts towards reconciling arbitrary reduction with ...
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... hope truly, disclaims all intention of producing. To verify this, the reader has only to consider how dreadful a picture he has drawn in his 32nd page, of the state of this kingdom; such a picture as, I believe, has hardly been ...
... hope truly, disclaims all intention of producing. To verify this, the reader has only to consider how dreadful a picture he has drawn in his 32nd page, of the state of this kingdom; such a picture as, I believe, has hardly been ...
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... hope, the people of Ireland and the colonies might be induced to take off Great Britain, and defray between them, in the proportion of 200,000_l. by the colonies, and 100,000_l. by Ireland.” Such is the whole of this mighty scheme. Take ...
... hope, the people of Ireland and the colonies might be induced to take off Great Britain, and defray between them, in the proportion of 200,000_l. by the colonies, and 100,000_l. by Ireland.” Such is the whole of this mighty scheme. Take ...
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... hope so too: and for any light he is pleased to give us into the ground of this hope, and the ways and means of this inducement, here is a speedy end both of the question and the revenue. It is the constant custom of this author, in all ...
... hope so too: and for any light he is pleased to give us into the ground of this hope, and the ways and means of this inducement, here is a speedy end both of the question and the revenue. It is the constant custom of this author, in all ...
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