The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1884 - Great Britain |
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... America ; a conquest , on a low estimation , effected by the murder of ten millions of the species . I shall draw to a conclusion of this part , by making a gen- eral calculation of the whole . I think I have actually mentioned above ...
... America ; a conquest , on a low estimation , effected by the murder of ten millions of the species . I shall draw to a conclusion of this part , by making a gen- eral calculation of the whole . I think I have actually mentioned above ...
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... America for so many ages of continual war . Shall I , to justify my calculations from the charge of extravagance , add to the account those skirmishes which happen in all wars , without being singly of sufficient dignity in mischief ...
... America for so many ages of continual war . Shall I , to justify my calculations from the charge of extravagance , add to the account those skirmishes which happen in all wars , without being singly of sufficient dignity in mischief ...
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... Americans at this day , they keep their idol in a dark part of the hut , which is consecrated to his worship . For this purpose too the Druids performed all their ceremonies in the bosom of the darkest woods , and in the shade of the ...
... Americans at this day , they keep their idol in a dark part of the hut , which is consecrated to his worship . For this purpose too the Druids performed all their ceremonies in the bosom of the darkest woods , and in the shade of the ...
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... papers . The trade of America was set free from injudicious and ruinous impositions , its revenue was improved , and settled upon a rational foundation , -its com- merce extended with foreign countries ; while all the advantages.
... papers . The trade of America was set free from injudicious and ruinous impositions , its revenue was improved , and settled upon a rational foundation , -its com- merce extended with foreign countries ; while all the advantages.
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... America . - Materials were provided and insured to our man- ufactures , the sale of these manufactures was in- creased , — the African trade preserved and extended , the principles of the act of navigation pursued , and the plan ...
... America . - Materials were provided and insured to our man- ufactures , the sale of these manufactures was in- creased , — the African trade preserved and extended , the principles of the act of navigation pursued , and the plan ...
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