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... Island , which uses and re- strains its subject sea ; in vain the waves roar . In that Constitution I know , and exultingly I feel , both that I am free , and that I am not free dangerously to myself or to others . I know , that no ...
... Island , which uses and re- strains its subject sea ; in vain the waves roar . In that Constitution I know , and exultingly I feel , both that I am free , and that I am not free dangerously to myself or to others . I know , that no ...
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... island of Britain . From thence they received considerable succours : by which means this island first came to be known with any exactness by the Romans ; and first drew upon it the attention of that victorious people . Though Cæsar had ...
... island of Britain . From thence they received considerable succours : by which means this island first came to be known with any exactness by the Romans ; and first drew upon it the attention of that victorious people . Though Cæsar had ...
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... island , who were divided into a great number of petty nations , under a very coarse and disorderly frame of government , did not find it easy to plan any effectual measures for Ant.Ch. 55. their defence . In order , however , to gain ...
... island , who were divided into a great number of petty nations , under a very coarse and disorderly frame of government , did not find it easy to plan any effectual measures for Ant.Ch. 55. their defence . In order , however , to gain ...
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... island , was somewhere near Deal ; and the time fifty - five years before the birth of Christ . The Britains , who defended their country with so much resolution in the engagement , immediately after it lost all their spirit . They had ...
... island , was somewhere near Deal ; and the time fifty - five years before the birth of Christ . The Britains , who defended their country with so much resolution in the engagement , immediately after it lost all their spirit . They had ...
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... Island ; the manners of its inhabitants ; their art of war ; their religious and civil discipline . These are matters not only worthy of attention , as con- taining a very remarkable piece of antiquity ; but as not wholly unnecessary ...
... Island ; the manners of its inhabitants ; their art of war ; their religious and civil discipline . These are matters not only worthy of attention , as con- taining a very remarkable piece of antiquity ; but as not wholly unnecessary ...
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