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... The editor knows that the subject of this letter is not fo fully handled as obviously it might ; it was not his design to say all that could poffibly be B 4 faid . 1 faid . It had been inexcusable to fill a large PREFACE.- 7.
... The editor knows that the subject of this letter is not fo fully handled as obviously it might ; it was not his design to say all that could poffibly be B 4 faid . 1 faid . It had been inexcusable to fill a large PREFACE.- 7.
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LETTER TO. S. HALL LORD **** . I venture to say , my Lord , that in our late conversation , you were inclined to the party which you adopted rather by the feelings of your good nature , than by the conviction of your judgment ? We laid ...
LETTER TO. S. HALL LORD **** . I venture to say , my Lord , that in our late conversation , you were inclined to the party which you adopted rather by the feelings of your good nature , than by the conviction of your judgment ? We laid ...
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... say they , though they would be found without any reasonable support , yet the difcovery might be productive of the most dan- gerous confequences . Absurd and blafphemous notion ! as if all happiness was not connected with the practice ...
... say they , though they would be found without any reasonable support , yet the difcovery might be productive of the most dan- gerous confequences . Absurd and blafphemous notion ! as if all happiness was not connected with the practice ...
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... say , it affords me but little matter on which to expatiate .. The good offices done by one nation to its neighbour ... says Machiavel , ought 16 A VINDICATION OF.
... say , it affords me but little matter on which to expatiate .. The good offices done by one nation to its neighbour ... says Machiavel , ought 16 A VINDICATION OF.
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of one another . War , says Machiavel , ought to be the only study of a prince ; and by a prince , he means every fort of state , however constituted . He ought , fays this great political Doctor , to con- sider peace only as a ...
of one another . War , says Machiavel , ought to be the only study of a prince ; and by a prince , he means every fort of state , however constituted . He ought , fays this great political Doctor , to con- sider peace only as a ...
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