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... equal in their respective bulk , has , at the fame time , been fortunately found to produce a more methodical arrangement of the whole . The first and fecond volumes , as before , feve- rally rally contain thofe literary and ...
... equal in their respective bulk , has , at the fame time , been fortunately found to produce a more methodical arrangement of the whole . The first and fecond volumes , as before , feve- rally rally contain thofe literary and ...
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... equal fuccefs for the fubverfion of government ; and that specious arguments might be ufed against those things which they , who doubt of every thing else , will never permit to be queftioned . It is an obferva- tion which I think ...
... equal fuccefs for the fubverfion of government ; and that specious arguments might be ufed against those things which they , who doubt of every thing else , will never permit to be queftioned . It is an obferva- tion which I think ...
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... equal fufferer . But I am content to detract from this , and to fuppofe that the Indians loft only half fo much , and then the account ftands thus : In this war alone , ( for Semiramis had other wars ) in this fingle reign , and in this ...
... equal fufferer . But I am content to detract from this , and to fuppofe that the Indians loft only half fo much , and then the account ftands thus : In this war alone , ( for Semiramis had other wars ) in this fingle reign , and in this ...
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... equal fury . The butcheries of Julius Cæfar alone , are calculated by fomebody else ; the numbers he has been a means of deftroying have been reckoned at 1,200,000 . But to give your Lordship an idea that may ferve as a ftand- ard , ard ...
... equal fury . The butcheries of Julius Cæfar alone , are calculated by fomebody else ; the numbers he has been a means of deftroying have been reckoned at 1,200,000 . But to give your Lordship an idea that may ferve as a ftand- ard , ard ...
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... equals , who had affociated with them for their common defence . With their prudence they renounced all appearance of justice . They entered into wars rafhly and wantonly . If they were unsuccessful , instead of growing wifer by their ...
... equals , who had affociated with them for their common defence . With their prudence they renounced all appearance of justice . They entered into wars rafhly and wantonly . If they were unsuccessful , instead of growing wifer by their ...
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