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... judge that the country which was the feat of war , muft have been an 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 ...
... judge that the country which was the feat of war , muft have been an 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 ...
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... judge that their inteftine divifions , and their fo- reign wars , confumed lefs than three millions of their inhabitants . What an Aceldama , what a field of blood Sicily has been in ancient times , whilft the mode of its government was ...
... judge that their inteftine divifions , and their fo- reign wars , confumed lefs than three millions of their inhabitants . What an Aceldama , what a field of blood Sicily has been in ancient times , whilft the mode of its government was ...
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... judge of countries more extended , and which have waged wars by far more confiderable ? Inftances of this fort compofe the uniform of history . But there have been periods when no less than univerfal deftruction to the race of man- kind ...
... judge of countries more extended , and which have waged wars by far more confiderable ? Inftances of this fort compofe the uniform of history . But there have been periods when no less than univerfal deftruction to the race of man- kind ...
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... judge by the example of thofe animals , who ftill follow her laws , and even of thofe to whom she has given difpofitions more fierce , and arms more terrible than ever the intended we fhould ufe . It is an inconteftible truth , that ...
... judge by the example of thofe animals , who ftill follow her laws , and even of thofe to whom she has given difpofitions more fierce , and arms more terrible than ever the intended we fhould ufe . It is an inconteftible truth , that ...
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... judge , and we cannot otherwise judge of the feveral artificial modes of religion and fociety , and determine of them as they approach to , or recede from this ftandard . The fimpleft form of government is defpotifm , where all the ...
... judge , and we cannot otherwise judge of the feveral artificial modes of religion and fociety , and determine of them as they approach to , or recede from this ftandard . The fimpleft form of government is defpotifm , where all the ...
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