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... million of deaths , and then we shall fee this conqueror , the oldest we have on the re- cords of hiftory , ( though ... millions employed by this martial queen in a war against the Indians . We fee the Indians arming a yet greater ; and ...
... million of deaths , and then we shall fee this conqueror , the oldest we have on the re- cords of hiftory , ( though ... millions employed by this martial queen in a war against the Indians . We fee the Indians arming a yet greater ; and ...
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... millions of fouls on her part ; and it is not unreasonable to 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 ...
... millions of fouls on her part ; and it is not unreasonable to 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 ...
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... . It is little to say , that the contentions between the fucceffors of Alexander depopulated that part of the world of at leaft two millions . F 3 The The ftruggle between the Macedonians and Greeks , and before NATURAL SOCIETY . 21.
... . It is little to say , that the contentions between the fucceffors of Alexander depopulated that part of the world of at leaft two millions . F 3 The The ftruggle between the Macedonians and Greeks , and before NATURAL SOCIETY . 21.
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... 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 controverted between the repub- lican 1 菊 lican and tyrannical parties , and the ...
... 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 controverted between the repub- lican 1 菊 lican and tyrannical parties , and the ...
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... millions ; which your Lordship will find much short of the reality . Let us pafs by the wars , and the confequences of them , which wafted Grecia - Magna , before the Roman power prevailed in that part of Italy . They are perhaps ...
... millions ; which your Lordship will find much short of the reality . Let us pafs by the wars , and the confequences of them , which wafted Grecia - Magna , before the Roman power prevailed in that part of Italy . They are perhaps ...
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