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... PRESENT STATE OF THE NATION THOUGHTS ON THE CAUSE of the Present DiscontentS SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION • SPEECHES AT MR . BURKE'S ARRIVAL AT BRISTOL , AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE POLL · SPEECH ON MOVING HIS RESOLUTIONS FOR ...
... PRESENT STATE OF THE NATION THOUGHTS ON THE CAUSE of the Present DiscontentS SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION • SPEECHES AT MR . BURKE'S ARRIVAL AT BRISTOL , AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE POLL · SPEECH ON MOVING HIS RESOLUTIONS FOR ...
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Edmund Burke. that ensued soon after did not present one that far exceeds it . Here we find that climax of devastation and ruin , which seemed to shake the whole earth . The extent of this war which vexed so many nations , and both ...
Edmund Burke. that ensued soon after did not present one that far exceeds it . Here we find that climax of devastation and ruin , which seemed to shake the whole earth . The extent of this war which vexed so many nations , and both ...
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... present perfec- tion of gunnery , cannoneering , bombarding , mining , and all these species of artificial , learned , and refined cruelty , in which we are now so expert , and which make a principal part of what politicians have taught ...
... present perfec- tion of gunnery , cannoneering , bombarding , mining , and all these species of artificial , learned , and refined cruelty , in which we are now so expert , and which make a principal part of what politicians have taught ...
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... present the name of republic , and it is one of the aristo- cratic form ; but it is well known , that the little finger of this government is heavier than the loins of arbitrary power in most nations . The people are not only ...
... present the name of republic , and it is one of the aristo- cratic form ; but it is well known , that the little finger of this government is heavier than the loins of arbitrary power in most nations . The people are not only ...
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