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... sufficient to wear down its strength , it will be far from excess to suppose that one half was lost in the expedition . If this was the state of the victorious , and , from the circum- stances , it must have been this at the least ; the ...
... sufficient to wear down its strength , it will be far from excess to suppose that one half was lost in the expedition . If this was the state of the victorious , and , from the circum- stances , it must have been this at the least ; the ...
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... sufficient to sacrifice to the pitiful ambition of possessing five or six thousand more acres , or two or three more villages : yet , to see the acrimony and bitterness with which this was disputed between the Athe- nians and ...
... sufficient to sacrifice to the pitiful ambition of possessing five or six thousand more acres , or two or three more villages : yet , to see the acrimony and bitterness with which this was disputed between the Athe- nians and ...
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... sufficient dignity in mischief , to merit a place in history , but which by their frequency compensate for this comparative innocence ; shall I inflame the account by those general massacres which have devoured whole A VINDICATION OF ...
... sufficient dignity in mischief , to merit a place in history , but which by their frequency compensate for this comparative innocence ; shall I inflame the account by those general massacres which have devoured whole A VINDICATION OF ...
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... had been impossible to find a number of men , sufficient for such slaughters , agreed in the same bloody purpose ; or allowing that they might have come to such an agreement , ( an impossible 18 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
... had been impossible to find a number of men , sufficient for such slaughters , agreed in the same bloody purpose ; or allowing that they might have come to such an agreement , ( an impossible 18 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
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... sufficient guard for a man of great capacity . Some of their bravest com- manders were obliged to fly their country , some to enter into the service of its enemies , rather than abide a popular deter- 1 Sciant quibus moris illicita ...
... sufficient guard for a man of great capacity . Some of their bravest com- manders were obliged to fly their country , some to enter into the service of its enemies , rather than abide a popular deter- 1 Sciant quibus moris illicita ...
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