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... whole , and you will agree with me , that to form this hero no less than twelve hundred thousand lives must have been sacrificed : but no sooner had he fallen himself a sacrifice to his vices , than a thousand breaches were made for ...
... whole , and you will agree with me , that to form this hero no less than twelve hundred thousand lives must have been sacrificed : but no sooner had he fallen himself a sacrifice to his vices , than a thousand breaches were made for ...
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... whole earth . The extent of this war which vexed so many nations , and both elements , and the havoc of the human species caused in both , really astonishes beyond expression , when it is nakedly considered , and those matters which are ...
... whole earth . The extent of this war which vexed so many nations , and both elements , and the havoc of the human species caused in both , really astonishes beyond expression , when it is nakedly considered , and those matters which are ...
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... whole . I think I have actually mentioned above thirty - six millions . I have not particularized any more . I do not pretend to exactness ; therefore , for the sake of a general view , I shall lay together all those actually slain in ...
... whole . I think I have actually mentioned above thirty - six millions . I have not particularized any more . I do not pretend to exactness ; therefore , for the sake of a general view , I shall lay together all those actually slain in ...
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... whole might be heightened , by an affecting description of the horrors that attend the wasting of kingdoms and sacking of cities . But I do not write to the vulgar , nor to that which only governs the vulgar , their passions . I go upon ...
... whole might be heightened , by an affecting description of the horrors that attend the wasting of kingdoms and sacking of cities . But I do not write to the vulgar , nor to that which only governs the vulgar , their passions . I go upon ...
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... whole of this mystery of iniquity is called the reason of state . It is a reason which I own I cannot penetrate . What sort of a protection is this of the general right , that is maintained by infringing the rights of particulars ? What ...
... whole of this mystery of iniquity is called the reason of state . It is a reason which I own I cannot penetrate . What sort of a protection is this of the general right , that is maintained by infringing the rights of particulars ? What ...
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