Annual Register, Volume 43Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1802 - History |
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... common foldiers in this caufe of coercion . They placed their chief confidence in the volun- teers : among whom , indeed , there were not wanting individuals who would have been as ready inftru- ments in the hands of the fevereft ...
... common foldiers in this caufe of coercion . They placed their chief confidence in the volun- teers : among whom , indeed , there were not wanting individuals who would have been as ready inftru- ments in the hands of the fevereft ...
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... common level of men ; I think many of the gentlemen I occafion- ally act with equally fit for the truft they enjoy ; and I do not think I overrate myfelf in faying , that , for my country's caufe , I would enter into office , on a ...
... common level of men ; I think many of the gentlemen I occafion- ally act with equally fit for the truft they enjoy ; and I do not think I overrate myfelf in faying , that , for my country's caufe , I would enter into office , on a ...
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... common end , whofe object was unintelligible , and whole aim was not explicit , were deftructive of any ftate . Out of the papers which formed the ground of the motion now before the house , it seemed to Mr. Grey that there were three ...
... common end , whofe object was unintelligible , and whole aim was not explicit , were deftructive of any ftate . Out of the papers which formed the ground of the motion now before the house , it seemed to Mr. Grey that there were three ...
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... common caufe of order , good government , and the balance of Europe , the emperor of Ruffia had , in wanton violation of a clear and folemn treaty , and in contempt of the generally received law of na- tions , confifcated the property ...
... common caufe of order , good government , and the balance of Europe , the emperor of Ruffia had , in wanton violation of a clear and folemn treaty , and in contempt of the generally received law of na- tions , confifcated the property ...
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... common paffion . From a long train of difafters , they had loft that which is most effential to an army , con- fidence in themfelves and their com- manders . By the continued lofies and defeats of the war , too , a great portion of the ...
... common paffion . From a long train of difafters , they had loft that which is most effential to an army , con- fidence in themfelves and their com- manders . By the continued lofies and defeats of the war , too , a great portion of the ...
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