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... followed ; and the earliest princes of tribes possessed just the necessaries of a modern farmer . Matters , we may well believe , remained long in this situation ; and though the generality of mankind form their ideas from the import of ...
... followed ; and the earliest princes of tribes possessed just the necessaries of a modern farmer . Matters , we may well believe , remained long in this situation ; and though the generality of mankind form their ideas from the import of ...
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... followed , was ( I believe the first thought was Bridgman's ) the destruction of walls for boundaries , and the invention of fossés - an attempt then deemed so astonishing , that the common people called them Ha ! Ha's ! to ex- press ...
... followed , was ( I believe the first thought was Bridgman's ) the destruction of walls for boundaries , and the invention of fossés - an attempt then deemed so astonishing , that the common people called them Ha ! Ha's ! to ex- press ...
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... followed in all subsequent editions , including the present . The third appearance of the Essay ( in 1785 ) was its most splendid one , and gave Walpole as much trouble and , on the whole , pleasure , as any of his editions . The Duc de ...
... followed in all subsequent editions , including the present . The third appearance of the Essay ( in 1785 ) was its most splendid one , and gave Walpole as much trouble and , on the whole , pleasure , as any of his editions . The Duc de ...
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