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... . In the first half of the paragraph commencing , " If , then , the real state of this nation , " & c . found , together with a marginal reference to the Bankrupt ADVERTISEMENT . xi ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER, PREFIXED TO THE FIRST PAGE.
... . In the first half of the paragraph commencing , " If , then , the real state of this nation , " & c . found , together with a marginal reference to the Bankrupt ADVERTISEMENT . xi ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER, PREFIXED TO THE FIRST PAGE.
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... which are very visible . The fabric of superstition has in this our age and nation received much ruder shocks than it had ever felt before ; and through the chinks and breaches of 12 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
... which are very visible . The fabric of superstition has in this our age and nation received much ruder shocks than it had ever felt before ; and through the chinks and breaches of 12 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
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... nation to its neighbor ; the support given in public distress ; the relief afforded in gen- * ** Had his lordship lived to our days , to have seen the noble relief given by this nation to the distressed Portuguese , he had perhaps owned ...
... nation to its neighbor ; the support given in public distress ; the relief afforded in gen- * ** Had his lordship lived to our days , to have seen the noble relief given by this nation to the distressed Portuguese , he had perhaps owned ...
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... nation in the world ; though the histories of all nations are made up of similar matter . I once more excuse myself in point of exactness for want of books . But I shall estimate the slaughters in this island but at two millions ; which ...
... nation in the world ; though the histories of all nations are made up of similar matter . I once more excuse myself in point of exactness for want of books . But I shall estimate the slaughters in this island but at two millions ; which ...
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... nation ; a stroke which is allowed to have cut off little less than two millions of that people . I say nothing of the loppings made from that stock . whilst it stood ; nor from the suckers that grew out of the old root ever since . But ...
... nation ; a stroke which is allowed to have cut off little less than two millions of that people . I say nothing of the loppings made from that stock . whilst it stood ; nor from the suckers that grew out of the old root ever since . But ...
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