The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year, Volume 9Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1793 - History |
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... laft war , feems as yet defirous of rest and peace . There have been in diffe- rent periods of history , and diffe- rent parts of the world , fome very poor , and very military nations , who had no other road to riches or confideration ...
... laft war , feems as yet defirous of rest and peace . There have been in diffe- rent periods of history , and diffe- rent parts of the world , fome very poor , and very military nations , who had no other road to riches or confideration ...
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... laft vo- lumes given an account of the fuc- cessful actions which brought the late dangerous war nearly to a pe- riod : it now remains to shew in what manner it was finally con- cluded , and the advantages we have 1- have a right to ...
... laft vo- lumes given an account of the fuc- cessful actions which brought the late dangerous war nearly to a pe- riod : it now remains to shew in what manner it was finally con- cluded , and the advantages we have 1- have a right to ...
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... laft volume , we faw the nation involved in the moft diftrefsful cir- cunftances that could well be ima- gined ; our manufacturers at a fard , commerce almost totally an- nihilated , provifions extravagantly dear , and a numerous ...
... laft volume , we faw the nation involved in the moft diftrefsful cir- cunftances that could well be ima- gined ; our manufacturers at a fard , commerce almost totally an- nihilated , provifions extravagantly dear , and a numerous ...
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... laft year , of which. This motion feemed the more ex- traordinary , as it had been declared from the throne , that the fulleft ac- counts of thefe affairs should be laid before parliament . The house probably thought the propofition not ...
... laft year , of which. This motion feemed the more ex- traordinary , as it had been declared from the throne , that the fulleft ac- counts of thefe affairs should be laid before parliament . The house probably thought the propofition not ...
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A Review of the Year Edmund Burke. their petitions met with the laft year , of which we have already taken notice . But neither the arguments nor facts contained in the petitions could prevail on the party who had refolved on the fupport ...
A Review of the Year Edmund Burke. their petitions met with the laft year , of which we have already taken notice . But neither the arguments nor facts contained in the petitions could prevail on the party who had refolved on the fupport ...
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