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... and , if there are among them men of any rank or note , they demand most exorbitant ransoms for them . ... by irritating their passions , and increasing their insolence and their demands , for long and severe repentance .
... and , if there are among them men of any rank or note , they demand most exorbitant ransoms for them . ... by irritating their passions , and increasing their insolence and their demands , for long and severe repentance .
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Seeing , by my looks , that I was surprised at so extravagant a demand , he added that he considered the demand as exorbitant , and had told the First Consul that the thing was impossible ; that we had not the means of raising that .
Seeing , by my looks , that I was surprised at so extravagant a demand , he added that he considered the demand as exorbitant , and had told the First Consul that the thing was impossible ; that we had not the means of raising that .
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... were either to compromise the claims of the parties upon terms similar to those which had often been proposed by the Government of the United States and rejected by that of Great Britain , or to demand the exclusive sovereignty over ...
... were either to compromise the claims of the parties upon terms similar to those which had often been proposed by the Government of the United States and rejected by that of Great Britain , or to demand the exclusive sovereignty over ...
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EVOLUTION OF THE NATIONAL INTEREST | 3 |
can Continent 1760 | 18 |
The French Interest in American Independence 1778 | 27 |
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