The History of the War: From the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Present Time, Volume 3 |
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... interest in peace . They had suffered long and severely from the anticommercial plans of Buonaparte . Peace , and more especially a peace with England , was expected with im- patience and received with gratitude . On these two classes ...
... interest in peace . They had suffered long and severely from the anticommercial plans of Buonaparte . Peace , and more especially a peace with England , was expected with im- patience and received with gratitude . On these two classes ...
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... interests the most opposite , and sentiments the most exaggerated , would again come into mutual combat , with all that additional violence which would be lent by the bitterness of recollections ; the people still unenlightened as to ...
... interests the most opposite , and sentiments the most exaggerated , would again come into mutual combat , with all that additional violence which would be lent by the bitterness of recollections ; the people still unenlightened as to ...
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... interest , clearly understood and strongly felt , had attached to its cause the majority of private interests ; when public order , strongly conso- lidated , no longer feared the attacks of impru- dence or folly ; then the unlimited ...
... interest , clearly understood and strongly felt , had attached to its cause the majority of private interests ; when public order , strongly conso- lidated , no longer feared the attacks of impru- dence or folly ; then the unlimited ...
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... interests of the governors and the governed ; nor can there exist in the public mind that calmness and comprehen- sion with respect to their duties as well as their rights , which will always constitute the most effectual guard against ...
... interests of the governors and the governed ; nor can there exist in the public mind that calmness and comprehen- sion with respect to their duties as well as their rights , which will always constitute the most effectual guard against ...
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... interests of slave traders , deserves the profoundest contempt and indignation of men of property in all countries . This as- sertion has been sufficiently falsified during eleven years of independence , and its happy results . Free in ...
... interests of slave traders , deserves the profoundest contempt and indignation of men of property in all countries . This as- sertion has been sufficiently falsified during eleven years of independence , and its happy results . Free in ...
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The History of the War: From the Commencement of the French Revolution to ... Hewson Clarke No preview available - 2015 |
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