The History of the War: From the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Present Time, Volume 3 |
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... whole world , and ask what people , after 25 years of conflicts , and after having conquered their liberty and their independence , would consent to lay down their arms , for the purpose of again becoming the sport and the victims of ...
... whole world , and ask what people , after 25 years of conflicts , and after having conquered their liberty and their independence , would consent to lay down their arms , for the purpose of again becoming the sport and the victims of ...
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... whole have been highly fa- vourable to the English character , and they probably witnessed a greater degree of down- right and warm honesty of heart , of manly confidence , and of comfort and cleanliness , than any part of the continent ...
... whole have been highly fa- vourable to the English character , and they probably witnessed a greater degree of down- right and warm honesty of heart , of manly confidence , and of comfort and cleanliness , than any part of the continent ...
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... whole transactions on the Stock Exchange were of a speculative nature , and some of them what blunt and rude persons would not hesitate to call gambling transactions : consequently it was to be supposed , that every person who ...
... whole transactions on the Stock Exchange were of a speculative nature , and some of them what blunt and rude persons would not hesitate to call gambling transactions : consequently it was to be supposed , that every person who ...
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... whole defence . He did not ask for compassion or pardon . The country had indeed felt indignation at the sentence passed upon him , -a sentence more heavy than ever yet was laid upon persons clearly convicted of the most horrid of ...
... whole defence . He did not ask for compassion or pardon . The country had indeed felt indignation at the sentence passed upon him , -a sentence more heavy than ever yet was laid upon persons clearly convicted of the most horrid of ...
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... whole feeling of the house against him . Now , how- ever , he did doubt his guilt and if com- pelled to a vote , he would say " No , " to ex- pulsion . Sir F. Burdett was not an advocate for the interfering unnecessarily ; but it was of ...
... whole feeling of the house against him . Now , how- ever , he did doubt his guilt and if com- pelled to a vote , he would say " No , " to ex- pulsion . Sir F. Burdett was not an advocate for the interfering unnecessarily ; but it was of ...
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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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