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The first , that relation which it bears in point of friendship or enmity to other states
. ... The first part of the external view of all states , their relation as friends , makes
so trifling a figure in history , that , I am very sorry to say , it affords me but little ...
The first , that relation which it bears in point of friendship or enmity to other states
. ... The first part of the external view of all states , their relation as friends , makes
so trifling a figure in history , that , I am very sorry to say , it affords me but little ...
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When Alexander had in his fury inhumanly butchered one of his best friends and
bravest captains , on the return of reason he began to conceive a horror suitable
to the guilt of such a murder . In this juncture , his council came to his assistance ...
When Alexander had in his fury inhumanly butchered one of his best friends and
bravest captains , on the return of reason he began to conceive a horror suitable
to the guilt of such a murder . In this juncture , his council came to his assistance ...
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Power gradually extirpates from the mind every bumane and gentle virtue . Pity ,
benevolence , friendship , are things almost unknown in high stations . Vere
amicitiæ rarissime inveniuntur in iis qui in honoribus reque publica versantur ,
says ...
Power gradually extirpates from the mind every bumane and gentle virtue . Pity ,
benevolence , friendship , are things almost unknown in high stations . Vere
amicitiæ rarissime inveniuntur in iis qui in honoribus reque publica versantur ,
says ...
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My sentiments about these arts and their cause , I have often discoursed with my
friends at large . Pope has expressed them in good verse , where he talks with so
much force of reason and elegance of language , in praise of the state of nature ...
My sentiments about these arts and their cause , I have often discoursed with my
friends at large . Pope has expressed them in good verse , where he talks with so
much force of reason and elegance of language , in praise of the state of nature ...
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Consider the ravages committed in the bowels of all commonwealths by ambition
, by avarice , envy , fraud , open injustice , and pretended friendship ; vices which
could draw little support from a state of nature , but which blossom and flourish ...
Consider the ravages committed in the bowels of all commonwealths by ambition
, by avarice , envy , fraud , open injustice , and pretended friendship ; vices which
could draw little support from a state of nature , but which blossom and flourish ...
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