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... given in public distress ; the relief afford- ed in general calamity ; the protection granted in emergent danger ; the mutual return of kindness and civility , would af- ford a very ample and very pleasing subject for history . But ...
... given in public distress ; the relief afford- ed in general calamity ; the protection granted in emergent danger ; the mutual return of kindness and civility , would af- ford a very ample and very pleasing subject for history . But ...
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... given them a colour . The first settling of the Jews here was attended by an almost entire extirpation of all the former inhabitants . Their own civil wars , and those with their petty neighbours , consumed vast multitudes almost every ...
... given them a colour . The first settling of the Jews here was attended by an almost entire extirpation of all the former inhabitants . Their own civil wars , and those with their petty neighbours , consumed vast multitudes almost every ...
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... given us these destructive views , have given us also the means of satisfying them . From the earliest dawn- ings of policy to this day , the inventions of men have been sharpening and improving the mystery of murder , from the first ...
... given us these destructive views , have given us also the means of satisfying them . From the earliest dawn- ings of policy to this day , the inventions of men have been sharpening and improving the mystery of murder , from the first ...
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... given in Britain , to what would be reason and truth if asserted of China . I submit to the condition , and though I have a notorious_advantage before me , I waive the pursuit . else , my Lord , it is very obvious what a picture might ...
... given in Britain , to what would be reason and truth if asserted of China . I submit to the condition , and though I have a notorious_advantage before me , I waive the pursuit . else , my Lord , it is very obvious what a picture might ...
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... given our necks to the yoke of political and theological slavery . We have renounced the prerogative of man , and it is no wonder that we should be treated like beasts . But our misery is much greater than theirs , as the crime we ...
... given our necks to the yoke of political and theological slavery . We have renounced the prerogative of man , and it is no wonder that we should be treated like beasts . But our misery is much greater than theirs , as the crime we ...
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