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... perhaps these will not be looked upon as faults by the ad- mirers of Lord BOLINGBROKE ; who will , the editor is afraid , observe much more of his Lordship's character in such parti- culars of the following letter , than they are likely ...
... perhaps these will not be looked upon as faults by the ad- mirers of Lord BOLINGBROKE ; who will , the editor is afraid , observe much more of his Lordship's character in such parti- culars of the following letter , than they are likely ...
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... all objections from these quarters , I may the more freely inquire , from history and experience , how far policy has contributed in all times to alleviate those evils which Providence , that perhaps has A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
... all objections from these quarters , I may the more freely inquire , from history and experience , how far policy has contributed in all times to alleviate those evils which Providence , that perhaps has A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
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... perhaps by no skill . In looking over any state to form a judgment on it , it pre- sents itself in two lights ; the external , and the internal . The first , that relation which it bears in point of friendship or en- mity to other ...
... perhaps by no skill . In looking over any state to form a judgment on it , it pre- sents itself in two lights ; the external , and the internal . The first , that relation which it bears in point of friendship or en- mity to other ...
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... perhaps of any other nation in the world ; though the histories of all nations are made up of similar matter . I once more excuse myself in point of exactness for want of books . But I shall estimate the slaughters in this island but at ...
... perhaps of any other nation in the world ; though the histories of all nations are made up of similar matter . I once more excuse myself in point of exactness for want of books . But I shall estimate the slaughters in this island but at ...
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... perhaps spoke of the five - hundredth part ; I am sure I have not of what is actually ascertained in history ; but how much of these butcheries are only expressed in generals , what part of time history has never reached , and what vast ...
... perhaps spoke of the five - hundredth part ; I am sure I have not of what is actually ascertained in history ; but how much of these butcheries are only expressed in generals , what part of time history has never reached , and what vast ...
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