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... question of not a little curiofity. Y what fpecial combination of circumftances , and what pri- vate confiderations Buonaparte was induced to quit Egypt , and return to France , and particularly whe ther it was in confequence of a fecret ...
... question of not a little curiofity. Y what fpecial combination of circumftances , and what pri- vate confiderations Buonaparte was induced to quit Egypt , and return to France , and particularly whe ther it was in confequence of a fecret ...
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Edmund Burke. • It is a question of not a little curiofity ,. over . gage in their lodgings , and their horfes on the fhore . Having arrived on board the ships prepared for the voyage , their names were called Two ftrangers were found ...
Edmund Burke. • It is a question of not a little curiofity ,. over . gage in their lodgings , and their horfes on the fhore . Having arrived on board the ships prepared for the voyage , their names were called Two ftrangers were found ...
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Edmund Burke. It is a question of not a little curiofity , what is the reafon why Buonaparte affects to confider himself as under the peculiar protection of fortune ? When he had to do with barbarians , to talk of fate and fortune ...
Edmund Burke. It is a question of not a little curiofity , what is the reafon why Buonaparte affects to confider himself as under the peculiar protection of fortune ? When he had to do with barbarians , to talk of fate and fortune ...
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... question concerning the pro- priety or impropriety , the advan- tages or difadvantages of the ex- pedition against Egypt , was now loft in an admiration and fond attachment to the hero who con- ducted it , returned after many perils ...
... question concerning the pro- priety or impropriety , the advan- tages or difadvantages of the ex- pedition against Egypt , was now loft in an admiration and fond attachment to the hero who con- ducted it , returned after many perils ...
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... questions to others But while he was thus grave and guarded in his inter- courtes with both the moderate and jacobinical party , he was open , frank , and ftudious above all things , by all means to maintain his intereft and popularity ...
... questions to others But while he was thus grave and guarded in his inter- courtes with both the moderate and jacobinical party , he was open , frank , and ftudious above all things , by all means to maintain his intereft and popularity ...
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