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Page 13
... cities and plunder the innocent , and to kill them if they attempt flight or resistance , voluntarily places himself in a condition to commit murder , and " no murderer hath eternal life . " How awfully inconsiderate then , are those ...
... cities and plunder the innocent , and to kill them if they attempt flight or resistance , voluntarily places himself in a condition to commit murder , and " no murderer hath eternal life . " How awfully inconsiderate then , are those ...
Page 107
... cities , the country will mourn . perb monuments will be erected to immor- talize his conquests , but the cinders still smoking , of so many cities heretofore flour- ishing , fields stripped or dispoiled of their beauty , the ruins of ...
... cities , the country will mourn . perb monuments will be erected to immor- talize his conquests , but the cinders still smoking , of so many cities heretofore flour- ishing , fields stripped or dispoiled of their beauty , the ruins of ...
Page 108
... cities which he set in flames , the countries which he rav aged and destroyed , and the miserable dis- tress of all the inhabitants of the earth . *** When she is tired with this prospect , then 108 SENTIMENTS OF MODERN WRITERS .
... cities which he set in flames , the countries which he rav aged and destroyed , and the miserable dis- tress of all the inhabitants of the earth . *** When she is tired with this prospect , then 108 SENTIMENTS OF MODERN WRITERS .
Page 222
... cities by assault ; what do these worthies But rob and spoil , burn , slaughter , and enslave Peaceable nations , neighboring , or remote , Made captive , yet deserving freedom more Than those their conquerors ; leave behind Nothing but ...
... cities by assault ; what do these worthies But rob and spoil , burn , slaughter , and enslave Peaceable nations , neighboring , or remote , Made captive , yet deserving freedom more Than those their conquerors ; leave behind Nothing but ...
Page 239
... cities of Europe , and the league of Switzerland united thirteen inde- pendent states , differing in form of govern- ment and religion . I purpose in this num- ber , to give some account of such leagues which have already existed , and ...
... cities of Europe , and the league of Switzerland united thirteen inde- pendent states , differing in form of govern- ment and religion . I purpose in this num- ber , to give some account of such leagues which have already existed , and ...
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