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... called forth in warfare , in compensation for the dreadful evils , physical and moral , which it produces . I know full well the many instances of heroic valour that it dis- plays ; of patriotism , of intellectual energy , of prudence ...
... called forth in warfare , in compensation for the dreadful evils , physical and moral , which it produces . I know full well the many instances of heroic valour that it dis- plays ; of patriotism , of intellectual energy , of prudence ...
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... called in right of his grandmother and by the will of the late king . The third was undertaken by Philip V. , at the suggestion of Alberoni , to procure the regency of France , that . he might secure the succession to the throne in case ...
... called in right of his grandmother and by the will of the late king . The third was undertaken by Philip V. , at the suggestion of Alberoni , to procure the regency of France , that . he might secure the succession to the throne in case ...
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... called forth swords instead of laughter . There have been many private sources of war , as the of the violation of noble women , revenge which ( Herodotus says ) was the first occasion of wars ; and examples of it are recorded in sacred ...
... called forth swords instead of laughter . There have been many private sources of war , as the of the violation of noble women , revenge which ( Herodotus says ) was the first occasion of wars ; and examples of it are recorded in sacred ...
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... called on the French government to attack the Austrians in Italy , on this important ground - that the Aus- trians had stopped the entrance of Bologna sausages and Parmesan cheeses into their town . It is affirmed that Buckingham's war ...
... called on the French government to attack the Austrians in Italy , on this important ground - that the Aus- trians had stopped the entrance of Bologna sausages and Parmesan cheeses into their town . It is affirmed that Buckingham's war ...
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... called the Banda Oriental . " The Brazilians saw the prosperity of the country totally arrested , its resources wasted , its commerce impeded , its agriculture neglected , and its population dimi- nishing , in this absurd contest : yet ...
... called the Banda Oriental . " The Brazilians saw the prosperity of the country totally arrested , its resources wasted , its commerce impeded , its agriculture neglected , and its population dimi- nishing , in this absurd contest : yet ...
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Page 80 - But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
Page 46 - ... that restores him to health; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice; on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride; at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay.
Page 31 - Prince quarrelleth with another, for fear the other should quarrel with him. Sometimes a War is entered upon, because the Enemy is too strong, and sometimes because he is too weak. Sometimes our Neighbours want the Things which we have, or have the Things which we want; and we both fight, till they take ours or give us theirs.
Page 31 - Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether the juice of a certain berry be blood or wine...
Page 46 - Taxes on the sauce which pampers man's appetite, and the drug that restores him to health ; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal ; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice; on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride.
Page 32 - If a prince sends forces into a nation, where the people are poor and ignorant, he may lawfully put half of them to death, and make slaves of the rest, in order to civilize and reduce them from their barbarous way of living. It is a very kingly, honourable, and...
Page 31 - HE asked me what were the usual Causes or Motives that made one Country go to War with another. I answered, they were innumerable; but I should only mention a few of the chief. Sometimes the Ambition of Princes, who never think they have Land or People enough to govern: Sometimes the Corruption of Ministers, who engage their Master in a War in order to stifle or divert the...
Page 71 - To his latest breath did this great patriot maintain the noble character of a Captain, the patron of Peace, and a Statesman, the friend of Justice. Dying, he bequeathed to his heirs the sword which he had worn in the War of Liberty, and charged them " Never to take it from the scabbard but in self-defence, or in defence of their country and her freedom...
Page 58 - God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer; whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven; at the day of judgment his wounds shall be resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk; and the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubim.
Page 46 - ... that comes from abroad, or is grown at home — taxes on the raw material — taxes on every fresh value that is added...