The Critical Review: Or, Annals of LiteratureW. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1796 - English literature |
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... force upon them a particular form of government , and murdering them in order to acquire a part of their territory , is perhaps not fo material as at firft fight may ap- pear . In both cafes the object is to place the nation under a go ...
... force upon them a particular form of government , and murdering them in order to acquire a part of their territory , is perhaps not fo material as at firft fight may ap- pear . In both cafes the object is to place the nation under a go ...
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... forces had broken the barrier , and penetrated into the country ; it was in the moment that a fatal rebellion overfpread the moft flourishing provinces of France , that thefe daring adventurers affumed the reins of govern ment . Greater ...
... forces had broken the barrier , and penetrated into the country ; it was in the moment that a fatal rebellion overfpread the moft flourishing provinces of France , that thefe daring adventurers affumed the reins of govern ment . Greater ...
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... force , without which no ufurper can long maintain his authority . Robespierre rested solely on the fluctuating populace , and on the credit and influence of the jacobin club . Cromwell , though deftitute of humanity , ' was lefs ...
... force , without which no ufurper can long maintain his authority . Robespierre rested solely on the fluctuating populace , and on the credit and influence of the jacobin club . Cromwell , though deftitute of humanity , ' was lefs ...
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... force will be employed ; for the mate- rial inflicters of punishments will then be roufed to revenge by the decrees of fate against the rebels to her laws . " Venus , however , must not be confidered here as the nature of matter ; for ...
... force will be employed ; for the mate- rial inflicters of punishments will then be roufed to revenge by the decrees of fate against the rebels to her laws . " Venus , however , must not be confidered here as the nature of matter ; for ...
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... force ; ' — whence his lordship infers that bishop Warburton seems from this time to have confined himself very properly to the single purpose of giving the last finishing to his former writings ; ' and furely that want of freedom and ...
... force ; ' — whence his lordship infers that bishop Warburton seems from this time to have confined himself very properly to the single purpose of giving the last finishing to his former writings ; ' and furely that want of freedom and ...
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