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... Subject , would not be unworthy the attention of a Monarch , who is no less a Judge than a Patron of Literary Merit . HISTORY claims it as her prerogative to offer inftruction to KINGS , as well as to their people . What reflections the ...
... Subject , would not be unworthy the attention of a Monarch , who is no less a Judge than a Patron of Literary Merit . HISTORY claims it as her prerogative to offer inftruction to KINGS , as well as to their people . What reflections the ...
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... Subjects cannot observe the various calamities , which that Monarch's ambition to be distinguished as a Conqueror , brought upon his dominions , without recollecting the felicity of their own times , and looking up with gratitude to ...
... Subjects cannot observe the various calamities , which that Monarch's ambition to be distinguished as a Conqueror , brought upon his dominions , without recollecting the felicity of their own times , and looking up with gratitude to ...
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... the Publick Welfare , than in receiving the just Praise of his royal beneficence . I am , SIR , YOUR MAJESTY ' Moft faithful Subject , And moft dutiful Servant , WILLIAM ROBERTSON , 1 ΤΗΕ PREFACE . N ° period in the history DEDICATIO N.
... the Publick Welfare , than in receiving the just Praise of his royal beneficence . I am , SIR , YOUR MAJESTY ' Moft faithful Subject , And moft dutiful Servant , WILLIAM ROBERTSON , 1 ΤΗΕ PREFACE . N ° period in the history DEDICATIO N.
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... subjects so splendid and important , that a fuper- ficial view of them could afford little fatisfaction ; to treat of them as extensively as they merited , muft pro- duce an episode , difproportionate to the principal work . I have ...
... subjects so splendid and important , that a fuper- ficial view of them could afford little fatisfaction ; to treat of them as extensively as they merited , muft pro- duce an episode , difproportionate to the principal work . I have ...
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... subjects . Europe began to breathe , and to recover ftrength after the calamities which it had undergone ; agriculture was encouraged ; population encreased ; the ruined cities were rebuilt ; new towns were founded ; an appearance of ...
... subjects . Europe began to breathe , and to recover ftrength after the calamities which it had undergone ; agriculture was encouraged ; population encreased ; the ruined cities were rebuilt ; new towns were founded ; an appearance of ...
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