Annual Register, Volume 19Edmund Burke 1779 - History |
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... nature required the moft ferious confideration . The commencing of an offenfive war with the fove- reign , was a new and perilous un- dertaking . It feemed totally to change the nature of the ground on which they flood in the prefent ...
... nature required the moft ferious confideration . The commencing of an offenfive war with the fove- reign , was a new and perilous un- dertaking . It feemed totally to change the nature of the ground on which they flood in the prefent ...
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... nature with that which had been before iffued by Schuyler and Montgomery . They were in- vited to join with the other colo- nies in an indiffoluble union . To range themselves under the ftandard of general liberty . They were informed ...
... nature with that which had been before iffued by Schuyler and Montgomery . They were in- vited to join with the other colo- nies in an indiffoluble union . To range themselves under the ftandard of general liberty . They were informed ...
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... nature ; but neither threats nor dangers could produce any effect upon the inflexible firm- nefs of the veteran Governor . It does not appear that Montgo- mery's forces were very much fu- perior in number or quality , to thofe , fuch as ...
... nature ; but neither threats nor dangers could produce any effect upon the inflexible firm- nefs of the veteran Governor . It does not appear that Montgo- mery's forces were very much fu- perior in number or quality , to thofe , fuch as ...
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... natural foes , fhould have perished in an unna- tural and most unhappy civil con- teft . In America , he was revered as a martyr to the caufe of human nature , and the liberties of man- The prifoners were treated with the greatest ...
... natural foes , fhould have perished in an unna- tural and most unhappy civil con- teft . In America , he was revered as a martyr to the caufe of human nature , and the liberties of man- The prifoners were treated with the greatest ...
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... nature , and which might have been attended with the most fatal confequences ) yet with thefe causes of complaint , the people feemed to pay a more [ B ] than 1 that upon the inhabitants engaging for the future , HISTORY OF EUROPE . 473.
... nature , and which might have been attended with the most fatal confequences ) yet with thefe causes of complaint , the people feemed to pay a more [ B ] than 1 that upon the inhabitants engaging for the future , HISTORY OF EUROPE . 473.
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