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... France 355 to 370 Mr. Fox Declaration of War - Bonaparte's Conference with Lord Whitworth - Ireland - Case of the English de- tained in France · Maritime Code as to Right of Search . ― No. 104 . TO JAMES SCARLETT , ESQ . ( now SIR JAMES ...
... France 355 to 370 Mr. Fox Declaration of War - Bonaparte's Conference with Lord Whitworth - Ireland - Case of the English de- tained in France · Maritime Code as to Right of Search . ― No. 104 . TO JAMES SCARLETT , ESQ . ( now SIR JAMES ...
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... France I do not think well founded . Our negotiators have , I believe , greatly surpassed theirs in knowledge and skill ; and the treaty which has now taken place , is in fact so egregiously favourable to England , that this cir ...
... France I do not think well founded . Our negotiators have , I believe , greatly surpassed theirs in knowledge and skill ; and the treaty which has now taken place , is in fact so egregiously favourable to England , that this cir ...
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... France cannot be better illustrated than by examining the situ- ation of their funds , which in the former are firm and strong , in the latter bankrupt . By this time I fear you are heartily tired of my political speculations . I have ...
... France cannot be better illustrated than by examining the situ- ation of their funds , which in the former are firm and strong , in the latter bankrupt . By this time I fear you are heartily tired of my political speculations . I have ...
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... The Dutch suspect the Stadtholder of favouring England , when they joined the alliance of France , Spain , and America , and reaped , instead of honour and profit , misfortune and disgrace . Finding no other way LETTERS OF DR . CURRIE . 11.
... The Dutch suspect the Stadtholder of favouring England , when they joined the alliance of France , Spain , and America , and reaped , instead of honour and profit , misfortune and disgrace . Finding no other way LETTERS OF DR . CURRIE . 11.
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... France and her allies , of which number the States of America may be con- sidered . The uncommon vigour of Prussia , and the firmness of the great man who wields the de- mocracy of England , have at present totally deranged the measures ...
... France and her allies , of which number the States of America may be con- sidered . The uncommon vigour of Prussia , and the firmness of the great man who wields the de- mocracy of England , have at present totally deranged the measures ...
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Страница 352 - In the darkness of the night, and amid the pauses of the hurricane, his voice, heard at intervals, was exquisitely mournful. No one could go to his assistance — no one knew where he was — the sound seemed to proceed from the spirit of the waters. But morning rose — the tide had ebbed — and the poor traveller was found lashed to the pole of the net, and bleaching in the wind.
Страница 476 - Time and industry have already, in a great degree, repaired the losses of property which the citizens sustained during the war. but both have hitherto failed in effacing the taint which was then communicated to their principles, nor can its total ablution be expected till a new generation arises, unpractised in the iniquities of their fathers.
Страница 51 - Abolition,' which puts the subject in a very clear point of view, and contains a brief, but masterly, chain of propositions that bear irresistible force. I recommend it to your perusal. The moderation of its language is likely to make it useful.
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