The American Register, Or, Summary Review of History, Politics, and Literature, Volumes 1-2Robert Walsh Thomas Dobson and Son, 1817 - Europe |
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Page xvii
... necessary , they are to consider not what they have , abstractedly , a right to demand , but what they are able to obtain . The merits of a treaty are to be tested by the relative situation of the parties at the time it is made ; by the ...
... necessary , they are to consider not what they have , abstractedly , a right to demand , but what they are able to obtain . The merits of a treaty are to be tested by the relative situation of the parties at the time it is made ; by the ...
Page xix
... necessary to constitute national greatness upon the scale which suits our unri valled opportunities . We must be Greece , Rome , and Carthage at once , or , what is more , modern Italy , France and England in the same frame . We have no ...
... necessary to constitute national greatness upon the scale which suits our unri valled opportunities . We must be Greece , Rome , and Carthage at once , or , what is more , modern Italy , France and England in the same frame . We have no ...
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... necessary for the proper organization of a learned corporation are , if not within or immediately about the federal government , more especially at its command . A well - constituted national uni- versity , perfect as it easily might be ...
... necessary for the proper organization of a learned corporation are , if not within or immediately about the federal government , more especially at its command . A well - constituted national uni- versity , perfect as it easily might be ...
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... necessary , which must be found less costly than war , though we should allot to our foreign agents the means now wanting to them , of appearing in a manner not absolutely un- worthy of all national dignity . It would not be enough to ...
... necessary , which must be found less costly than war , though we should allot to our foreign agents the means now wanting to them , of appearing in a manner not absolutely un- worthy of all national dignity . It would not be enough to ...
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... necessary evil , the inequality of fortunes in civilized society . * I have ventured to insert in the present volume an extract relating to an important period in the early annals of Russia . It is made from an outline of the history of ...
... necessary evil , the inequality of fortunes in civilized society . * I have ventured to insert in the present volume an extract relating to an important period in the early annals of Russia . It is made from an outline of the history of ...
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