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... EFFECTS OF PARTY 298 FRANKLIN 314 FREDERIC II . 320 GUSTAVUS III . 346 THE EMPEROR JOSEPH 359 THE EMPRESS CATHERINE 373 APPENDIX . I. NOTE ON THIS WORK 389 II . COMMUNICATION RESPECTING LORD CHATHAM . 389 III . LETTER FROM LADY ...
... EFFECTS OF PARTY 298 FRANKLIN 314 FREDERIC II . 320 GUSTAVUS III . 346 THE EMPEROR JOSEPH 359 THE EMPRESS CATHERINE 373 APPENDIX . I. NOTE ON THIS WORK 389 II . COMMUNICATION RESPECTING LORD CHATHAM . 389 III . LETTER FROM LADY ...
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... effects , are all very imperfectly examined without a thorough knowledge of the indivi- duals who administered the systems and presided over the management of the public concerns . The history of empires is , indeed , the history of men ...
... effects , are all very imperfectly examined without a thorough knowledge of the indivi- duals who administered the systems and presided over the management of the public concerns . The history of empires is , indeed , the history of men ...
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... power , to produce some effect upon the quality of the whole . It is not denied that George III . sought to rule * A hog to be fatted at the rate of 120,000l . a - year . too much ; it is not maintained that he had GEORGE III . 13.
... power , to produce some effect upon the quality of the whole . It is not denied that George III . sought to rule * A hog to be fatted at the rate of 120,000l . a - year . too much ; it is not maintained that he had GEORGE III . 13.
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... effect , cannot be denied unless by those who , being averse to monarchy , and yet dreading a commonwealth , would incur all the cost , and all the far worse evils , of a form of government which they think the worst , rather than seek ...
... effect , cannot be denied unless by those who , being averse to monarchy , and yet dreading a commonwealth , would incur all the cost , and all the far worse evils , of a form of government which they think the worst , rather than seek ...
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... effects ; and how little we are enabled to judge for ourselves by examining the specimens that remain of his composition . It ... effect at least , has surpassed any known in modern times . The first place among the great qualities which ...
... effects ; and how little we are enabled to judge for ourselves by examining the specimens that remain of his composition . It ... effect at least , has surpassed any known in modern times . The first place among the great qualities which ...
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