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... French , is only begin- ning to be understood in this coun- try . It was for this reason , that in the beginning of this year we com- menced a series of papers " On Par- liamentary Reform and the French Revolution ; " foreseeing ...
... French , is only begin- ning to be understood in this coun- try . It was for this reason , that in the beginning of this year we com- menced a series of papers " On Par- liamentary Reform and the French Revolution ; " foreseeing ...
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... French in many years . It was not till 1798 , nine years after the revolu- tion commenced , that the funds in that country were attacked , and an r equitable adjustment " carried , by the confiscation of two - thirds of the public debt ...
... French in many years . It was not till 1798 , nine years after the revolu- tion commenced , that the funds in that country were attacked , and an r equitable adjustment " carried , by the confiscation of two - thirds of the public debt ...
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... French revolution , and he took the only course , which , in such circum- stances , became a wise statesman or an experienced soldier . It was not by conciliation and concession that he resisted the invasion of Portugal in 1810. The ...
... French revolution , and he took the only course , which , in such circum- stances , became a wise statesman or an experienced soldier . It was not by conciliation and concession that he resisted the invasion of Portugal in 1810. The ...
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... French Revo- lution had passed away . We shall abandon this opinion when we are shewn that Mr Fox was wrong when he declared , " that all the collective wisdom of mankind could not frame a constitution ; and that that of Eng- land was ...
... French Revo- lution had passed away . We shall abandon this opinion when we are shewn that Mr Fox was wrong when he declared , " that all the collective wisdom of mankind could not frame a constitution ; and that that of Eng- land was ...
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... French nation . This method consists in rousing the ambition of the many , by proposing to divide among them the influence or possessions of the few . It is stated by Burnet and Hallam , " That , when Henry VIII . commen- ced the ...
... French nation . This method consists in rousing the ambition of the many , by proposing to divide among them the influence or possessions of the few . It is stated by Burnet and Hallam , " That , when Henry VIII . commen- ced the ...
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Page 265 - We marched them into the woods off the road, and having used them as Regulators were wont to use such delinquents, we set fire to the cabin, gave all the skins and implements to the young Indian warrior, and proceeded, well pleased, towards the settlements.
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