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... most unused , and who from principles , habits , and manner of life , were the most averse to every idea of fubordination , of any ci- vilized people in the known world ; they were to be trained on through numberlefs wants and ...
... most unused , and who from principles , habits , and manner of life , were the most averse to every idea of fubordination , of any ci- vilized people in the known world ; they were to be trained on through numberlefs wants and ...
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... most perfectly efta- blished , will be conceived by thofe perfons who are the least conver- faut in military affairs . But here the troops were compofed of men the most unused , and who from principles , habits , and manner of life ...
... most perfectly efta- blished , will be conceived by thofe perfons who are the least conver- faut in military affairs . But here the troops were compofed of men the most unused , and who from principles , habits , and manner of life ...
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... 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 humanity by General Carleton ; a conduct , which the habitual ...
... 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 humanity by General Carleton ; a conduct , which the habitual ...
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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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... most horrible crimes , and the most inhuman cruelties ; that it was confounding the innocent with the guilty , and expofing those who were the best friends to government , to the fame lofs of property , danger , and de- fruction , with ...
... most horrible crimes , and the most inhuman cruelties ; that it was confounding the innocent with the guilty , and expofing those who were the best friends to government , to the fame lofs of property , danger , and de- fruction , with ...
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