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Page viii
... seem here to be necessary . The " Observations on the Conduct of the Minority in the Session of 1793 , " had been written and sent by Mr. Burke as a paper entirely and strictly confidential ; but it crept surrepti- tiously into the ...
... seem here to be necessary . The " Observations on the Conduct of the Minority in the Session of 1793 , " had been written and sent by Mr. Burke as a paper entirely and strictly confidential ; but it crept surrepti- tiously into the ...
Page ix
... seems to have finished only two or three detached fragments of the first letter . These eing too imperfect to be printed alone , his friends inserted them in the Memorial , where they seemed best to cohere . The Memorial had been fairly ...
... seems to have finished only two or three detached fragments of the first letter . These eing too imperfect to be printed alone , his friends inserted them in the Memorial , where they seemed best to cohere . The Memorial had been fairly ...
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... seems purposely formed , and best calculated , is their mutual destruction . All ancient history is dark and uncertain . One thing however is clear . There were conquerors , and conquests in those days ; and consequently , all that ...
... seems purposely formed , and best calculated , is their mutual destruction . All ancient history is dark and uncertain . One thing however is clear . There were conquerors , and conquests in those days ; and consequently , all that ...
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... seems to have been threatened . Such was that , when the Goths , the Vandals , and the Huns poured into Gaul , Italy , Spain , Greece , and Africa , carrying destruction before them as they advanced , and leaving horrid deserts every ...
... seems to have been threatened . Such was that , when the Goths , the Vandals , and the Huns poured into Gaul , Italy , Spain , Greece , and Africa , carrying destruction before them as they advanced , and leaving horrid deserts every ...
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... seem to survive of the former inhabitants . What has been done since , and what will continue to be done while the same inducements to war continue , I shall not dwell upon . I shall only in one word mention the horrid effects of ...
... seem to survive of the former inhabitants . What has been done since , and what will continue to be done while the same inducements to war continue , I shall not dwell upon . I shall only in one word mention the horrid effects of ...
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