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... these fentiments it must have fared ill with that admi- niftration , who fhould make a facri- fice of any of thofe objects on which the people had fet their hearts . On the other hand , it could not have efcaped them , that the fitua ...
... these fentiments it must have fared ill with that admi- niftration , who fhould make a facri- fice of any of thofe objects on which the people had fet their hearts . On the other hand , it could not have efcaped them , that the fitua ...
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... these rivers . As thefe bodies were advan- tageously pofted , and could be fup , ported on one fide by the garrifon of Gottingen , and on the other , as they promised themselves , by the army of the empire , they main- tained their ...
... these rivers . As thefe bodies were advan- tageously pofted , and could be fup , ported on one fide by the garrifon of Gottingen , and on the other , as they promised themselves , by the army of the empire , they main- tained their ...
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... these vari- ous operations , and to oppose itself to the attempts of marshal Broglio . It was but too plain , that when the whole of the French force was col- lected in one point , it could never be ' refifted by a part only of the ...
... these vari- ous operations , and to oppose itself to the attempts of marshal Broglio . It was but too plain , that when the whole of the French force was col- lected in one point , it could never be ' refifted by a part only of the ...
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... These points were but two ; indeed they were fo infepa- rably connected with each other , that they feem rather members of the fame propofition than feparate articles . The first was , " that the two crowns shall remain in posses- sion ...
... These points were but two ; indeed they were fo infepa- rably connected with each other , that they feem rather members of the fame propofition than feparate articles . The first was , " that the two crowns shall remain in posses- sion ...
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... these difficulties occurred in the fim- plicity of a poffeffory article , they must be increafed tenfold upon every other , and muft come to fuch an height as to preclude all poffibility of negotiation on things . of fo intricate a ...
... these difficulties occurred in the fim- plicity of a poffeffory article , they must be increafed tenfold upon every other , and muft come to fuch an height as to preclude all poffibility of negotiation on things . of fo intricate a ...
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