The Edinburgh Review, Volume 10A. and C. Black, 1807 - English literature |
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... greater and more powerful we are at this moment than our population or extent of territory should naturally have made us , to see how much more we should lose , in losing our independ ence , than any other people . We should fall like ...
... greater and more powerful we are at this moment than our population or extent of territory should naturally have made us , to see how much more we should lose , in losing our independ ence , than any other people . We should fall like ...
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... greater part of Europe , and being subjugated by the arms of France . There is no fancy , unfortunately , and no exaggeration in the statement ; every article of it is supported by precedents ; every tint is co- loured from the life ...
... greater part of Europe , and being subjugated by the arms of France . There is no fancy , unfortunately , and no exaggeration in the statement ; every article of it is supported by precedents ; every tint is co- loured from the life ...
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... greater part of our countrymen have never allowed themselves to imagine any thing beyond a battle at sea . A few of the more resolute have perhaps looked forward to a momentary and unambiguous conflict on the beach with those who had ...
... greater part of our countrymen have never allowed themselves to imagine any thing beyond a battle at sea . A few of the more resolute have perhaps looked forward to a momentary and unambiguous conflict on the beach with those who had ...
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... greater part of the Continent , commands and embassies , and almost all the momentous employ- ments on which the welfare of a state is necessarily dependent , were claimed as appendages of a certain rank and situation , and were ...
... greater part of the Continent , commands and embassies , and almost all the momentous employ- ments on which the welfare of a state is necessarily dependent , were claimed as appendages of a certain rank and situation , and were ...
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... greater proportion of intelligence and just principle , than any o- ther that ever existed , has not generally conducted itself with any extraordinary extraordinary or consummate wisdom as a government , but has 16 April The Dangers of ...
... greater proportion of intelligence and just principle , than any o- ther that ever existed , has not generally conducted itself with any extraordinary extraordinary or consummate wisdom as a government , but has 16 April The Dangers of ...
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