The Edinburgh Review, Volume 10A. and C. Black, 1807 - English literature |
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... object of those who assume the direction of the public sentiment , to hold out the enemy as something very hateful , but by no means very formidable ; and thus to inflame our animosity , without exciting our apprehensions . Now this ...
... object of those who assume the direction of the public sentiment , to hold out the enemy as something very hateful , but by no means very formidable ; and thus to inflame our animosity , without exciting our apprehensions . Now this ...
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... object was effected , of placing the highest talents in the highest situations ; and appointing the officers of government , if not with a view to the good of the governed , at least with a view to the duties which they had to perform ...
... object was effected , of placing the highest talents in the highest situations ; and appointing the officers of government , if not with a view to the good of the governed , at least with a view to the duties which they had to perform ...
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... object is , to multiply the points of contact between the wifdom which is fcat- tered among the people , and that which is actually employed in the conduct of public affairs ; to enlarge the intellectual communi- cation between the ...
... object is , to multiply the points of contact between the wifdom which is fcat- tered among the people , and that which is actually employed in the conduct of public affairs ; to enlarge the intellectual communi- cation between the ...
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... objects the war muft now be carried on . There are only four ends , we think , that can poffibly be in the view of those who are for perfifting in hoftility . The firft is , to restore the Bourbons , to reduce the power of France , and ...
... objects the war muft now be carried on . There are only four ends , we think , that can poffibly be in the view of those who are for perfifting in hoftility . The firft is , to restore the Bourbons , to reduce the power of France , and ...
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... objects , for the attainment of which they have been fhedding each other's blood in vain . They make peace merely because they defpair of obtaining those objects at any reasonable expense ; but with a strong refolution to renew the ...
... objects , for the attainment of which they have been fhedding each other's blood in vain . They make peace merely because they defpair of obtaining those objects at any reasonable expense ; but with a strong refolution to renew the ...
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