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... such a formidable adversary . Their mutual designs or declarations of offenfive war evaporated without effect ; but instead of opening a door to the con- queft of Europe , Spain was diffevered from the trunk of the monarchy , engaged in ...
... such a formidable adversary . Their mutual designs or declarations of offenfive war evaporated without effect ; but instead of opening a door to the con- queft of Europe , Spain was diffevered from the trunk of the monarchy , engaged in ...
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... Such troops were discomfited in every action ; the cities of Racca and Baalbec , of Cufa and Baffora , were taken and pillaged ; Bagdad was filled with confternation ; and the caliph trembled behind the veils of his palace . In a dar ...
... Such troops were discomfited in every action ; the cities of Racca and Baalbec , of Cufa and Baffora , were taken and pillaged ; Bagdad was filled with confternation ; and the caliph trembled behind the veils of his palace . In a dar ...
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... Such information the historian would have been pleafed to record ; nor fhould his filence be condemned if the most interesting objects , the population of the capital and provinces , the amount of the taxes and revenues , the numbers of ...
... Such information the historian would have been pleafed to record ; nor fhould his filence be condemned if the most interesting objects , the population of the capital and provinces , the amount of the taxes and revenues , the numbers of ...
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... Such accumulation of treasure is rejected by the theory and practice of modern policy ; and we are more apt to compute the na- tional riches by the use and abuse of the public credit . Yet the maxims of antiquity are still em- braced by ...
... Such accumulation of treasure is rejected by the theory and practice of modern policy ; and we are more apt to compute the na- tional riches by the use and abuse of the public credit . Yet the maxims of antiquity are still em- braced by ...
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... Such had ever been the opi- nion and practice of the fage Romans : their jurif prudence profcribed the marriage of a citizen and a ftranger in the days of freedom and virtue , a fenator would have scorned to match his daughter with a ...
... Such had ever been the opi- nion and practice of the fage Romans : their jurif prudence profcribed the marriage of a citizen and a ftranger in the days of freedom and virtue , a fenator would have scorned to match his daughter with a ...
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