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... exist as a free people . They are for- ever swallowed up in the vortex of the French revo , lution . Whatever shadow of liberty existed in Spain , was exterminated by Charles V. and Philip II . And their successors , though among the ...
... exist as a free people . They are for- ever swallowed up in the vortex of the French revo , lution . Whatever shadow of liberty existed in Spain , was exterminated by Charles V. and Philip II . And their successors , though among the ...
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... exist where it is not encouraged that nothing can awaken enterprise but a prospect of great gain . They also know ... exists among savages . In barbarous countries there is always a continual succession of turbulent rebellions and revo ...
... exist where it is not encouraged that nothing can awaken enterprise but a prospect of great gain . They also know ... exists among savages . In barbarous countries there is always a continual succession of turbulent rebellions and revo ...
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... exist only on the page of history . Should they change masters , they would still be the losers ... should Great - Britain fall , even independence might revisit India too late . What advantage could Egypt or Syria reap from the fall of ...
... exist only on the page of history . Should they change masters , they would still be the losers ... should Great - Britain fall , even independence might revisit India too late . What advantage could Egypt or Syria reap from the fall of ...
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... exist , as to be neither known nor en- joyed ; and such is the uniform condition of the peo- ple of Asia . If , in any case , the strictness and ener gy of despotism fail , it is not owing to the lenient in- fluence of reason and virtue ...
... exist , as to be neither known nor en- joyed ; and such is the uniform condition of the peo- ple of Asia . If , in any case , the strictness and ener gy of despotism fail , it is not owing to the lenient in- fluence of reason and virtue ...
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... exist one single fact , trait , or circumstance to veil - the sterility of their mental soil .... the total want of in- tellectual culture , or to enlighten and adorn the pages of their history . On the whole , it shall suffice to close ...
... exist one single fact , trait , or circumstance to veil - the sterility of their mental soil .... the total want of in- tellectual culture , or to enlighten and adorn the pages of their history . On the whole , it shall suffice to close ...
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Page 71 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
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Page 95 - Redeemer shall, in his own time and way, show who is the blessed and only potentate, the King of kings and the Lord of lords.