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... nature of the narration , kept up for so long a time , will chill and disgust the mind . But we apprehend less danger from this source , than from a strictly chronological form , which would exhibit a much greater number of facts , but ...
... nature of the narration , kept up for so long a time , will chill and disgust the mind . But we apprehend less danger from this source , than from a strictly chronological form , which would exhibit a much greater number of facts , but ...
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... natural consequences resulting from the spirit of liberty and enterprize prevalent in the feudal system . The an- cient nations generally regarded every species of traf- fic as attaching to itself a certain kind of ignominy and ...
... natural consequences resulting from the spirit of liberty and enterprize prevalent in the feudal system . The an- cient nations generally regarded every species of traf- fic as attaching to itself a certain kind of ignominy and ...
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... nature and extent . By promoting national and so- cial intercourse , they tended powerfully to melt away the prejudices and assimilate the minds of men . As they had an union of object , they would naturally im press the mind with a ...
... nature and extent . By promoting national and so- cial intercourse , they tended powerfully to melt away the prejudices and assimilate the minds of men . As they had an union of object , they would naturally im press the mind with a ...
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... nature had endowed him with a mind ca- pable of forming and executing the grandest enter- prizes . He early showed that superiority in council and in , action , which raised him to the high station of cham of the Usbeck Tartars . His ...
... nature had endowed him with a mind ca- pable of forming and executing the grandest enter- prizes . He early showed that superiority in council and in , action , which raised him to the high station of cham of the Usbeck Tartars . His ...
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... Nature seems to have designed it as one of the most charming coun- tries in the world . It is of great extent . It is sur- rounded by the noblest oceans and seas : it abounds with excellent harbors , and possesses every natural ...
... Nature seems to have designed it as one of the most charming coun- tries in the world . It is of great extent . It is sur- rounded by the noblest oceans and seas : it abounds with excellent harbors , and possesses every natural ...
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