Annual Register, 23. köideEdmund Burke 1788 |
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... afford no great encouragement to an obilinate perfeverance in the conteft . A defenfive war , however ably conducted , or how- ever abounding with negative fuccefs , could by no means , whe- ther in point of honour or effect , anfwer ...
... afford no great encouragement to an obilinate perfeverance in the conteft . A defenfive war , however ably conducted , or how- ever abounding with negative fuccefs , could by no means , whe- ther in point of honour or effect , anfwer ...
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... afford fuch a claim of right to Ruffia , with fuch an intereft in , and such a strength upon those feas , as nothing could afterwards be capable of oppofing . The difputes relative to the Greek nominal princes , but in ef- fect ...
... afford fuch a claim of right to Ruffia , with fuch an intereft in , and such a strength upon those feas , as nothing could afterwards be capable of oppofing . The difputes relative to the Greek nominal princes , but in ef- fect ...
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... afford the fulleft protection to our own commerce , whilft we nearly ruined that of the enemy , and to fuffer no dif- grace any where . It is true , that abroad , we loft the valuable ifland of Dominica ; but if this was not compensated ...
... afford the fulleft protection to our own commerce , whilft we nearly ruined that of the enemy , and to fuffer no dif- grace any where . It is true , that abroad , we loft the valuable ifland of Dominica ; but if this was not compensated ...
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... afford no difficulty in the fettling , if the parties were amicably difpofed . It may , how- ever , be obferved on the whole , that it was not very probable , if any fuch violations did exift , that they were countenanced by the British ...
... afford no difficulty in the fettling , if the parties were amicably difpofed . It may , how- ever , be obferved on the whole , that it was not very probable , if any fuch violations did exift , that they were countenanced by the British ...
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... afford a colouring , was either fo predominant that it could not be entirely concealed , or things were now fuppofed to be in fuch fituation as rendered con- cealment unneceffary . The dan- gerous defign of crufhing the Eng- lifh naval ...
... afford a colouring , was either fo predominant that it could not be entirely concealed , or things were now fuppofed to be in fuch fituation as rendered con- cealment unneceffary . The dan- gerous defign of crufhing the Eng- lifh naval ...
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