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Page 10
... enter into the spirit of their interior government , permit me to observe to you , upon a few of the many lines of dif- ference which are to be found between the vices of the Company's government , and those of the conquerors who ...
... enter into the spirit of their interior government , permit me to observe to you , upon a few of the many lines of dif- ference which are to be found between the vices of the Company's government , and those of the conquerors who ...
Page 13
... enter into your senate ; they ease your estates by loans ; they raise their value by demand ; they cherish and protect your relations which lie heavy on your pa- tronage ; and there is scarcely a house in the kingdom that does not feel ...
... enter into your senate ; they ease your estates by loans ; they raise their value by demand ; they cherish and protect your relations which lie heavy on your pa- tronage ; and there is scarcely a house in the kingdom that does not feel ...
Page 29
... entered , would have been sending them to increase the strength of our enemies , and particularly the garrison of St John d'Acre ; for Djezzar was not a man to respect promises made by his soldiers , men also little religious themselves ...
... entered , would have been sending them to increase the strength of our enemies , and particularly the garrison of St John d'Acre ; for Djezzar was not a man to respect promises made by his soldiers , men also little religious themselves ...
Page 56
... enter LAFIN . Laf . Change not my words , my lord . I only said I might be tempted then to right myself— Temptation to treason is no treason ; And that word " tempted " was conditional too , If you were gone . I pray inform the truth ...
... enter LAFIN . Laf . Change not my words , my lord . I only said I might be tempted then to right myself— Temptation to treason is no treason ; And that word " tempted " was conditional too , If you were gone . I pray inform the truth ...
Page 66
... enter the house where these are . The pilgrim- age to Mecca is well known ; they believe that it cures all former transgressions , and hold that a man should set about it as soon as his means are double the expense of the journey . Such ...
... enter the house where these are . The pilgrim- age to Mecca is well known ; they believe that it cures all former transgressions , and hold that a man should set about it as soon as his means are double the expense of the journey . Such ...
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