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... things he had received , and with an en- tire submission to the will of him who first called him into being ? Say , Horatio , are these men equal- ly wise and happy ? and is every thing to be mea- sured by mere fancy and opinion ...
... things he had received , and with an en- tire submission to the will of him who first called him into being ? Say , Horatio , are these men equal- ly wise and happy ? and is every thing to be mea- sured by mere fancy and opinion ...
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... thing be constant in a world which is eternally chang- ing , and which appears to exist by an everlasting revolution of one thing into another ; and where every thing without us , and every thing within us , is in perpetual motion ...
... thing be constant in a world which is eternally chang- ing , and which appears to exist by an everlasting revolution of one thing into another ; and where every thing without us , and every thing within us , is in perpetual motion ...
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... thing to a tittle . Now they tell me , an act of indemnity ought to pass in favour of the m- -y , to secure them ... thing , you will say . But I ask , why a partial tax ? why laid on us farmers only ? If it be a good thing , pray ...
... thing to a tittle . Now they tell me , an act of indemnity ought to pass in favour of the m- -y , to secure them ... thing , you will say . But I ask , why a partial tax ? why laid on us farmers only ? If it be a good thing , pray ...
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On the criminal laws and the practice of privateering | 51 |
A dialogue between Great Britain France Spain | 107 |
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