Essays and Letters, Volume 2R. & W.A.Bartow & Company, 1822 - American essays |
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... Spain is owing to national pride , and idleness , and other causes , rather than to the expulsion of the Moors , or to the making of new settlements . 22. There is , in short , no bound to the prolific na- ture of plants or animals ...
... Spain is owing to national pride , and idleness , and other causes , rather than to the expulsion of the Moors , or to the making of new settlements . 22. There is , in short , no bound to the prolific na- ture of plants or animals ...
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... Spain , view the late war upon Holland , which was seen by impartial Europe in no other light than that of a war of ra- pine and pillage ; the hopes of an immense and easy prey being its only apparent , and probably its true and real ...
... Spain , view the late war upon Holland , which was seen by impartial Europe in no other light than that of a war of ra- pine and pillage ; the hopes of an immense and easy prey being its only apparent , and probably its true and real ...
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... a livelihood , when not compelled . And what is there so pitiable in their present condition ? Were they not slaves in their own countries ? Are VOL . II . F not Spain , Portugal , France , and the Italian COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL . 61.
... a livelihood , when not compelled . And what is there so pitiable in their present condition ? Were they not slaves in their own countries ? Are VOL . II . F not Spain , Portugal , France , and the Italian COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL . 61.
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Benjamin Franklin. not Spain , Portugal , France , and the Italian states , governed by despots , who hold all their subjects in slavery , without exception ? Even England treats her sailors as slaves ; for they are , whenever the ...
Benjamin Franklin. not Spain , Portugal , France , and the Italian states , governed by despots , who hold all their subjects in slavery , without exception ? Even England treats her sailors as slaves ; for they are , whenever the ...
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... SPAIN , HOLLAND , SAXONY , AND AMERICA . * Britain . Sister of Spain , I have a favour to ask of you . My subjects in America are disobedient , and I am about to chastise them ; I beg you will not furnish them with any arms or ...
... SPAIN , HOLLAND , SAXONY , AND AMERICA . * Britain . Sister of Spain , I have a favour to ask of you . My subjects in America are disobedient , and I am about to chastise them ; I beg you will not furnish them with any arms or ...
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