Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen3A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... state augments the number of " its troops , the neighbouring states of courfe do " the fame ; fo that nothing is gained , and the ef- " fect is , the general ruin . Every prince keeps as many armies in pay , as if he dreaded the exter ...
... state augments the number of " its troops , the neighbouring states of courfe do " the fame ; fo that nothing is gained , and the ef- " fect is , the general ruin . Every prince keeps as many armies in pay , as if he dreaded the exter ...
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... object ; and not the lefs fo by reducing Britain to fuch po- verty as scarce to be a tempting conquest . Our late war with France is a confpicuous inftance inftance of the power of a commercial state , entire 20 B. II . CIVIL SOCIETY .
... object ; and not the lefs fo by reducing Britain to fuch po- verty as scarce to be a tempting conquest . Our late war with France is a confpicuous inftance inftance of the power of a commercial state , entire 20 B. II . CIVIL SOCIETY .
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Lord Henry Home Kames. inftance of the power of a commercial state , entire in its credit ; a power that amaz'd all the world , and ourselves no lefs than others . Politicians begin to confider Britain , and not France , to be the formi ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. inftance of the power of a commercial state , entire in its credit ; a power that amaz'd all the world , and ourselves no lefs than others . Politicians begin to confider Britain , and not France , to be the formi ...
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... state , full of people and of manu- factures . Why were the foregoing fta- tutes , for there were two of them , limited to a temporary existence ? There is not on record another ftatute better intitled to immortality . And now to the ...
... state , full of people and of manu- factures . Why were the foregoing fta- tutes , for there were two of them , limited to a temporary existence ? There is not on record another ftatute better intitled to immortality . And now to the ...
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... state may be overwhelmed be- fore we even dream of danger . Suppofe only , that a British King , accomplished in the art of war and beloved by his fol- diers , heads his own troops in a war with France ; and after more than one fuc ...
... state may be overwhelmed be- fore we even dream of danger . Suppofe only , that a British King , accomplished in the art of war and beloved by his fol- diers , heads his own troops in a war with France ; and after more than one fuc ...
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