Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen3A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... most af- fiduous military difcipline , to guard it from being fwallowed up by the one or the other . This ticklifh fituation prefer- ved the inhabitants from luxury and ef- feminacy , the ufual concomitants of riches . Their fuperfluous ...
... most af- fiduous military difcipline , to guard it from being fwallowed up by the one or the other . This ticklifh fituation prefer- ved the inhabitants from luxury and ef- feminacy , the ufual concomitants of riches . Their fuperfluous ...
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... most illuftrious military establish- ment of antiquity is that of the Romans , by which they fubdued almost all the known world . The citizens of Rome were all of them foldiers : they lived upon their pay when in the field ; but if they ...
... most illuftrious military establish- ment of antiquity is that of the Romans , by which they fubdued almost all the known world . The citizens of Rome were all of them foldiers : they lived upon their pay when in the field ; but if they ...
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... most of them for defending his crown against an ambitious adverfary , Henry V. of England . As thefe wars were carried on in the feudal mode , the foldiers , who had no pay , could not be restrained from plundering ; and inveterate ...
... most of them for defending his crown against an ambitious adverfary , Henry V. of England . As thefe wars were carried on in the feudal mode , the foldiers , who had no pay , could not be restrained from plundering ; and inveterate ...
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... most distant frontier , there is little refource against a total conquest . Compare the history of Charles VII . with that of Lewis XIV . Kings of France . The former , tho ' driven into a corner by Henry V. of Eng- land , was however ...
... most distant frontier , there is little refource against a total conquest . Compare the history of Charles VII . with that of Lewis XIV . Kings of France . The former , tho ' driven into a corner by Henry V. of Eng- land , was however ...
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... . Were any difference to be made , perfons of figure and fortune ought first to be called to that service , as being the most interested in the welfare welfare of their country . Listen to a good foldier 24 B. II . CIVIL SOCIETY .
... . Were any difference to be made , perfons of figure and fortune ought first to be called to that service , as being the most interested in the welfare welfare of their country . Listen to a good foldier 24 B. II . CIVIL SOCIETY .
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