An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the American United States, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies, Том 1editor; J. Ridgeway, 1795 - 485 страници |
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... foreign parts , that his countrymen were unacquainted with his abi lities and character ; and , though a maritime people , were fo little ac- customed to diftant voyages , that they could form no juft idea of the principles on which he ...
... foreign parts , that his countrymen were unacquainted with his abi lities and character ; and , though a maritime people , were fo little ac- customed to diftant voyages , that they could form no juft idea of the principles on which he ...
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... foreign power from the heart of their dominions , and ren- dered them mafters of all the provinces , extending from the bottom of the Pyrenees to the frontiers of Portugal . As the flow of fpirits which accompanies fuccefs elevates the ...
... foreign power from the heart of their dominions , and ren- dered them mafters of all the provinces , extending from the bottom of the Pyrenees to the frontiers of Portugal . As the flow of fpirits which accompanies fuccefs elevates the ...
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... foreign countries , where fome prince , more fortunate or adventurous , would clofe with his propofals , and Spain would for ever bewail the fatal timidity which had excluded her from the glory and advantages that she had once in her ...
... foreign countries , where fome prince , more fortunate or adventurous , would clofe with his propofals , and Spain would for ever bewail the fatal timidity which had excluded her from the glory and advantages that she had once in her ...
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... foreign country , when it could not in all probability be known that I had done fuch services as might induce your highneffes to remember them . And though I comforted myself with the faith that our Lord would Lot permit that , which ...
... foreign country , when it could not in all probability be known that I had done fuch services as might induce your highneffes to remember them . And though I comforted myself with the faith that our Lord would Lot permit that , which ...
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... foreign state , they de- liver one of those belts ; for if this ceremony fhould be omitted , all that they have said passes for nothing . Those belts are carefully depofited in each town , as the public records of the nation ; and to ...
... foreign state , they de- liver one of those belts ; for if this ceremony fhould be omitted , all that they have said passes for nothing . Those belts are carefully depofited in each town , as the public records of the nation ; and to ...
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