The Dangers of the CountrySamuel F. Bradford, 1807 - 142 páginas |
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... tion . The report that Toussaint was tortured to death , with a view to extort a discovery of the treasures which he was supposed to have hid in St. Domingo , and that his hapless wife shared the same fate , seems not to be improbable ...
... tion . The report that Toussaint was tortured to death , with a view to extort a discovery of the treasures which he was supposed to have hid in St. Domingo , and that his hapless wife shared the same fate , seems not to be improbable ...
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... tion of inexhaustible spoil , and abetted by a long cherished lust of vengeance , would take its most direful range ; and horrors would ensue , at the report of which our fellow vassals on the continent might stand aghast , forgetting ...
... tion of inexhaustible spoil , and abetted by a long cherished lust of vengeance , would take its most direful range ; and horrors would ensue , at the report of which our fellow vassals on the continent might stand aghast , forgetting ...
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... tion in favour of our commerce . He would have no commercial treaties with us whatever . And here I must own myself quite at a loss to comprehend the views of those , who regard the interests of our commerce and ma- nufactures , as ...
... tion in favour of our commerce . He would have no commercial treaties with us whatever . And here I must own myself quite at a loss to comprehend the views of those , who regard the interests of our commerce and ma- nufactures , as ...
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... tion absolutely boundless : but what can be capable of satisfying the man , who when suddenly elevated from a private station , to the throne of the Bourbons , and possessed of a dominion greater by far than the Bourbons ever possessed ...
... tion absolutely boundless : but what can be capable of satisfying the man , who when suddenly elevated from a private station , to the throne of the Bourbons , and possessed of a dominion greater by far than the Bourbons ever possessed ...
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... tion of an enemy or a rival ; and such violations of truth , have com- monly been perpetrated in the hope of escaping detection . But the mendacious gazettes of Buonaparte , differ from such secret and par ticular crimes , as open ...
... tion of an enemy or a rival ; and such violations of truth , have com- monly been perpetrated in the hope of escaping detection . But the mendacious gazettes of Buonaparte , differ from such secret and par ticular crimes , as open ...
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