Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 4Nathaniel Chapman Hopkins and Earle, 1807 - Great Britain |
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... given their attention more particu- larly to the case of the African negroes , will be the first to feel the complicated horrour of this detestable project of massacre and desolation . An abrupt emancipation of the slaves in the West ...
... given their attention more particu- larly to the case of the African negroes , will be the first to feel the complicated horrour of this detestable project of massacre and desolation . An abrupt emancipation of the slaves in the West ...
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... given to our generals , to assemble the people , to consult their wish , to enable them to express it freely , to re- spect it when expressed : such was our tyranny ! The Belgians themselves form , and alone will form their constitution ...
... given to our generals , to assemble the people , to consult their wish , to enable them to express it freely , to re- spect it when expressed : such was our tyranny ! The Belgians themselves form , and alone will form their constitution ...
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... given them no ground of offence . Such are the various proofs and occurrences which tend to confirm those impressions of the designs of France , in consequence of which we thought it our duty to enable his majesty to augment his forces ...
... given them no ground of offence . Such are the various proofs and occurrences which tend to confirm those impressions of the designs of France , in consequence of which we thought it our duty to enable his majesty to augment his forces ...
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... given her the absolute control over the commerce of that sea , and the undisputed com- mand of whatever resources could be drawn from the countries which border upon it . This was our situa- tion at the opening of the campaign . It was ...
... given her the absolute control over the commerce of that sea , and the undisputed com- mand of whatever resources could be drawn from the countries which border upon it . This was our situa- tion at the opening of the campaign . It was ...
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... given by Cambon , were become necessary to the support of their declin- ing finances , and added what was thus taken from them to the strength of our allies . Brissot says , that " the evacuation of Belgium tarnished the glory of the ...
... given by Cambon , were become necessary to the support of their declin- ing finances , and added what was thus taken from them to the strength of our allies . Brissot says , that " the evacuation of Belgium tarnished the glory of the ...
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