The Rights of War and Peace: Including the Law of Nature and of Nations, Volume 2 |
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... prevent its acceptance as an exam- ple of elegant writing . Notwithstanding these external defects , it is , nevertheless , one of the few notable works of genius which , among the labors of centuries , stand forth as illustrations of ...
... prevent its acceptance as an exam- ple of elegant writing . Notwithstanding these external defects , it is , nevertheless , one of the few notable works of genius which , among the labors of centuries , stand forth as illustrations of ...
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... prevented by the sup- port and friendship of France . Recalling the commen- dation of the late king , Oxenstiern sought and found in Grotius an ambassador of Sweden to negotiate a new Franco - Swedish alliance . Accepting this ...
... prevented by the sup- port and friendship of France . Recalling the commen- dation of the late king , Oxenstiern sought and found in Grotius an ambassador of Sweden to negotiate a new Franco - Swedish alliance . Accepting this ...
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... prevented by a messenger of the queen who followed him to the port where he intended to embark and induced him to return for a farewell audience . With a handsome present of money and silver plate he took passage on a vessel placed at ...
... prevented by a messenger of the queen who followed him to the port where he intended to embark and induced him to return for a farewell audience . With a handsome present of money and silver plate he took passage on a vessel placed at ...
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... wickedness would triumphantly prevail , and the world would be deluged with crimes , which , even under the best established governments , are with so much diffi- If then it had been the culty prevented or restrained 44 HUGO GROTIUS.
... wickedness would triumphantly prevail , and the world would be deluged with crimes , which , even under the best established governments , are with so much diffi- If then it had been the culty prevented or restrained 44 HUGO GROTIUS.
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... prevented or restrained . intention of Christ to introduce such an order of things as had never been heard of , he would undoubtedly by the most express and particular words , have condemned all capital punishments , and all wars ...
... prevented or restrained . intention of Christ to introduce such an order of things as had never been heard of , he would undoubtedly by the most express and particular words , have condemned all capital punishments , and all wars ...
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