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... had already received proofs of no very difinterested difpofitions in its great Chriftian neighbours , fhould have been to the laft degree alarmed by ments , and rather to fuppofe that he confulted what 2 ] ANNUAL REGISTER , 1788 .
... had already received proofs of no very difinterested difpofitions in its great Chriftian neighbours , fhould have been to the laft degree alarmed by ments , and rather to fuppofe that he confulted what 2 ] ANNUAL REGISTER , 1788 .
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... laft prince of the line of Tamerlane that had fhewn himself worthy of it ) would ferve to recal and reunite that fcattered people , and infpire them with new ardour and confidence to engage in the re- covery of their country . Indeed ...
... laft prince of the line of Tamerlane that had fhewn himself worthy of it ) would ferve to recal and reunite that fcattered people , and infpire them with new ardour and confidence to engage in the re- covery of their country . Indeed ...
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... laft degree dis- honourable and bafe , but that the ceffion of a country to unbelievers , which had for fo many ages be longed to the faithful , would be a direct breach of the laws of the Alcoran , under a due obfervance of which the ...
... laft degree dis- honourable and bafe , but that the ceffion of a country to unbelievers , which had for fo many ages be longed to the faithful , would be a direct breach of the laws of the Alcoran , under a due obfervance of which the ...
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... laft enumerated . The inactive in- dolence under which the grand army at Semlin was fo long suffered to languish , cooped up within the con- fines of a camp , produced exactly the fame effects with the unremit- ting duty and exceffive ...
... laft enumerated . The inactive in- dolence under which the grand army at Semlin was fo long suffered to languish , cooped up within the con- fines of a camp , produced exactly the fame effects with the unremit- ting duty and exceffive ...
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... laft of thefe , having made ufe of the Polish town of Braha as a cover for his batteries , and for the men who worked them , the ferafquier who commanded Choczim , upon this ap- plication of a neutral place to the offenfive purpofe of ...
... laft of thefe , having made ufe of the Polish town of Braha as a cover for his batteries , and for the men who worked them , the ferafquier who commanded Choczim , upon this ap- plication of a neutral place to the offenfive purpofe of ...
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