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Page 81
... thought Impregnable against all Valour , except Your Mightiness's , but the ' Mole , Dikes , Bafons and Harbour , are all ' levelled and deftroyed ; a Spectacle full of Es Hor- 1 Horror , and a lafting Monument of your Anger and.
... thought Impregnable against all Valour , except Your Mightiness's , but the ' Mole , Dikes , Bafons and Harbour , are all ' levelled and deftroyed ; a Spectacle full of Es Hor- 1 Horror , and a lafting Monument of your Anger and.
Page 82
... Thought from our Hearts . But scarce had we made a small Settlement of fome few Fa- milies at Mardyke , when the melancholy News reach'd our Ears , of the Umbrage taken a- gainst us at Your Mightiness's Court ; contri- ved by Evil ...
... Thought from our Hearts . But scarce had we made a small Settlement of fome few Fa- milies at Mardyke , when the melancholy News reach'd our Ears , of the Umbrage taken a- gainst us at Your Mightiness's Court ; contri- ved by Evil ...
Page 83
... thought it a good Action to convince all the World of the Ne- ceffity of Demolishing that Harbour , and that Neceffity is very diftin & ly reprefented in the 26th Page of the Pamphlet , called , The Importance of Dunkirk confidered ...
... thought it a good Action to convince all the World of the Ne- ceffity of Demolishing that Harbour , and that Neceffity is very diftin & ly reprefented in the 26th Page of the Pamphlet , called , The Importance of Dunkirk confidered ...
Page 87
... thought had fome Force in it , and I had Reason to be con- firmed in it , when you made Mr. Tuggbe in his Letter to R. S. fay the Harbour is deftroyed . But now , Sir , I am quite of another Mind , and find that the Man had too much ...
... thought had fome Force in it , and I had Reason to be con- firmed in it , when you made Mr. Tuggbe in his Letter to R. S. fay the Harbour is deftroyed . But now , Sir , I am quite of another Mind , and find that the Man had too much ...
Page 95
... thought to speak like a Man of the World to your Eminence ; but believe me , Sir , nothing but Ju- ftice can prevail for any duration of Time , and no State or Prince yet ever fell , but from the Practice of Injustice . To be Unjuft ...
... thought to speak like a Man of the World to your Eminence ; but believe me , Sir , nothing but Ju- ftice can prevail for any duration of Time , and no State or Prince yet ever fell , but from the Practice of Injustice . To be Unjuft ...
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