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... French generals and the Minister at War in Paris , which is to be found in the Archives du Dépôt du Ministère de la Guerre , ' published at Paris in quarto ; and the able Life of him , written at the same capital by order of Napoleon ...
... French generals and the Minister at War in Paris , which is to be found in the Archives du Dépôt du Ministère de la Guerre , ' published at Paris in quarto ; and the able Life of him , written at the same capital by order of Napoleon ...
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... French Revolution , and an additional proof of the truth in Mr Hume's words , " that subsistence of government by popular force , from whatever cause arising , can terminate only in the government of the sword . " I felt a strong desire ...
... French Revolution , and an additional proof of the truth in Mr Hume's words , " that subsistence of government by popular force , from whatever cause arising , can terminate only in the government of the sword . " I felt a strong desire ...
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... French Revolution , a new era had arisen in human affairs ; that old maxims were no longer applicable ; and that the lessons of experience had ceased to be more fit to guide emancipated mankind than the events of childhood were to ...
... French Revolution , a new era had arisen in human affairs ; that old maxims were no longer applicable ; and that the lessons of experience had ceased to be more fit to guide emancipated mankind than the events of childhood were to ...
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... French Revolution contained proofs of the identity of the human heart in all ages , and of the eternal applicability of those maxims which experience had taught the thoughtful and observant in every quarter and time of the world . The ...
... French Revolution contained proofs of the identity of the human heart in all ages , and of the eternal applicability of those maxims which experience had taught the thoughtful and observant in every quarter and time of the world . The ...
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... French Chamber of Deputies . In doing so I was always careful to give the arguments against the side to which I myself inclined , as fully and forcibly as I could ; and even on some occasions to add some views which had escaped , or ...
... French Chamber of Deputies . In doing so I was always careful to give the arguments against the side to which I myself inclined , as fully and forcibly as I could ; and even on some occasions to add some views which had escaped , or ...
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