Annual Register, Volume 1Edmund Burke 1759 - History |
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... Should the French be able to unite Canada to their co- lonies at the mouth of Mififippi by a poffeffion of all that vaft country which lies between them , the En- glish colonies must lose all fhare in the Indian trade in time of peace ...
... Should the French be able to unite Canada to their co- lonies at the mouth of Mififippi by a poffeffion of all that vaft country which lies between them , the En- glish colonies must lose all fhare in the Indian trade in time of peace ...
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... should have a share in the fpoil , on the footing of a treaty for the eventual partition of the May 18 ' King of Pruffia's dominions 1745. made in the laft war . On thefe conditions the King of Poland without actually figning , was ...
... should have a share in the fpoil , on the footing of a treaty for the eventual partition of the May 18 ' King of Pruffia's dominions 1745. made in the laft war . On thefe conditions the King of Poland without actually figning , was ...
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... should be af- fembled , with 6000 men ; a pro- ceeding which he has fince had rea- fon to repent bitterly . Thus were the forces of five mighty states * , each of which had in their turn been a terror to all Europe , united to re- duce ...
... should be af- fembled , with 6000 men ; a pro- ceeding which he has fince had rea- fon to repent bitterly . Thus were the forces of five mighty states * , each of which had in their turn been a terror to all Europe , united to re- duce ...
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... should acquire credit by the execution of them ; as it was fufpected that officers even at the expence of their own reputation , didnot exert their faculties to the ut- moft , left a difagreeable minifterial fyftem fhould eftablish the ...
... should acquire credit by the execution of them ; as it was fufpected that officers even at the expence of their own reputation , didnot exert their faculties to the ut- moft , left a difagreeable minifterial fyftem fhould eftablish the ...
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... this coun- try , his fucceffes by opening to him the nearest road to Vienna , must prove more decifive than they could any where else . It he should fail , the Auftrians were at a dif- tance from fail , 40 1758 . ANNUAL REGISTER.
... this coun- try , his fucceffes by opening to him the nearest road to Vienna , must prove more decifive than they could any where else . It he should fail , the Auftrians were at a dif- tance from fail , 40 1758 . ANNUAL REGISTER.
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