Europe, Or, A General Survey of the Present Situation of the Principal Powers: With Conjectures on Their Future ProspectsO. Everett, 1822 - 451 strán (strany) |
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... obtaining new advantages or securing the old . There never was a period in history when Europe exhibited any thing like the array of military and naval force , which has been habitually on foot for the last thirty years . The 21.
... obtaining new advantages or securing the old . There never was a period in history when Europe exhibited any thing like the array of military and naval force , which has been habitually on foot for the last thirty years . The 21.
Strana 22
... advantage may be ob- tained at less cost from the gentler operations of nature . They look with distrust and apprehension upon revolutions , however just the principles and however probable the ultimate benefit . While they are waiting ...
... advantage may be ob- tained at less cost from the gentler operations of nature . They look with distrust and apprehension upon revolutions , however just the principles and however probable the ultimate benefit . While they are waiting ...
Strana 23
... advantage of the happy institutions , which they have bequeathed to us , that political reforms may be introduced whenever they appear expedient , without even the apprehension of violence . Without dwelling any longer on these general ...
... advantage of the happy institutions , which they have bequeathed to us , that political reforms may be introduced whenever they appear expedient , without even the apprehension of violence . Without dwelling any longer on these general ...
Strana 25
... advantage respectively in promoting or defeating its general objects . Now it may be taken for granted as a clear proposition , that the whole body of society is interest- ed in the progress of civilization . The happiness of all ...
... advantage respectively in promoting or defeating its general objects . Now it may be taken for granted as a clear proposition , that the whole body of society is interest- ed in the progress of civilization . The happiness of all ...
Strana 26
... advantages from these institutions naturally oppose every thing , however generally beneficial , which tends to overthrow them , on the same principles , which led the worthy silversmiths of Ephesus in ancient times to resist the ...
... advantages from these institutions naturally oppose every thing , however generally beneficial , which tends to overthrow them , on the same principles , which led the worthy silversmiths of Ephesus in ancient times to resist the ...
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Strana 409 - If war should arise between the two contracting parties, the merchants of either country then residing in the other shall be allowed to remain nine months to collect their debts and settle their affairs, and may depart freely, carrying off all their effects without molestation or hindrance; and all women and children scholars of every faculty, cultivators of the earth, artisans, manufacturers, and fishermen, unarmed and inhabiting unfortified towns, villages, or places, and in general all others...
Strana 409 - ... in their persons, nor shall their houses or goods be burnt or otherwise destroyed, nor their fields wasted by the armed force of the enemy...
Strana 409 - ... all women and children, scholars of every faculty, cultivators of the earth, artisans, manufacturers, and fishermen unarmed and inhabiting unfortified towns, villages, or places, and in general all others whose occupations are for the common subsistence and benefit of mankind, shall be allowed to continue their respective employments, and shall not' be molested in their persons, nor shall their houses...
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