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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · 1789
Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · 1781
The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · 1789
All that is human must retrograde if it do not advance.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · 1789
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · 1776
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · 1789
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · 1776
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · 1788
Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · 1781
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · 1776
The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common, quality of human nature.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · 1776
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · 1776
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · 1776
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · 1776
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · 1781
Persuasion is the resource of the feeble; and the feeble can seldom persuade.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · 1789