 Hume thinks himself more easy and light, than he has been any time for three months. In the course of our conversation we touched upon the national affairs. He still maintains, that the national debt must be the ruin of Britain ; and laments that the...  The Emergence of the Eastern Powers, 1756-1775 - Page 4de H. M. Scott - 2001 - 285 pagesAperçu limité - À propos de ce livre
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...debt must be the ruin of Britain ; and laments that the two most civilized nations, the English and French, should be on the decline ; and the barbarians,...Germany and Russia, should be rising in power and renown. The French king, he says, has ruined the state by recalling the parliaments. Mr Hume thinks... | |
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...debt must be the ruin of Britain ; and laments that the two most civilized nations, the English and French, should be on the decline ; and the barbarians,...Germany and Russia, should be rising in power and renown. The French king, he says, has ruined the state by recalling the parliaments. Mr Hume thinks... | |
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...debt must be the ruin of Britain ; and laments that the two most civilized nations, the English and French, should be on the decline ; and the barbarians,...Germany and Russia, should be rising in power and renown. The French king, he says, has ruined the state by recalling the parliaments. Mr. Hume thinks... | |
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 | Paul Langford - 1976 - 280 pages
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...survey of the state of the world, he lamented " that the two most civilised nations, the English and French, should be on the decline ; and the barbarians, the Goths and Vandals of Germany and Russi2, should be rising in power and renown." Half seriously, David remarked that he had set out to... | |
 | Hamish M. Scott - 1990 - 400 pages
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 | James Fieser - 2005 - 468 pages
...debt must be the ruin of Britain; and laments that the two most civilized nations, the English and French, should be on the decline; and the barbarians,...Germany and Russia, should be rising in power and renown. The French king, he says, has ruined the state by recalling the parliaments. Mr Hume thinks... | |
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