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Excerpt from The General History of the Late War, Vol. 1: Containing It''s Rise, Progress, and Event, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America
LL the writers on the laws of na~ ture and nations lay it down, as a maxim, not to be departed from, That arms or force fhould never be employed, without an intention thereby to obtain an honourable and laf''ting Peace. But, the Machiavelian politics, which have been Modern adopted by the enemies of our nation, and the Poli''lce dif''turbers of the repofe of Europe, and have pre vailed in the formation of treaties of pacification, within the prefent century, depart from that de firable end of ajuft and neceffary war; and {hew that their intention is nor, in the lea?, to decide the contentions of jarring interefis; to curb the Von. I. B exceed.
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LL the writers on the laws of na~ ture and nations lay it down, as a maxim, not to be departed from, That arms or force fhould never be employed, without an intention thereby to obtain an honourable and laf''ting Peace. But, the Machiavelian politics, which have been Modern adopted by the enemies of our nation, and the Poli''lce dif''turbers of the repofe of Europe, and have pre vailed in the formation of treaties of pacification, within the prefent century, depart from that de firable end of ajuft and neceffary war; and {hew that their intention is nor, in the lea?, to decide the contentions of jarring interefis; to curb the Von. I. B exceed.
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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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John Entick
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ISBN - 9780267459858
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Page Count - 521
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