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An injury which was a juft caufe of war, remains a juft caufc for its continuance, till atonement is offered, or till it is fettled by negociation.
Congressional Reporter, Containing the Public Documents, and the Debates [in Congress] 1812
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Valley of Salt, bounded by low rockjf hills, which form a kind of natural bafin, that retairs the rain dcl'cending from the rocks, together with the water rifingfrom a lew fprmgs, and caufc the whole to b* overflowed in winter.
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But this has long iince devolved on the Gentlemen at the Bar in London, and Commiffioners in the Country; and it is to be hoped without any caufc of regret, cither on the part of the Court or it's Suitors. dant
An Historical Treatise of a Suit in Equity: In which is Attempted a Scientific Deduction of the ... 1796
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This was th. c cnicf caufc that united thf inhabifimts of Rluidc-Ifijnd and thofe of Providence, and made them one people, and one colmv.
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HIS Majefty tftihks proper to acquaint the Houfe, that he has received from the Emperor ftrong aflurances of a difpofition ta niftke the greateft exertions for the ccrmmon caufc, in the courfcf
A Collection of State Papers Relative to the War Against France Now Carrying on by Great Britain ... 1795
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The Catholic writers have abufed Brocardus as an impoftor, and a promoter of wars and infurreftions; but though he might have been the caufc of diflurbances, as fuch men often are, he does 'not appear to have been a knavifh impoftor.
A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an ... Account of the ... 1795
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A fccond, and, as it proved afterwards equally futile and, indeed unjnft caufc was, a more ferious charge of mifcondiidl againft his predecelTor, in having condemned the Advice, his own ftiip.
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Thofe who jaow appear as its friends deny the force of the reafoning of many former writers, be - caufc they have renounced the grounds on which that rea* foning proceeded.
A Vindication of the Doctrine of Scripture,: Concerning the Deity of Christ: in Reply to Dr ... 1794
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Oct* Come, come, the caufc: If arguing make us fweat,
The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of ... 1793
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But rife up in the virtuous caufc Of a fi-ee prefs, and equal laws.
Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry: Selected for the Improvement of ... 1791
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