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" ... it is folly in one nation to look for disinterested favors from another: that it must pay with a portion of its independence for whatever it may accept under that character; that by such acceptance, it may place itself in the condition of having given... "
The Senator; or, Clarendon's parliamentary chronicle - Page xli
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The Monthly Magazine, Volume 2

1796 - 580 pages
...may place itfelf in the condition of having given equivalents for nominal favours, and yet of being reproached with ingratitude for not giving more. There can be no greater error than to expeit, or calculate upon reil favours from nation to nation. It is an illufiun which experience mud...
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The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and ...

1797 - 846 pages
...may place itfelf in the condition of having given equivalents for nominal Javours, and yet of being reproached with ingratitude for not giving more. There can be no greater error thaa to expeft or calculate upon real favours from nation to nation. It is an illufion which experience...
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A New and Complete System of Universal Geography: Describing Asia ..., Volume 4

John Payne, James Hardie - 1799 - 662 pages
...niiy place itfelf in the condition of having given equivalents for nominal favours, and yetof being reproached with ingratitude for not giving more. There...than to expect, or calculate, upon real favours from cation to nation. 'T» an illuüon which experience mult cure, which a juft prid« ought lo difcard....
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Washington's Political Legacies: To which is Annexed an Appendix, Containing ...

George Washington - 1800 - 240 pages
...may place itself in the condition of having given equivalents for nominal favours, and yet of being reproached with ingratitude for not giving more. There...calculate, upon real favours from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard. IN offering to you,...
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The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year, Volume 38

Edmund Burke - 1800 - 788 pages
...for nominal favours, and yet ot being reproached •with ingratitude for not giving more. There cau be no greater error than to expect or calculate upon real favours from nation to nation. It is an illufion which experience muft cure; which a jult pride ouglit to difcard. in offering to...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and ..., Volume 38

1800 - 776 pages
...гшу place itfelf in the condition of having given equivalents for nominal favours, and yet of being reproached with ingratitude for not giving more. There can be no greater error than to expeft or calculate upon real favours from nation to nation. It is an illulion which experience mull...
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Annual Register, Volume 38

Edmund Burke - 1800 - 786 pages
...may place itfelf in the condition of having given equivalents for nominal favours, and yet of being reproached with ingratitude for not giving more. There can be no greater error than to expe6t or calculate upon real favours from nation to nation. It is an illufion which experience muft...
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Washington's Political Legacies: To which is Annexed an Appendix, Containing ...

George Washington - 1800 - 232 pages
...may place itself in the condition of having given equivalents for nominal favours, and yet of being reproached with ingratitude for not giving more. There can be no greater error than to expeft, or calculate, upon real favours from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must...
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Porcupine's Works: Containing Various Writings and Selections ..., Volume 4

William Cobbett - 1801 - 586 pages
...may place itself in the condition of having given equivalents for nominal favours, and yet of being reproached with ingratitude for not giving more. There...calculate upon real favours from nation to nation. 'Tis an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard. " In offering to...
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A Defence of the Measures of the Administration of ..., Volume 40, Issue 3

John Taylor - 1804 - 148 pages
...may place itself in the condition of having given equivalents for nominal favors, and yet of being reproached with ingratitude for not giving more. There...greater error than to expect, or calculate upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought...
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