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" The evils produced by his wickedness were felt in lands where the name of Prussia was unknown ; and in order that he might rob a neighbour whom he had promised to defend, black men fought on the coast of Coromandel, and red men scalped each other by the... "
Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review - Page 20
by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1874
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 226

1917 - 434 pages
...but perhaps never more appropriately than to-day, said that in order that a former King of Prussia might rob a neighbour whom he had promised to defend, black men fought on the coast of Coromandel, red men scalped each other by the Great Lakes of North America, and a whole world sprang to arms. Were...
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Bibliotheca Sacra and Theological Review, Volume 3

1846 - 818 pages
...were felt in lands where the name of Prussia was unknown ; and in order that he might rob a neighbor whom he had promised to defend, black men fought on...and red men scalped each other by the great lakes of Canada ;" the scattered villages of New England were laid in ashes by the savages, men butehered, children...
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The Church of England quarterly review, Volume 10

1858 - 516 pages
...wickedness were felt in lands where the name of Prussia was unknown ; and in order that he might rob whom he had promised to defend, black men fought on...scalped each other by the great lakes of North America." The author of such calamities must be justly reckoned among the scourges and curses of mankind. That...
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Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays and Poems, Volume 3

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 1088 pages
...by his wickedness were felt in lands where the name of Prussia was unknown ; and, in order that ho might rob a neighbour whom he had promised to defend, black men fought on the coast of Coromandel, imd red men scalped each other by the Great Lakes of North America. Silesia had been occupied without...
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The interviews of great men: their influence on civilization, by the author ...

Joseph Johnson - 1862 - 360 pages
...was war in all parts of the world. " The evils produced by his wickedness," says Macaulay, "were'felt in lands where the name of Prussia was unknown ; and,...scalped each other by the great lakes of North America." Frederic's first battle was at Molwitz, where he neither manifested generalship nor courage. His army...
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The Empire: A Series of Letters, Published in "The Daily News," 1862, 1863

Goldwin Smith - 1863 - 344 pages
...were the days when, because European Kings had fallen out with each other in the middle of Germany, " black men fought on the coast of Coromandel, and red...scalped each other by the great lakes of North America." They were the days when Adam Smith bitterly complained of the expense and uselessness of the Colonies,...
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The North British Review, Volume 43

1865 - 550 pages
...declarations until the example of the King of Prussia called the whole world to arms. " On his head is all the blood which was shed in a war which raged...scalped each other by the great lakes of North America." i The beginning of strife is like the letting out of waters. It is a terrible question, —At whose...
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The Life and Times of Sir William Johnson, Bart, Volume 1

William Leete Stone - 1865 - 596 pages
...were felt in lands where the name of Prussia was unknown ; and, in order that he might rob a neighbor whom he had promised to defend, black men fought on the coast of Coromandel, and red men scalped by the great lakes of North America."4 1 Proceedings of the court martial, vide Gentleman's Magazine,...
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Studies in English prose: specimens, with notes, by J. Payne

Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pages
...a war which raged during many years and in every quarter of the globe ; the blood of the column at Fontenoy, the blood of the mountaineers who were slaughtered...scalped each other by the great lakes of North America. 4. THE FALL OF THE MOGUL EMPIRE. (FROM THE SAME WOEK.) SUCH, or nearly such, was the change which passed...
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 41

1870 - 972 pages
...wickedness were felt in lands where the name of Prussia was unknown. In order that he might rob a neighbor whom he had promised to defend, black men fought on...scalped each other by the great lakes of North America." As we have stated, Frederick had declared that if any rumor should be spread abroad of the fact that...
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