Thus, at the close of this period, this unhappy country, desolated of its inhabitants, abandoned by its masters, stripped of its artisans, and deprived of all its spirit, was in a condition the most wretched and forlorn.
Burke describes the dire state of Britain after Roman abandonment, emphasizing its desolation and loss of spirit.
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The only difference among their financial factions is on the greater or the lesser quantity of assignats to be imposed on the public sufferance.
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