History of the American Revolution: With a Preliminary View of the Character and Principles of the Colonists, and Their Controversies with Great BritainN. Hickman, 1834 - 372 páginas |
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... directed by experience , have gradually - sometimes by vio- lence , and sometimes by natural operations imperceptibly , - raised the moral character of nations , and finally enlisted knowledge on the side to which it naturally belongs ...
... directed by experience , have gradually - sometimes by vio- lence , and sometimes by natural operations imperceptibly , - raised the moral character of nations , and finally enlisted knowledge on the side to which it naturally belongs ...
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... directed the com- manders of the public vessels , stationed on the coast , to act as revenue officers - to arrest , search , and confiscate all vessels engaged in contraband commerce . The most deplorable effects followed . The naval ...
... directed the com- manders of the public vessels , stationed on the coast , to act as revenue officers - to arrest , search , and confiscate all vessels engaged in contraband commerce . The most deplorable effects followed . The naval ...
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... directed them in energetic language , " to use con- stantly " their " power and influence to maintain the invalu- able rights and privileges of the province , as well those which are derived by the royal charter , " as those which ...
... directed them in energetic language , " to use con- stantly " their " power and influence to maintain the invalu- able rights and privileges of the province , as well those which are derived by the royal charter , " as those which ...
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... directing all officers to proceed in the execution of their offices as usual , not- withstanding the stamp act ; and pledging the assembly to " indemnify them , and keep them harmless , " in such a course of conduct . be One instance of ...
... directing all officers to proceed in the execution of their offices as usual , not- withstanding the stamp act ; and pledging the assembly to " indemnify them , and keep them harmless , " in such a course of conduct . be One instance of ...
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... directing him to ' require ' of the house of representatives , in his ma- jesty's name , to rescind the resolution ... directed , if the house refused , to dissolve them , and report to the king , that measures might be taken for the ...
... directing him to ' require ' of the house of representatives , in his ma- jesty's name , to rescind the resolution ... directed , if the house refused , to dissolve them , and report to the king , that measures might be taken for the ...
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