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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... gives an eminent proof of their affinity , under all circumstances , and in despite of all personal pas- sions , individual influences , and temporary delusions . The selfish principle peculiar to the age , and the selfish principle of ...
... gives an eminent proof of their affinity , under all circumstances , and in despite of all personal pas- sions , individual influences , and temporary delusions . The selfish principle peculiar to the age , and the selfish principle of ...
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... give the colonial legisla- tures the opportunity of proposing some plan acceptable to themselves . He ingeniously intimated , as a proof of his friendship to them , that by timely compliance with this hint , they might establish it as a ...
... give the colonial legisla- tures the opportunity of proposing some plan acceptable to themselves . He ingeniously intimated , as a proof of his friendship to them , that by timely compliance with this hint , they might establish it as a ...
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... give occasions for doubt as to what was the leading object , and to unite apparently in the same enactments , revenue and regulation . Sometimes acts clearly commercial in their purport , were complained of heavily , as levying taxes ...
... give occasions for doubt as to what was the leading object , and to unite apparently in the same enactments , revenue and regulation . Sometimes acts clearly commercial in their purport , were complained of heavily , as levying taxes ...
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... give and grant , therefore , we give and grant what is our own , but can we give and grant the property of the Commons of America ? It is an absurdity in terms . There is an idea in some , that the Colonies are virtually represented in ...
... give and grant , therefore , we give and grant what is our own , but can we give and grant the property of the Commons of America ? It is an absurdity in terms . There is an idea in some , that the Colonies are virtually represented in ...
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... give away the estates of the colonists , without their consent . " In the midst of these excitements , which were still in- creasing in violence , the stamp act congress met at New- York on the second Tuesday in October . Nine colonies ...
... give away the estates of the colonists , without their consent . " In the midst of these excitements , which were still in- creasing in violence , the stamp act congress met at New- York on the second Tuesday in October . Nine colonies ...
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