An Impartial History of the Present War in America: Containing an Account of Its Rise and Progress, the Political Springs Thereof, with Its Various Successes and Disappointments, on Both Sides. By the Rev. James Murray, ...T. Robson, Head of the Groat-Market, R. Baldwin, No. 47, Pater-noster-Row, London, N. Frobisher, York, C. Elliot, Edinburgh, and Dunlop and Wilson, Glasgow, 1780 - United States - 575 pages |
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... formed by caprice , nurfed by policy , and manumitted by public authority ; when yet this unnatural creature of fancy , instead of promoting public or private happi- nefs , is the torment of the poffeffor , and the univerfal bane of all ...
... formed by caprice , nurfed by policy , and manumitted by public authority ; when yet this unnatural creature of fancy , instead of promoting public or private happi- nefs , is the torment of the poffeffor , and the univerfal bane of all ...
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... formed before , were obliged ig- . nominiously to drop it , for want of credit and capacity to carry it on ; and ratified a peace as inglorious as the war had been fuccefsful . Though an indifferent peace . is preferable to even a ...
... formed before , were obliged ig- . nominiously to drop it , for want of credit and capacity to carry it on ; and ratified a peace as inglorious as the war had been fuccefsful . Though an indifferent peace . is preferable to even a ...
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... formed upon the principles of their ancestors , were not to be managed in the fame manner as people rendered foft and effeminate , by importing the luxuries and vices of all nations under the fun . The mi- niftry were unfortunate in the ...
... formed upon the principles of their ancestors , were not to be managed in the fame manner as people rendered foft and effeminate , by importing the luxuries and vices of all nations under the fun . The mi- niftry were unfortunate in the ...
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... formed their practice upon fome modern British precedents , pretended to have been ufed through the law of neceffity . Had the Ameri- cans at this time been in the fame fituation with the fubjects of the mother - country , and agreed by ...
... formed their practice upon fome modern British precedents , pretended to have been ufed through the law of neceffity . Had the Ameri- cans at this time been in the fame fituation with the fubjects of the mother - country , and agreed by ...
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... formed affociations , and ap- pointed committes , for the fake of a general corref pondence in carrying on the common affairs of the whole body . From these committees deputies were appointed to meet in congrefs at New - York ; and what ...
... formed affociations , and ap- pointed committes , for the fake of a general corref pondence in carrying on the common affairs of the whole body . From these committees deputies were appointed to meet in congrefs at New - York ; and what ...
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