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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... laws and constitutions of kingdoms , and the improvements of virtue and science , make a fmall figure in the an- nals of empires , when compared with the ponderous volumes that contain the atchievements of foldiers , and the rife and ...
... laws and constitutions of kingdoms , and the improvements of virtue and science , make a fmall figure in the an- nals of empires , when compared with the ponderous volumes that contain the atchievements of foldiers , and the rife and ...
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... law was a great restraint upon the trade of America . But what is the worst part of this new act of parliament , it ... laws of trade and navigation , was of great advantage to both the colo- nies and the mother country . Thofe articles ...
... law was a great restraint upon the trade of America . But what is the worst part of this new act of parliament , it ... laws of trade and navigation , was of great advantage to both the colo- nies and the mother country . Thofe articles ...
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... law has often little influence : and when they came afhore , it was in bodies too numerous to be called to an account by the civil officers ; or in places where their actions were not cognizable by the law , and where they were certain ...
... law has often little influence : and when they came afhore , it was in bodies too numerous to be called to an account by the civil officers ; or in places where their actions were not cognizable by the law , and where they were certain ...
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... law was made to restrain the increase of pa- per currency , feveral new laws were preferred to en- courage and increase the commerce of the colonies with the mother country . The laws here referred to were , an act for granting leave ...
... law was made to restrain the increase of pa- per currency , feveral new laws were preferred to en- courage and increase the commerce of the colonies with the mother country . The laws here referred to were , an act for granting leave ...
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... laws made by the mother country for their internal government , and that the British parliament had now a prefcriptive right of legislation . It was anfwered that this could no more be brought as a precedent against the colonies , than ...
... laws made by the mother country for their internal government , and that the British parliament had now a prefcriptive right of legislation . It was anfwered that this could no more be brought as a precedent against the colonies , than ...
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