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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Page 52
... reasons , your excellency can judge better than I whether there be any weight in them , and the fhortness of the time al- lowed me , will , I hope , in fome degree excufe the imperfections of this fcrawl . " With the greatest refpect ...
... reasons , your excellency can judge better than I whether there be any weight in them , and the fhortness of the time al- lowed me , will , I hope , in fome degree excufe the imperfections of this fcrawl . " With the greatest refpect ...
Page 55
... reason why the English colonists received affistance from Britain , was because the English parliament would not fuffer them to defend themfeves , but wanted to form plans of operation in a country they did not know , to drain a ...
... reason why the English colonists received affistance from Britain , was because the English parliament would not fuffer them to defend themfeves , but wanted to form plans of operation in a country they did not know , to drain a ...
Page 83
... reason to believe that the mini- ftry at this time had the finalleft intention of violating the conftitution , and therefore the arguments brought againft their proceedings , could not have the fame force that they had in the cafe of ...
... reason to believe that the mini- ftry at this time had the finalleft intention of violating the conftitution , and therefore the arguments brought againft their proceedings , could not have the fame force that they had in the cafe of ...
Page 101
... reasons of the prefent conteft , to give fome account of the origin of these colonies , with which we are now contending . Whether all the accounts of the ancients concerning the peopling of America are a- pocryphical or true , I will ...
... reasons of the prefent conteft , to give fome account of the origin of these colonies , with which we are now contending . Whether all the accounts of the ancients concerning the peopling of America are a- pocryphical or true , I will ...
Page 110
... Reason and juftice will readily determine this point in the affirmative ; but what it may be as a point of law , I will not affilm . If the fovereign has a right to grant charters , accor ding to the laws of the empire , one charter ...
... Reason and juftice will readily determine this point in the affirmative ; but what it may be as a point of law , I will not affilm . If the fovereign has a right to grant charters , accor ding to the laws of the empire , one charter ...
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