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, Volume 2Robson, 1780 |
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... state of flavery , was a circumftance of an alarming nature , yet . with these causes of complaint the people feemed 10 pay a more than ordinary degree of attention and per .. fonal regard to the Earl of Dunmore , their Gover- In this ...
... state of flavery , was a circumftance of an alarming nature , yet . with these causes of complaint the people feemed 10 pay a more than ordinary degree of attention and per .. fonal regard to the Earl of Dunmore , their Gover- In this ...
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... state their former conduct with refpe & t to his Lordship , and obferved that changes feldom hap- pen without fome fufficient caufe ; that refpect , was not to be obtained by force from a free people : that nothing was more likely to ...
... state their former conduct with refpe & t to his Lordship , and obferved that changes feldom hap- pen without fome fufficient caufe ; that refpect , was not to be obtained by force from a free people : that nothing was more likely to ...
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... state of ill- humour and diftruft on both fides , every day would produce new occafions of difpute and altercation.- Every new occurrence afforded new reafons of fuf- picion , and fresh bickerings happened every day : -— There was a ...
... state of ill- humour and diftruft on both fides , every day would produce new occafions of difpute and altercation.- Every new occurrence afforded new reafons of fuf- picion , and fresh bickerings happened every day : -— There was a ...
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... state of defence . -Thefe were dangerous fteps , the confequence of which iffued in actual rebellion against government , and expofed the colonies to the vengeance of the for- mer executive power . Against the charge of rebel- lion they ...
... state of defence . -Thefe were dangerous fteps , the confequence of which iffued in actual rebellion against government , and expofed the colonies to the vengeance of the for- mer executive power . Against the charge of rebel- lion they ...
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... state of existence to free men , appears to be worfe than none at all , and they would fooner die than live under fuch a flavery , Reafon on both fides would determine the point fpeedily , would each par- ty ftand to her impartial ...
... state of existence to free men , appears to be worfe than none at all , and they would fooner die than live under fuch a flavery , Reafon on both fides would determine the point fpeedily , would each par- ty ftand to her impartial ...
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