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Page 132
... The colonists who had hitherto deferred the pro . ject of independency , which
was fuggested to them by the meafures of the parliament , were now driven to this
ineasure by the violent proceedings that have been already mentioned .
... The colonists who had hitherto deferred the pro . ject of independency , which
was fuggested to them by the meafures of the parliament , were now driven to this
ineasure by the violent proceedings that have been already mentioned .
Page 149
The crimes of the colonists were painted in the strongest colours by several court
writers . Their perjury in breaking t ! leir oath of allegiance to the King , their
ingratitude to their mother country , which had nourished and brought them up
like ...
The crimes of the colonists were painted in the strongest colours by several court
writers . Their perjury in breaking t ! leir oath of allegiance to the King , their
ingratitude to their mother country , which had nourished and brought them up
like ...
Page 163
The crimes of the colonists were painted in the strongest colours by several court
writers . Their perjury in breaking their oath of allegiance to the King , their
ingratitude to their mother country , which had nouriched and brought them up
like ...
The crimes of the colonists were painted in the strongest colours by several court
writers . Their perjury in breaking their oath of allegiance to the King , their
ingratitude to their mother country , which had nouriched and brought them up
like ...
Page 228
for a phenomenon in this last war , which has always at home been represented
as a fact , that there were always more of the colonists killed in every action than
there were of the King's troops . The manner of accounting for this disparity in the
...
for a phenomenon in this last war , which has always at home been represented
as a fact , that there were always more of the colonists killed in every action than
there were of the King's troops . The manner of accounting for this disparity in the
...
Page 250
The royal army in this feigned retreat were guilty of some particular excesses ;
enormities , which were thought to have been permitted on purpose to enflame
the passions of the colonists , and to promote the general design of bringing them
to ...
The royal army in this feigned retreat were guilty of some particular excesses ;
enormities , which were thought to have been permitted on purpose to enflame
the passions of the colonists , and to promote the general design of bringing them
to ...
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| Title | 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 2 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, James Murray |
| Author | James Murray |
| Publisher | Robson, 1780 |
| Original from | the Bavarian State Library |
| Digitized | 20 Apr 2012 |
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