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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... danger , and provided for fafety aboard the Fowey man of war in James's river , while his Lordship , with the af- fistance of a detachment of marines , converted his pa- lace into a little garrifon , fortified it in the best man- ner he ...
... danger , and provided for fafety aboard the Fowey man of war in James's river , while his Lordship , with the af- fistance of a detachment of marines , converted his pa- lace into a little garrifon , fortified it in the best man- ner he ...
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... danger of falling facrifices to the blind and unmeasurable fury of the people , but that fo far from interupting their fitting , he hoped they would fuccessfully acquit themselves in the great bufi- nefs before them , that he would ...
... danger of falling facrifices to the blind and unmeasurable fury of the people , but that fo far from interupting their fitting , he hoped they would fuccessfully acquit themselves in the great bufi- nefs before them , that he would ...
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... danger from the public notoriety of the com . motions and tumults among the people , as well as from the menaces and threatenings with which they were attended ; befides he complained of the gene- ral conduct and behaviour of the Houfe ...
... danger from the public notoriety of the com . motions and tumults among the people , as well as from the menaces and threatenings with which they were attended ; befides he complained of the gene- ral conduct and behaviour of the Houfe ...
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... danger ; but declared , that it was impoffible he could remain under fo ftrange an influence , and pledged their honour and every thing facred for his fecurity . If nothing could pre- vail , they requested that he would grant a ...
... danger ; but declared , that it was impoffible he could remain under fo ftrange an influence , and pledged their honour and every thing facred for his fecurity . If nothing could pre- vail , they requested that he would grant a ...
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... danger of the members of the coun- cil and house of representatives in fuch a fituation , if on other accounts it ... dangerous attack was meditated against the un- happy people of that colony , and it was therefore their opinion that ...
... danger of the members of the coun- cil and house of representatives in fuch a fituation , if on other accounts it ... dangerous attack was meditated against the un- happy people of that colony , and it was therefore their opinion that ...
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