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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... land , otherwise it degenerates into fervile adulation , and issues in actual flavery . Almost every viceroy lays claim to dignity and dominion equal to the Sovereign himself , and is more difgufted at oppo- fition to his power and ...
... land , otherwise it degenerates into fervile adulation , and issues in actual flavery . Almost every viceroy lays claim to dignity and dominion equal to the Sovereign himself , and is more difgufted at oppo- fition to his power and ...
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... land . To have put themselves into the hands and power of an enraged Governor , whỏ had declared them guilty of rebellion , and threatened them with military laws , would have been an inftance of imprudence unworthy of any people of ...
... land . To have put themselves into the hands and power of an enraged Governor , whỏ had declared them guilty of rebellion , and threatened them with military laws , would have been an inftance of imprudence unworthy of any people of ...
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... land , nor the fhips to hold any corre fpondence with the fhore . In the courfe of the de- bate which arofe upon this occafion , fome officers . belonging to the colony were feized and detained on board the ships , and their release ...
... land , nor the fhips to hold any corre fpondence with the fhore . In the courfe of the de- bate which arofe upon this occafion , fome officers . belonging to the colony were feized and detained on board the ships , and their release ...
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... land for- ces . The openness and mildness of the winter difappoint- ed thofe fanguine hopes ; for the weather was uncom- monly mild , and the frofts had none of these effects which they fanguinely expected . Their expectation probably ...
... land for- ces . The openness and mildness of the winter difappoint- ed thofe fanguine hopes ; for the weather was uncom- monly mild , and the frofts had none of these effects which they fanguinely expected . Their expectation probably ...
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... land , where fpiritual agency is supposed to fup- ply the place of bodily exertions . They could not however but confider , that they were now dealing with a people that were in earnest , and who were not inferior to themselves in ...
... land , where fpiritual agency is supposed to fup- ply the place of bodily exertions . They could not however but confider , that they were now dealing with a people that were in earnest , and who were not inferior to themselves in ...
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