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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... means difcovered the next morning , when the apparent fecrefy and feeming myfteriouf- nefs of the act , increased the confternation and alarm , among the inhabitants , who immediately affembled with arms , fuch as they had in their ...
... means difcovered the next morning , when the apparent fecrefy and feeming myfteriouf- nefs of the act , increased the confternation and alarm , among the inhabitants , who immediately affembled with arms , fuch as they had in their ...
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... means pro- cured and publifhed ; fevere cenfures paffed upon them , as containing not only unfavourable , but un- fair and unjuft reprefentations , as well as of facts , as of the temper and difpofition of the colony . Thus one diftruft ...
... means pro- cured and publifhed ; fevere cenfures paffed upon them , as containing not only unfavourable , but un- fair and unjuft reprefentations , as well as of facts , as of the temper and difpofition of the colony . Thus one diftruft ...
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... means to have removed every cause of dif quietude they feared that his removal from the feat of government would be a means of increasin the uneafinefs which unhappily prevailed among the people ; and they declared that they would ...
... means to have removed every cause of dif quietude they feared that his removal from the feat of government would be a means of increasin the uneafinefs which unhappily prevailed among the people ; and they declared that they would ...
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... means could be effectual for affording the fecurity they propofed to concur in , but by re- inftating him in the full powers of his office , by open- ing the courts of justice , and restoring the energy of the laws , by difarming all ...
... means could be effectual for affording the fecurity they propofed to concur in , but by re- inftating him in the full powers of his office , by open- ing the courts of justice , and restoring the energy of the laws , by difarming all ...
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... means to afford fecurity requifite for all parties ; and that for the accomplishment of those ends , toge- ther with the great object and neceffary bufinefs of the feffion , he should have no objection of their ad- journment to the town ...
... means to afford fecurity requifite for all parties ; and that for the accomplishment of those ends , toge- ther with the great object and neceffary bufinefs of the feffion , he should have no objection of their ad- journment to the town ...
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