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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... passed under his own auf- pices , when in administration ; and though on abstract legal principles he thought it right , and at the time of paffing proper and neceffary , rather than it should be employed to colour defigns the moft ...
... passed under his own auf- pices , when in administration ; and though on abstract legal principles he thought it right , and at the time of paffing proper and neceffary , rather than it should be employed to colour defigns the moft ...
Page 482
... passed , receiving their fire without any material effect on either fide . They anchored above the town , be- tween Goat - Ifland and Conanicut , but rather nearer to the latter , on which both the French and Ame- ricans had parties for ...
... passed , receiving their fire without any material effect on either fide . They anchored above the town , be- tween Goat - Ifland and Conanicut , but rather nearer to the latter , on which both the French and Ame- ricans had parties for ...
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... passed in oblivion . But on some occasions the publishing of the most notorious facts became dangerous , and were constructed by judges and court lawyers to be libels punishable by law , when the unhappy publishers were severely fined ...
... passed in oblivion . But on some occasions the publishing of the most notorious facts became dangerous , and were constructed by judges and court lawyers to be libels punishable by law , when the unhappy publishers were severely fined ...
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