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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... themselves in the great bufi- nefs before them , that he would render the communi- cation between him and the house as cafy and as fafe as poffible ; and that he thought it would be more a- greeable to them to fend fome of their members ...
... themselves in the great bufi- nefs before them , that he would render the communi- cation between him and the house as cafy and as fafe as poffible ; and that he thought it would be more a- greeable to them to fend fome of their members ...
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... themselves as a free people , and not under the jurisdiction of a legislature where they were not reprefented , viewed all those acts which the Governor was for putting in execution as acts of tyranny and oppreffion , which he for the ...
... themselves as a free people , and not under the jurisdiction of a legislature where they were not reprefented , viewed all those acts which the Governor was for putting in execution as acts of tyranny and oppreffion , which he for the ...
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... themselves into it , was no lefs than Lord Dunmore's could be upon 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 ...
... themselves into it , was no lefs than Lord Dunmore's could be upon 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 ...
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... themselves by tracing the mea- , fures of government that led to the prefent unhappy flate of public affairs . They fet forth the cause of their meeting , and fhewed the neceffity of immedi- ately putting the country in a state of ...
... themselves by tracing the mea- , fures of government that led to the prefent unhappy flate of public affairs . They fet forth the cause of their meeting , and fhewed the neceffity of immedi- ately putting the country in a state of ...
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... themselves in the right , and their argu- ments will always partake of that colouring which is neareft to private intereft . Perfons who have been educated from their infancy in ideas of royal preroga- tive and the omnipotence of ...
... themselves in the right , and their argu- ments will always partake of that colouring which is neareft to private intereft . Perfons who have been educated from their infancy in ideas of royal preroga- tive and the omnipotence of ...
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