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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... nature , yet . with these causes of complaint the people feemed 10 pay a more than ordinary degree of attention and per .. fonal regard to the Earl of Dunmore , their Gover- In this ftate of affairs however the want of a legal affembly ...
... nature , yet . with these causes of complaint the people feemed 10 pay a more than ordinary degree of attention and per .. fonal regard to the Earl of Dunmore , their Gover- In this ftate of affairs however the want of a legal affembly ...
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... nature and tendency , fpread a general alarm throughout the colony , and excited a fort of abhorrence of government , and an incurable fufpicion of its defigns .-- Several public meetings were now held in different counties , in all ...
... nature and tendency , fpread a general alarm throughout the colony , and excited a fort of abhorrence of government , and an incurable fufpicion of its defigns .-- Several public meetings were now held in different counties , in all ...
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... natural disorders , fo it appeared now in Virginia , every thing tended to one common cen- tre of diftruft , jealoufy , and difcontent . The copy of fome letters from the Governor to the minifter of the American department were by fome ...
... natural disorders , fo it appeared now in Virginia , every thing tended to one common cen- tre of diftruft , jealoufy , and difcontent . The copy of fome letters from the Governor to the minifter of the American department were by fome ...
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... nature with thofe that have been already flated ; and they ultimately declared , that as it only changed the form of expreffion , without leffening its burthen , they could not clofe with the terms . They obferved that these were only ...
... nature with thofe that have been already flated ; and they ultimately declared , that as it only changed the form of expreffion , without leffening its burthen , they could not clofe with the terms . They obferved that these were only ...
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... nature is faid to be , it is ma- nifeft , that provided men were to have the tutorage which God has provided unadulterated , the common ranks of men would - fhow more virtue than thofe un- der der the influence of the greateft ...
... nature is faid to be , it is ma- nifeft , that provided men were to have the tutorage which God has provided unadulterated , the common ranks of men would - fhow more virtue than thofe un- der der the influence of the greateft ...
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