Orations and Arguments by English and American StatesmenCornelius Beach Bradley Allyn and Bacon, 1894 - 378 страница |
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... regard 15 to the nature of the object is the number of people in the Colonies . I have taken for some years a good deal of pains on that point . I can by no calculation justify myself in placing the number below two millions of in ...
... regard 15 to the nature of the object is the number of people in the Colonies . I have taken for some years a good deal of pains on that point . I can by no calculation justify myself in placing the number below two millions of in ...
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... govern in their place , would be far more chargeable to us , not quite so effectual , and perhaps in the end full as difficult 35 to be kept in obedience . With regard to the high aristocratic spirit of Virginia and 30 Burke .
... govern in their place , would be far more chargeable to us , not quite so effectual , and perhaps in the end full as difficult 35 to be kept in obedience . With regard to the high aristocratic spirit of Virginia and 30 Burke .
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Cornelius Beach Bradley. With regard to the high aristocratic spirit of Virginia and the Southern Colonies , it has been proposed , I know , to reduce it by declaring a general enfranchisement of their slaves . This object has had its ...
Cornelius Beach Bradley. With regard to the high aristocratic spirit of Virginia and the Southern Colonies , it has been proposed , I know , to reduce it by declaring a general enfranchisement of their slaves . This object has had its ...
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... satisfy them at all , you must satisfy them with regard to this complaint . If you mean to please any people you must give them the boon which they ask ; 35 not what you may think better for them , but Conciliation with the Colonies . 35.
... satisfy them at all , you must satisfy them with regard to this complaint . If you mean to please any people you must give them the boon which they ask ; 35 not what you may think better for them , but Conciliation with the Colonies . 35.
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... regard to America . By another Act , where one of the parties was an English- man , they ordained that his trial should be always by English . They made Acts to restrain trade , as you do ; 20 and they prevented the Welsh from the use ...
... regard to America . By another Act , where one of the parties was an English- man , they ordained that his trial should be always by English . They made Acts to restrain trade , as you do ; 20 and they prevented the Welsh from the use ...
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