Porcupine's Works: Containing Various Writings and Selections, Exhibiting a Faithful Picture of the United States of America; of Their Governments, Laws, Politics, and Resources; of the Characters of Their Presidents, Governors, Legislators, Magistrates, and Military Men; and of the Customs, Manners, Morals, Religion, Virtues and Vices of the People: Comprising Also a Complete Series of Historical Documents and Remarks, from the End of the War, in 1783, to the Election of the President, in March, 1801, Volume 9Cobbett and Morgan, 1801 - United States |
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... opinion of the treatment we have received ; to judge whether we have merited the calumny that has been heaped on us , and whether the keeping of us in awe required all the formidable warlike pre- paration of which MAJOR TOUSARD has made ...
... opinion of the treatment we have received ; to judge whether we have merited the calumny that has been heaped on us , and whether the keeping of us in awe required all the formidable warlike pre- paration of which MAJOR TOUSARD has made ...
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... opinion of candid man , be done away by the following certificate . ] " We the subscribers , masters and pilots on board the different vessels from the West Indies , in quarantine at Fort Mifflin , " DO HEREBY CERTIFY , to all whom it ...
... opinion of candid man , be done away by the following certificate . ] " We the subscribers , masters and pilots on board the different vessels from the West Indies , in quarantine at Fort Mifflin , " DO HEREBY CERTIFY , to all whom it ...
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... opinions laid to my charge , which were easily known to come from other quarters ; and any little mistake was laid hold of to injure my feel- ings , and as an excuse for exercising revenge , by dis- continuing papers . A property of ...
... opinions laid to my charge , which were easily known to come from other quarters ; and any little mistake was laid hold of to injure my feel- ings , and as an excuse for exercising revenge , by dis- continuing papers . A property of ...
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... opinions of the people , even then his vanity would be inexcusable ; but the fellow is distinguished , amongst the few who know him , for the very contrary of all this . He comes of obscure parents , he has just learning enough to make ...
... opinions of the people , even then his vanity would be inexcusable ; but the fellow is distinguished , amongst the few who know him , for the very contrary of all this . He comes of obscure parents , he has just learning enough to make ...
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... opinion as yet . " At the first glance , this paragraph seems to owe its birth , merely to a plentiful stock of vanity , and as plentiful a lack of sense . But , though its coun- tenance is marked with the bloat of self - conceit , and ...
... opinion as yet . " At the first glance , this paragraph seems to owe its birth , merely to a plentiful stock of vanity , and as plentiful a lack of sense . But , though its coun- tenance is marked with the bloat of self - conceit , and ...
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