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and of the Customs, Manners, Morals, Religion, Virtues and Vices of the People: Comprising Also a Complete Series of Historical Documents and Remarks, from the End of the War, in 1783, to the Election of the President, in March, 1801, Volume 9Cobbett and Morgan, 1801 - United States |
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... thousand persons , of whom PINKERTON talks , were actually at the Fort ? The fact is ( and a shameful fact too ) , there are , in all , whites and blacks , men , women , and children , no more than about 320 passengers . There is not a ...
... thousand persons , of whom PINKERTON talks , were actually at the Fort ? The fact is ( and a shameful fact too ) , there are , in all , whites and blacks , men , women , and children , no more than about 320 passengers . There is not a ...
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... thousands , but the death of the thief or the mur- derer never fails to soften his heart . Sympathy is a very powerful passion . - Such is the democratic an- tipathy to a gallows , that I have often observed the caitiffs , when they ...
... thousands , but the death of the thief or the mur- derer never fails to soften his heart . Sympathy is a very powerful passion . - Such is the democratic an- tipathy to a gallows , that I have often observed the caitiffs , when they ...
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... thousands , that daily appear , of the gross ignorance that pre- sides over the American press . - BROWN , poor in- nocent , knows nothing of the work from which the extract is taken ; nay , I much question , if he knows what a REVIEW ...
... thousands , that daily appear , of the gross ignorance that pre- sides over the American press . - BROWN , poor in- nocent , knows nothing of the work from which the extract is taken ; nay , I much question , if he knows what a REVIEW ...
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... thousand Tories , who would not otherwise have been so . - To con- clude , at a time when government stands in need of every friend that it can obtain , it is extremely imprudent , to say the best of it , to endeavour to disgust a ...
... thousand Tories , who would not otherwise have been so . - To con- clude , at a time when government stands in need of every friend that it can obtain , it is extremely imprudent , to say the best of it , to endeavour to disgust a ...
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... thousand seven hundred and nine- ty - four . ( 6 Although I cannot yet congratulate you on the re - establishment of peace in Europe , and the re- storation of security to the persons and properties of our citizens , from injustice and ...
... thousand seven hundred and nine- ty - four . ( 6 Although I cannot yet congratulate you on the re - establishment of peace in Europe , and the re- storation of security to the persons and properties of our citizens , from injustice and ...
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