Landmarks of Liberty: The Growth of American Political Ideals as Recorded in Speeches from Otis to Hughes, Ed. with Introduction and Notes |
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... Province of Massachusetts as in a state of actual rebellion . The other provinces are held out to our indignation , as aiding and abetting . Many arguments have been employed by some learned gentle- men among us to comprehend them all ...
... Province of Massachusetts as in a state of actual rebellion . The other provinces are held out to our indignation , as aiding and abetting . Many arguments have been employed by some learned gentle- men among us to comprehend them all ...
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... Province of Massachusetts has at this moment thirty thousand men , well trained and disciplined , and can bring in case of emergency ninety thousand into the field ; and , doubt not they will do it , when all that is dear is at stake ...
... Province of Massachusetts has at this moment thirty thousand men , well trained and disciplined , and can bring in case of emergency ninety thousand into the field ; and , doubt not they will do it , when all that is dear is at stake ...
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... provinces com- panies of soldiers had in fact been equipped and drilled . In Parliament Pitt , Wilkes , Barre , and others had espoused the cause of America in vain . The King and his ministry were determined , in the face of all ex ...
... provinces com- panies of soldiers had in fact been equipped and drilled . In Parliament Pitt , Wilkes , Barre , and others had espoused the cause of America in vain . The King and his ministry were determined , in the face of all ex ...
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... provinces come to general ran- som by bidding against each other until you knock down the hammer and determine a proportion of pay- ments beyond all the powers of algebra to equalize and settle . 6 5 II . The plan which I shall presume ...
... provinces come to general ran- som by bidding against each other until you knock down the hammer and determine a proportion of pay- ments beyond all the powers of algebra to equalize and settle . 6 5 II . The plan which I shall presume ...
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... province of Pennsylvania . In the year 1704 that province called for £ 11,459 in value of your commodities native and foreign . This was the whole . What did it demand in 336 EDMUND BURKE.
... province of Pennsylvania . In the year 1704 that province called for £ 11,459 in value of your commodities native and foreign . This was the whole . What did it demand in 336 EDMUND BURKE.
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