Lectures on the Growth and Development of the United States: Illustrated, Volume 2Edwin Wiley, Irving Everett Rines, Albert Bushnell Hart American Educational Alliance, 1916 - United States |
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... whole government out of frame . * It would be hard if I , that come among you with an honest mind , and a resolution to be just in your interest , should meet with greater difficul- ties in the discharge of his majesty's service than ...
... whole government out of frame . * It would be hard if I , that come among you with an honest mind , and a resolution to be just in your interest , should meet with greater difficul- ties in the discharge of his majesty's service than ...
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... whole administration was marked by rapacity and meanness and by out- rageous violations of ordinary de- cency and decorum . * He was , how- ever , a zealous advocate of the cause of the Church , which he probably used as a cloak for his ...
... whole administration was marked by rapacity and meanness and by out- rageous violations of ordinary de- cency and decorum . * He was , how- ever , a zealous advocate of the cause of the Church , which he probably used as a cloak for his ...
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... whole people , and to use the language of Gouverneur Morris , in a conversation with the speaker , the trial of Zenger , in 1733 , was the germ of American freedom - the morn- ing star of that liberty which subsequently revolutionized ...
... whole people , and to use the language of Gouverneur Morris , in a conversation with the speaker , the trial of Zenger , in 1733 , was the germ of American freedom - the morn- ing star of that liberty which subsequently revolutionized ...
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... whole transaction cannot but be considered a disgrace to the colonial authorities of New York . * In 1743 George Clinton , a younger son of the Earl of Lincoln , became governor of the colony . He at once brought himself into favor with ...
... whole transaction cannot but be considered a disgrace to the colonial authorities of New York . * In 1743 George Clinton , a younger son of the Earl of Lincoln , became governor of the colony . He at once brought himself into favor with ...
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... whole confederacy , oust- ing the Schuyler family , who for many years had filled that post with ability , devotion and honor . Johnson , however , proved equally as just and honorable in his dealings , and was be- loved by both the ...
... whole confederacy , oust- ing the Schuyler family , who for many years had filled that post with ability , devotion and honor . Johnson , however , proved equally as just and honorable in his dealings , and was be- loved by both the ...
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