Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788: And the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... dependence upon Great Britain . The term bye- laws is as novel and improper when applied to the Assemblies , as the expression Acts of Assembly would be , if applied to the Parliament of Great Britain , and it is as absurd and ...
... dependence upon Great Britain . The term bye- laws is as novel and improper when applied to the Assemblies , as the expression Acts of Assembly would be , if applied to the Parliament of Great Britain , and it is as absurd and ...
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... dependence in this manner . ' Dependence is very little else , but an obliga- tion to conform to the will or law of that superior person or state , upon which the inferior depends . The original and true ground of this superiority , in ...
... dependence in this manner . ' Dependence is very little else , but an obliga- tion to conform to the will or law of that superior person or state , upon which the inferior depends . The original and true ground of this superiority , in ...
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... dependence of the colonies on Great Britain was denied in those instances ; but a denial of it in those instances is , in effect , a denial of it in all other instances . For , if dependence is an obligation to conform to the will or ...
... dependence of the colonies on Great Britain was denied in those instances ; but a denial of it in those instances is , in effect , a denial of it in all other instances . For , if dependence is an obligation to conform to the will or ...
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