Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... alteration of it . This observation being considered , it will undeniably appear that in framing the late Stamp Act , the Commons acted in the character of representatives of the colonies . They assumed it as the principle of that ...
... alteration of it . This observation being considered , it will undeniably appear that in framing the late Stamp Act , the Commons acted in the character of representatives of the colonies . They assumed it as the principle of that ...
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... A free people therefore can never be too quick in observing , nor too firm in opposing the beginnings of alteration either * Tacitus .レ in form or reality , respecting institutions formed for their THE FARMER'S LETTERS 47.
... A free people therefore can never be too quick in observing , nor too firm in opposing the beginnings of alteration either * Tacitus .レ in form or reality , respecting institutions formed for their THE FARMER'S LETTERS 47.
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... alteration leads to the last : yet , on the other hand , nothing is more certain , than that the forms of liberty may be retained , when the substance is gone . In government , as well as in religion , The letter killeth , but the ...
... alteration leads to the last : yet , on the other hand , nothing is more certain , than that the forms of liberty may be retained , when the substance is gone . In government , as well as in religion , The letter killeth , but the ...
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... alteration which has thus taken place in the state of your Majesty's Dominion in North America , may require or admit of any proportionable alteration in the system , by which that part of your Majesty's service is to be carried on for ...
... alteration which has thus taken place in the state of your Majesty's Dominion in North America , may require or admit of any proportionable alteration in the system , by which that part of your Majesty's service is to be carried on for ...
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... alterations as , by the common consent , and for the mutual interests of both parties , may hereafter be found necessary and expedient . We humbly submit whether it may not be further necessary that the colonies should be required to ...
... alterations as , by the common consent , and for the mutual interests of both parties , may hereafter be found necessary and expedient . We humbly submit whether it may not be further necessary that the colonies should be required to ...
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