Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... appears , as represented by his judges , in the highest lustre and majesty , as supreme executor of the Commonwealth ; and he never shines brighter , but on his throne , at the head of the supreme legislative . This is government ! This ...
... appears , as represented by his judges , in the highest lustre and majesty , as supreme executor of the Commonwealth ; and he never shines brighter , but on his throne , at the head of the supreme legislative . This is government ! This ...
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... 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 measure , and the propriety of it must therefore stand or fall as the principle ...
... 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 measure , and the propriety of it must therefore stand or fall as the principle ...
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... appears to me that there is a clear and necessary . Dis ... tinction between an Act imposing a tax for the single purpose of revenue , and those Acts which have been made for the regulation of trade , and have produced some revenue in ...
... appears to me that there is a clear and necessary . Dis ... tinction between an Act imposing a tax for the single purpose of revenue , and those Acts which have been made for the regulation of trade , and have produced some revenue in ...
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... appear to me to be of the utmost importance to you . Conscious of my own defects , I have waited some time , in expectation of seeing the subject treated by persons much better qualified for the task ; but being therein disappointed ...
... appear to me to be of the utmost importance to you . Conscious of my own defects , I have waited some time , in expectation of seeing the subject treated by persons much better qualified for the task ; but being therein disappointed ...
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... appears to me that it would have been sufficient for the Assembly to have ordered our agents to represent to the King's ministers , their sense of the Suspending Act , and to pray for its repeal . Thus we should have borne our testimony ...
... appears to me that it would have been sufficient for the Assembly to have ordered our agents to represent to the King's ministers , their sense of the Suspending Act , and to pray for its repeal . Thus we should have borne our testimony ...
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