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... respect to their freedom . We will begin with those who went out from the ancient Commonwealth of Greece , which are the first , perhaps , we have any good account of . Thucydides , that grave and judicious historian , says of them ...
... respect to their freedom . We will begin with those who went out from the ancient Commonwealth of Greece , which are the first , perhaps , we have any good account of . Thucydides , that grave and judicious historian , says of them ...
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... respect to , and shyw a filial dependance on the commonwealth from whence it sprung . Thucidides again tells us that the Corinthians complained of the Corcyrans " from whom , though a colony of their own , they had received some ...
... respect to , and shyw a filial dependance on the commonwealth from whence it sprung . Thucidides again tells us that the Corinthians complained of the Corcyrans " from whom , though a colony of their own , they had received some ...
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... respect to raising money in the colonies . It was well known that the colonists univer- sally were of opinion that no money could be levied from English subjects but by their own consent , given by themselves or their chosen ...
... respect to raising money in the colonies . It was well known that the colonists univer- sally were of opinion that no money could be levied from English subjects but by their own consent , given by themselves or their chosen ...
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... respect and love for this country they had long borne , and seemed almost willing to forget . They reflected how lightly the interest of all America had been es- timated here , when the interests of a few of the inhabitants of Great ...
... respect and love for this country they had long borne , and seemed almost willing to forget . They reflected how lightly the interest of all America had been es- timated here , when the interests of a few of the inhabitants of Great ...
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... respect and love , so that we could at any time freely have spent our lives and little fortunes in its cause ; but this unhappy new system of politics tends to dissolve those bands of union , and to sever us forever . " These are the ...
... respect and love , so that we could at any time freely have spent our lives and little fortunes in its cause ; but this unhappy new system of politics tends to dissolve those bands of union , and to sever us forever . " These are the ...
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