Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788: And the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... whole is not , I believe , benefited by them one groat . ... [ p . 47 ] To say the Parliament is absolute and arbitrary is a contradiction . The Parliament cannot make 2 and 2 , 5 : Omnipotency cannot do it . The supreme power in a ...
... whole is not , I believe , benefited by them one groat . ... [ p . 47 ] To say the Parliament is absolute and arbitrary is a contradiction . The Parliament cannot make 2 and 2 , 5 : Omnipotency cannot do it . The supreme power in a ...
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... whole merits of the cause . Why does not this imagi- nary representation extend to America as well as over the whole Island of Great Britain ? If it can travel three hundred miles , why not three thousand ? if it can jump over rivers ...
... whole merits of the cause . Why does not this imagi- nary representation extend to America as well as over the whole Island of Great Britain ? If it can travel three hundred miles , why not three thousand ? if it can jump over rivers ...
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... whole British dominions . To the King is intrusted the direction and manage- ment of the great machine of government . He therefore is fittest to adjust the different wheels and to regulate their motions in such a manner as to co ...
... whole British dominions . To the King is intrusted the direction and manage- ment of the great machine of government . He therefore is fittest to adjust the different wheels and to regulate their motions in such a manner as to co ...
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