Pictorial Life of George Washington: Embracing a Complete History of the Seven Years' War, the Revolutionary War, the Formation of the Federal Constitution, and the Administration of Washington |
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... liberty of making from Sir Matthew Hale's Contemplations , " to which we have already referred as forming a subject of Washington's early study , and as exerting a direct influence in the formation of his principles of action . His well ...
... liberty of making from Sir Matthew Hale's Contemplations , " to which we have already referred as forming a subject of Washington's early study , and as exerting a direct influence in the formation of his principles of action . His well ...
Page 95
... liberty as not to invest a power where interest and policy so unanswerably demand it , and whence so much good must consequently ensue . Do we not know that every nation under the sun finds its account therein , and that without it , no ...
... liberty as not to invest a power where interest and policy so unanswerably demand it , and whence so much good must consequently ensue . Do we not know that every nation under the sun finds its account therein , and that without it , no ...
Page 124
... liberty . The celebrated Charles Townshend , who afterwards succeeded to Grenville's office , replied in support of the bill , and after severely reprobating the attacks made upon it by Colonel Barré , concluded by indignantly de ...
... liberty . The celebrated Charles Townshend , who afterwards succeeded to Grenville's office , replied in support of the bill , and after severely reprobating the attacks made upon it by Colonel Barré , concluded by indignantly de ...
Page 125
... liberty to recoil within them , -men , promoted to the highest seats of justice , some of whom to my knowledge were glad , by going to a foreign country , to escape being brought to the bar of a court of justice in their own . They ...
... liberty to recoil within them , -men , promoted to the highest seats of justice , some of whom to my knowledge were glad , by going to a foreign country , to escape being brought to the bar of a court of justice in their own . They ...
Page 126
... liberty , there was time given for its consideration and discussion . The Assembly of Virginia was in session when the heavy tidings arrived . On the 28th of May , Patrick Henry intro- duced into that body a series of resolutions ...
... liberty , there was time given for its consideration and discussion . The Assembly of Virginia was in session when the heavy tidings arrived . On the 28th of May , Patrick Henry intro- duced into that body a series of resolutions ...
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