Speeches and Letters on American AffairsJ.M. Dent & Sons, 1961 - 295 pagina's |
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Pagina 25
... authority never was disputed , that it was nowhere disputed for any length of time , and , on the whole , that it was well observed . Wherever the Act pressed hard many individuals indeed evaded it . This is nothing . These scattered ...
... authority never was disputed , that it was nowhere disputed for any length of time , and , on the whole , that it was well observed . Wherever the Act pressed hard many individuals indeed evaded it . This is nothing . These scattered ...
Pagina 104
... authority and dignity and charged with the safety of their fellow- citizens , upon the very same title that I am . I really think that for wise men this is not judicious ; for sober men , not decent ; for minds tinctured with humanity ...
... authority and dignity and charged with the safety of their fellow- citizens , upon the very same title that I am . I really think that for wise men this is not judicious ; for sober men , not decent ; for minds tinctured with humanity ...
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... authority and respected its honour . I could not at once tear from my heart prejudices which were dear to me , and which bore a resemblance to virtue . I had then and I have still my partialities . What Parliament gave up I wished to be ...
... authority and respected its honour . I could not at once tear from my heart prejudices which were dear to me , and which bore a resemblance to virtue . I had then and I have still my partialities . What Parliament gave up I wished to be ...
Inhoudsopgave
INTRODUCTION by Canon Peter McKevitt | 1 |
SPEECH AT HIS ARRIVAL AT BRISTOL BEFORE | 64 |
ON CONCILIATION WITH THE COLONIES | 76 |
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