Speeches and Letters on American AffairsJ.M. Dent, 1961 - 295 pagina's |
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Pagina 89
... force , considering force not as an odious , but a feeble instrument for preserving a people so numerous , so active , so growing , so spirited as this in a profitable and subordinate connection with us . First , Sir , permit me to ...
... force , considering force not as an odious , but a feeble instrument for preserving a people so numerous , so active , so growing , so spirited as this in a profitable and subordinate connection with us . First , Sir , permit me to ...
Pagina 90
... force is , that you impair the object by your very endeavours to preserve it . The thing you fought for is not the thing which you recover , but depreciated , sunk , wasted , and consumed in the contest . Nothing less will content me ...
... force is , that you impair the object by your very endeavours to preserve it . The thing you fought for is not the thing which you recover , but depreciated , sunk , wasted , and consumed in the contest . Nothing less will content me ...
Pagina 166
... force ; and we saw a force sent out , enough to menace liberty , but not to awe opposition ; tending to bring odium on the civil power , and contempt on the military ; at once to provoke and encourage resistance . Force was sent out not ...
... force ; and we saw a force sent out , enough to menace liberty , but not to awe opposition ; tending to bring odium on the civil power , and contempt on the military ; at once to provoke and encourage resistance . Force was sent out not ...
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AMERICAN TAXATION | 1 |
SPEECH AT HIS ARRIVAL AT BRISTOL BEFORE | 64 |
ON CONCILIATION WITH THE COLONIES | 76 |
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