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... thought of departing from that choice until the period immediately on the close of the last war . Then a scheme of government new in many things seemed to have been adopted . I saw , or I thought I saw , several symptoms of a great ...
... thought of departing from that choice until the period immediately on the close of the last war . Then a scheme of government new in many things seemed to have been adopted . I saw , or I thought I saw , several symptoms of a great ...
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... thought , Sir , that the utmost which the discontented colonists could do was to disturb authority ; we never dreamt they could of them- selves supply it , knowing in general what an operose busi- ness it is to establish a government ...
... thought , Sir , that the utmost which the discontented colonists could do was to disturb authority ; we never dreamt they could of them- selves supply it , knowing in general what an operose busi- ness it is to establish a government ...
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... thought it would have been a scandal- ous and low juggle , utterly unworthy of the manliness of an English judicature , to have tried him for felony as a stealer of cows . Besides , I must honestly tell you that I could not vote for ...
... thought it would have been a scandal- ous and low juggle , utterly unworthy of the manliness of an English judicature , to have tried him for felony as a stealer of cows . Besides , I must honestly tell you that I could not vote for ...
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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