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Page vii
... present attempts , and the grandest and most successful colonizing opera- * In fact , to the time of the founding of New South Wales , when the convict system involved the adoption by England of the centralized methods of France and ...
... present attempts , and the grandest and most successful colonizing opera- * In fact , to the time of the founding of New South Wales , when the convict system involved the adoption by England of the centralized methods of France and ...
Page x
... present place , from being supposed for a moment to impute the greatness of our Colonies , as contrasted with those of France and Spain , to any other element than the municipal spirit which was , in fact , the vivifying principle of ...
... present place , from being supposed for a moment to impute the greatness of our Colonies , as contrasted with those of France and Spain , to any other element than the municipal spirit which was , in fact , the vivifying principle of ...
Page xiii
... present moment , to state briefly by what instrumentality the process was wrought out which produced , in the first place , mutual aggressions , and ended at length in com- plete separation . I say , then , with confidence , that a ...
... present moment , to state briefly by what instrumentality the process was wrought out which produced , in the first place , mutual aggressions , and ended at length in com- plete separation . I say , then , with confidence , that a ...
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... The want , then , which Governor Pownal remarked , but urged on the English nation in vain , is precisely the want of the present hour , and to which I mean เ my observations to point . That which is needed xviii INTRODUCTION .
... The want , then , which Governor Pownal remarked , but urged on the English nation in vain , is precisely the want of the present hour , and to which I mean เ my observations to point . That which is needed xviii INTRODUCTION .
Page xx
... present at that critical point , that we are still hesitating which to choose . A spirit has met us on the threshold of the future , and offers , like the Roman from the folds of his mantle , the old alternatives— Peace or War . We may ...
... present at that critical point , that we are still hesitating which to choose . A spirit has met us on the threshold of the future , and offers , like the Roman from the folds of his mantle , the old alternatives— Peace or War . We may ...
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Page 57 - ... freely and fully have and enjoy his and their own judgments and consciences, in matters of religious concernments...
Page 78 - ... the oaths appointed by an act of parliament made in the first year of the reign of our late royal father, to be taken instead of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy...
Page 118 - And we do further, of our special grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, for us, our heirs and successors, grant...
Page 19 - Contrary in any wise notwithstanding although express mention of the true yearly value or certainty of the premises or any of them or of any other gifts or grants by Us or by any of Our progenitors or predecessors heretofore made to the said James Duke of York in these presents is not made or any statute, act, ordinance...
Page 81 - ... to make, ordain and establish all manner of wholesome and reasonable orders, laws, statutes and ordinances...
Page 52 - ... to the knowledge and obedience of the only true God and Saviour of mankind, and the Christian faith, which in our royal intention, and the adventurers' free profession, is the principal end of this plantation.
Page 12 - ... all those lands, countries, and territories, situate, lying, and being, in that part of America called Virginia, from the point of land called Cape or Point Comfort, all along the sea coast, to the northward two hundred miles, and from the said point of Cape Comfort, all along the sea coast to the southward two hundred miles, and all that space and circuit of land, lying from the sea coast of the precinct aforesaid, up into the land, throughout from sea to sea, west and northwest...
Page 57 - ... the Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England, in America ; and that, by the same name, they and their successors shall and may have perpetual succession...
Page 83 - Commonwealth, to assemble in martial array, and put in warlike posture, the inhabitants thereof, and to lead and conduct them, and with them to encounter, repel, resist, expel and pursue, by force of arms...
Page 68 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...