Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America, Or, An Attempt to Collect and Preserve Some of the Speeches, Orations, & Proceedings ; with Sketches and Remarks on Men and Things, and Other Fugitive Or Neglected Pieces, Belonging to the Men of the Revolutionary Period in the United States ... |
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... crown , the very name of England saved us ; afterwards her fleets and armies . We wish not to depreciate the worth of that protection . Of our gold , yea of our * Taxation and representation are inseparable . - Chath . Cambd . From what ...
... crown , the very name of England saved us ; afterwards her fleets and armies . We wish not to depreciate the worth of that protection . Of our gold , yea of our * Taxation and representation are inseparable . - Chath . Cambd . From what ...
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... crown of England . Our ancestors ' when they resolved to quit their native soil , obtained from king James , a grant of certain lands in North America . This they probably did to silence the cavils of their enemies , for it cannot be ...
... crown of England . Our ancestors ' when they resolved to quit their native soil , obtained from king James , a grant of certain lands in North America . This they probably did to silence the cavils of their enemies , for it cannot be ...
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... crown , had called his subjects to the field . But pity , grief , astonishment , with all the softer movements of the soul , must now give way to stronger passions . Say , fellow - citizens what dreadful thought now swells your heav ...
... crown , had called his subjects to the field . But pity , grief , astonishment , with all the softer movements of the soul , must now give way to stronger passions . Say , fellow - citizens what dreadful thought now swells your heav ...
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... crown , has been invested by a British fleet : the troops of George the III . have crossed the wide Atlantic , not to engage an enemy , but to assist a band of traitors in trampling on the rights and liberties of his most loyal subjects ...
... crown , has been invested by a British fleet : the troops of George the III . have crossed the wide Atlantic , not to engage an enemy , but to assist a band of traitors in trampling on the rights and liberties of his most loyal subjects ...
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... crown with the idle plume of foreign empire at the expense of the peace , wealth , and very being of a nation ; and ... crowns a man , to be equal to all the armed force of Europe , and therefore they should be able ultimately to effect ...
... crown with the idle plume of foreign empire at the expense of the peace , wealth , and very being of a nation ; and ... crowns a man , to be equal to all the armed force of Europe , and therefore they should be able ultimately to effect ...
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