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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... defence of every thing we hold dear . call a provincial convention of deputies , when we should be reduced to a state , dreadful even they shall judge the exigencies of public affairs in contemplation ; for should we prove victo ...
... defence of every thing we hold dear . call a provincial convention of deputies , when we should be reduced to a state , dreadful even they shall judge the exigencies of public affairs in contemplation ; for should we prove victo ...
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... defence , should it ever be invaded by his majesty's enemies , that you acquaint yourselves with the manual exercise , particularly that recommended and enjoined by the captain general - the motions being natural , easy , and best ...
... defence , should it ever be invaded by his majesty's enemies , that you acquaint yourselves with the manual exercise , particularly that recommended and enjoined by the captain general - the motions being natural , easy , and best ...
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... defence of his right ; and so long as this noble attachment to a constitution , founded on free and benevolent principles , ex- ists in full vigor , in any state , that state must be flourishing and happy . It was this noble attachment ...
... defence of his right ; and so long as this noble attachment to a constitution , founded on free and benevolent principles , ex- ists in full vigor , in any state , that state must be flourishing and happy . It was this noble attachment ...
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... defence against the monster slavery . Your fathers look from their celestial Чловиван You then , who nobly have espoused your country's cause , who generously have sacrificed wealth and ease — who have despised the pomp and shew of ...
... defence against the monster slavery . Your fathers look from their celestial Чловиван You then , who nobly have espoused your country's cause , who generously have sacrificed wealth and ease — who have despised the pomp and shew of ...
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... defence of the whole . Can it possibly be conceived , that they would voluntarily be enslaved by a power of their own creation . The constitution of a magistrate does not , therefore , take away that lawful defence against force and ...
... defence of the whole . Can it possibly be conceived , that they would voluntarily be enslaved by a power of their own creation . The constitution of a magistrate does not , therefore , take away that lawful defence against force and ...
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