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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... passed by the Provincial Congress , June 21 , 1775 .... 320 , 321 Association formed for resistance to the aggressions of Great Britain , June , 1775 ..... Determination of the people to resist the aggressions of Great Britain , Aug. 5 ...
... passed by the Provincial Congress , June 21 , 1775 .... 320 , 321 Association formed for resistance to the aggressions of Great Britain , June , 1775 ..... Determination of the people to resist the aggressions of Great Britain , Aug. 5 ...
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... passed for raising a tax , that law can originate only of commons in Britain , and the house of rep- resentatives here . The reason is obvious : they and their constituents are to pay much the largest part of it ; but as the ...
... passed for raising a tax , that law can originate only of commons in Britain , and the house of rep- resentatives here . The reason is obvious : they and their constituents are to pay much the largest part of it ; but as the ...
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... passed the Rubicon ; with such as these he humbled mighty Rome , and forced the mistress of the world to own a master in a traitor . These are the men whom sceptered robbers now employ to frustrate the designs of God , and render vain ...
... passed the Rubicon ; with such as these he humbled mighty Rome , and forced the mistress of the world to own a master in a traitor . These are the men whom sceptered robbers now employ to frustrate the designs of God , and render vain ...
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... passed the Rubicon ; fought his way to Rome ; plunged a dagger in her vitals ; impiously trampled on her dearest rights ; and seized on empire crimsoned , execra- ble parricade ! crimsoned with the richest blood of Rome's best citizens ...
... passed the Rubicon ; fought his way to Rome ; plunged a dagger in her vitals ; impiously trampled on her dearest rights ; and seized on empire crimsoned , execra- ble parricade ! crimsoned with the richest blood of Rome's best citizens ...
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... passed all the degrees ing for . And we shall continue to feel it so of fortune , thank God she has found her way long as nature is pleasing and the heart retains to these remote shores , and , if from effects we a feature of innocence ...
... passed all the degrees ing for . And we shall continue to feel it so of fortune , thank God she has found her way long as nature is pleasing and the heart retains to these remote shores , and , if from effects we a feature of innocence ...
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