| GEORGE BANOROIT - 1858 - 450 pages
...repelling the ungenerous thought of turning the course of trade from Boston. "Nature," said they nobly, "in the formation of our harbor, forbids our becoming rivals in commerce to that convenient mart. And were it otherwise, we must be lost to all the feelings of humanity, could... | |
| Jacob Abbott - Indians of North America - 1864 - 328 pages
...in the course of it they said, - " By shutting up the port of Boston, some imagine that the course of trade might be turned hither, and to our benefit....rivals in commerce with that convenient mart ; and even were it otherwise, we must be lost to every idea of justice, and dead to all the feelings of humanity,... | |
| Octavius Pickering, Charles Wentworth Upham - Biography & Autobiography - 1867 - 582 pages
...already sorely distressed people. " By shutting up the port of Boston, some imagine that the course of trade might be turned hither, and to our benefit;...our harbor, forbids our becoming rivals in commerce to that convenient mart : and, were it otherwise, we must be dead to every idea of justice, lost to... | |
| Elias Nason - Massachusetts - 1876 - 614 pages
...in which they magnanimously said, "By shutting up the port of Boston, some imagine that the course of trade might be turned hither, and to our benefit...our harbor, forbids our becoming rivals in commerce to that convenient mart. And, were it otherwise, we must be dead to every idea of justice, lost to... | |
| George Bancroft - United States - 1876 - 660 pages
...repelled the ungenerous thought of turning the course of trade from Boston. " Nature," said they nobly, " in the formation of our harbor, forbids our becoming rivals in commerce to that convenient mart. And, were it otherwise, we must be lost to all the feelings of humanity, could... | |
| Egerton Ryerson - American Confederate voluntary exiles - 1880 - 576 pages
...virtue and patriotism. ' By shutting up the port of Boston,' they said, ' some imagine that the course of trade might be turned hither, and to our benefit ; but nature, in the formation of our harbour, forbids our becoming rivals in commerce with that convenient mart; and were it otherwise,... | |
| John Frederick Schroeder - 1903 - 560 pages
...concluded with these remarkable words: " By shutting up the port of Boston some imagine that the course of trade might be turned hither and to our benefit; but nature, in the formation of our harbor, forbade our becoming rivals in commerce with that convenient mart; and, were it otherwise, we must... | |
| Jacob Abbott - Indians of North America - 1854 - 304 pages
...and in the course of it they said, " By shutting up the port of Boston, some imagine that the course of trade might be turned hither, and to our benefit....rivals in commerce with that convenient mart ; and even were it otherwise, we must be lost to every idea of justice, and dead to all the feelings of humanity,... | |
| English literature - 1774 - 760 pages
...accumulation of evils OD that already foreIjr diftrefied people. By (hutting up the port of Rofton, fome imagine that the courfe of trade might be turned...our benefit ; but Nature, in the formation of our harbour, forbids otir becoming rivals in commerce with that convenient mart. And were it otherwife,... | |
| English literature - 1774 - 750 pages
...accumulation of evils on that already foreiy diftrefled people. By (hutting up the port of Bofton, Готе imagine that the courfe of trade might be turned hither,...and to our benefit ; but Nature, in the formation of eur harbour, forbids onr 'becoming rivals in commerce with tbit convenient mart. And were it otherwife,... | |
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