Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Том 1W. Brown and C. Peters, 1828 |
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... province , establishing therein an arbitrary govern- ment , and enlarging its boundaries , so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same ab- solute rule into these colonies : For taking away our ...
... province , establishing therein an arbitrary govern- ment , and enlarging its boundaries , so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same ab- solute rule into these colonies : For taking away our ...
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... provincial council ; and what is not a usual attribute of his profession , has trans- mitted the honorable fame of promoting the science and lite- rature of his country . He studied especially the interests of Harvard University ...
... provincial council ; and what is not a usual attribute of his profession , has trans- mitted the honorable fame of promoting the science and lite- rature of his country . He studied especially the interests of Harvard University ...
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... province . From this preliminary notice , we may now pursue him to the scenes of public life ; for his ambition was not long con- fined to the precincts of the counting house , and his private life may be said to have ended with his ...
... province . From this preliminary notice , we may now pursue him to the scenes of public life ; for his ambition was not long con- fined to the precincts of the counting house , and his private life may be said to have ended with his ...
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... province , under pretence of maintain- ing the order of the town , of protecting the officers of the revenue , and of preventing a recurrence of similar commo- tions , introduced , soon afterwards into Boston , several regi- ments of ...
... province , under pretence of maintain- ing the order of the town , of protecting the officers of the revenue , and of preventing a recurrence of similar commo- tions , introduced , soon afterwards into Boston , several regi- ments of ...
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... province was actually sitting to decide upon the lives and fortunes of the king's subjects . Our streets nightly resounded with the noise of their riot and debauchery ; our peaceful citizens were hourly exposed to shameful insults , and ...
... province was actually sitting to decide upon the lives and fortunes of the king's subjects . Our streets nightly resounded with the noise of their riot and debauchery ; our peaceful citizens were hourly exposed to shameful insults , and ...
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