The Life of James Otis, of Massachusetts: Containing Also, Notices of Some Contemporary Characters and Events, from the Year 1760 to 1775Wells and Lilly, 1823 - 508 páginas |
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... British authority in Massachusetts in May 1774- Vindictive Measures against that Province - Mandamus Counsellors-- Boston Port Bill and Acts in Connection with it - State of Public Feel- ing at this Epoch - 406 424 434 CHAPTER XXVIII ...
... British authority in Massachusetts in May 1774- Vindictive Measures against that Province - Mandamus Counsellors-- Boston Port Bill and Acts in Connection with it - State of Public Feel- ing at this Epoch - 406 424 434 CHAPTER XXVIII ...
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... British min- istry in their experiment of taxing the colonies , that the attention of the people of England was strongly directed to the discussions in this country . The question was to be first settled here , and the friends of ...
... British min- istry in their experiment of taxing the colonies , that the attention of the people of England was strongly directed to the discussions in this country . The question was to be first settled here , and the friends of ...
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... British North American colonies , and especially in Massachusetts , that the statesmen and the politicians of England , were occu- pied , in the attack and defence of the opposite max- ims of government , which they had adopted . From ...
... British North American colonies , and especially in Massachusetts , that the statesmen and the politicians of England , were occu- pied , in the attack and defence of the opposite max- ims of government , which they had adopted . From ...
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... British senate , the finest models of eloquence were produced which modern times can boast ; and it was in the support of these rights , that the greatest statesman of his time , with the truest foresight , wisdom , and magnanimity ...
... British senate , the finest models of eloquence were produced which modern times can boast ; and it was in the support of these rights , that the greatest statesman of his time , with the truest foresight , wisdom , and magnanimity ...
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... British statesmen , left their opponents the choice of only this alternative , entire separation or political servi- tude . The crisis had been too long foreseen to de- ter by its magnitude , and too well understood to permit hesitation ...
... British statesmen , left their opponents the choice of only this alternative , entire separation or political servi- tude . The crisis had been too long foreseen to de- ter by its magnitude , and too well understood to permit hesitation ...
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