Three Centuries of American Rhetorical Discourse: An Anthology and a ReviewRonald Forrest Reid |
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... British and French West Indies . In 1733 , Parliament enacted a third type of trade law , the Molasses Act . It imposed a tariff of six pence a gallon on " foreign " ( in effect , French ) molasses , and the tax was to be collected in ...
... British and French West Indies . In 1733 , Parliament enacted a third type of trade law , the Molasses Act . It imposed a tariff of six pence a gallon on " foreign " ( in effect , French ) molasses , and the tax was to be collected in ...
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... British crown , has been invested by a British fleet : the troops of George the III . have cross'd the wide Atlantick , not to engage an enemy but to assist a band of TRAITORS in trampling on the rights and liberties of his most loyal ...
... British crown , has been invested by a British fleet : the troops of George the III . have cross'd the wide Atlantick , not to engage an enemy but to assist a band of TRAITORS in trampling on the rights and liberties of his most loyal ...
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... British naval forces appeared . Rumors circulated that foreign mercenaries were on their way and other rumors told of how British opposition to the New Colonial Policy was about to result in a change of administrations . Amidst the ...
... British naval forces appeared . Rumors circulated that foreign mercenaries were on their way and other rumors told of how British opposition to the New Colonial Policy was about to result in a change of administrations . Amidst the ...
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Puritan Preaching and the American | 35 |
Abrahams Offering Up His Son Isaac | 54 |
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God | 65 |
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