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... Hundred in the famous House of Bur- gesses convened by Governor Yeardley in the little church at Jamestown in 1619 - the first legislative body on the soil of America ; and Jeffersons of the seventeenth century were accepted as sons ...
... Hundred in the famous House of Bur- gesses convened by Governor Yeardley in the little church at Jamestown in 1619 - the first legislative body on the soil of America ; and Jeffersons of the seventeenth century were accepted as sons ...
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... hundred houses and its unpaved streets , across whose deep mud - gullies the pedestrian picked his careful way . But it was the capital of the col- ony , where the burgesses met and where the gov- ernor's mansion stood as the centre of ...
... hundred houses and its unpaved streets , across whose deep mud - gullies the pedestrian picked his careful way . But it was the capital of the col- ony , where the burgesses met and where the gov- ernor's mansion stood as the centre of ...
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... hundred and fifty lawyers , whose trade it is to question everything , yield nothing , and talk by the hour ? " Still , even if Jefferson was not a very enthusiastic lawyer , his success as an attorney was far above the average of his ...
... hundred and fifty lawyers , whose trade it is to question everything , yield nothing , and talk by the hour ? " Still , even if Jefferson was not a very enthusiastic lawyer , his success as an attorney was far above the average of his ...
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... hundred guineas for the one vote needed to kill the resolutions . It was a red - letter day in Jefferson's life one of those rare moments whose influence lasts to the grave . Forty - five years later Jefferson wrote to his friend ...
... hundred guineas for the one vote needed to kill the resolutions . It was a red - letter day in Jefferson's life one of those rare moments whose influence lasts to the grave . Forty - five years later Jefferson wrote to his friend ...
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... hundred and sixty thousand electors in the island of Great Britain pre- tended to give laws to four million in the states ( note the word ! ) of America . When the colonists left England , Jefferson maintained , they carried their ...
... hundred and sixty thousand electors in the island of Great Britain pre- tended to give laws to four million in the states ( note the word ! ) of America . When the colonists left England , Jefferson maintained , they carried their ...
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