History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles: 1713-1783Tauchnitz, 1854 |
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... whole matter to the most serious con- sideration of both Houses . On the 14th of the same month Lord North brought in the measure commonly known by the name of the Boston Port Bill . The preamble declared that in the present condition ...
... whole matter to the most serious con- sideration of both Houses . On the 14th of the same month Lord North brought in the measure commonly known by the name of the Boston Port Bill . The preamble declared that in the present condition ...
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... whole . Thus likewise " at Glasgow , when the house of Mr. Campbell was pulled " down , part of the revenue of that town was sequestered " to make good the damage . " But no doubt the main argument of Lord North and with his hearers lay ...
... whole . Thus likewise " at Glasgow , when the house of Mr. Campbell was pulled " down , part of the revenue of that town was sequestered " to make good the damage . " But no doubt the main argument of Lord North and with his hearers lay ...
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... whole marked by moderation , combined with dignity and firmness . They indeed go the length of approving in word the Resolves of the Suffolk County meeting , but them- selves avoided the violence which that meeting had dis- played ...
... whole marked by moderation , combined with dignity and firmness . They indeed go the length of approving in word the Resolves of the Suffolk County meeting , but them- selves avoided the violence which that meeting had dis- played ...
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... whole we hear much less of venality at this General Election than in the preceding one . In most of the populous places where the public feeling could be shown it was shown clearly and beyond dispute on the side of Ministers . Thus in ...
... whole we hear much less of venality at this General Election than in the preceding one . In most of the populous places where the public feeling could be shown it was shown clearly and beyond dispute on the side of Ministers . Thus in ...
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... whole people . * There remained then only the hope , perhaps too sanguine , yet such as full success had crowned in the case of the Highland regiments , to disarm inveterate hostility by generous confidence . With these views Chatham ...
... whole people . * There remained then only the hope , perhaps too sanguine , yet such as full success had crowned in the case of the Highland regiments , to disarm inveterate hostility by generous confidence . With these views Chatham ...
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