The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ... to which is Prefixed, an Introduction, Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, Volume 2C.P. Wayne., 1804 - Presidents |
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Page 73
... liberty , and was thought an engine of oppression equally useless and vexatious , which would enable every petty officer of the customs to gratify his resentments by harassing the most respectable men in the province . The ill temper ...
... liberty , and was thought an engine of oppression equally useless and vexatious , which would enable every petty officer of the customs to gratify his resentments by harassing the most respectable men in the province . The ill temper ...
Page 75
... the general court , to impose on the colony any tax whatever ; and also asserting those principles of national liberty , which are found in magna charta . CHAP . II . Not long afterwards , the legislature L 2 GEORGE WASHINGTON . 75.
... the general court , to impose on the colony any tax whatever ; and also asserting those principles of national liberty , which are found in magna charta . CHAP . II . Not long afterwards , the legislature L 2 GEORGE WASHINGTON . 75.
Page 77
... liberty to avail himself , or to decline . And all the duties on trade were understood to be imposed rather with a view to prevent foreign commerce , than to raise a revenue . Perhaps the legality of such acts was the less questioned ...
... liberty to avail himself , or to decline . And all the duties on trade were understood to be imposed rather with a view to prevent foreign commerce , than to raise a revenue . Perhaps the legality of such acts was the less questioned ...
Page 86
... liberty , they met all these hardships with pleasure , compared with those they suffered in their own country from ... liberty , to misrepresent their actions , and to prey upon them : .... men , whose behaviour , on many occasions , has ...
... liberty , they met all these hardships with pleasure , compared with those they suffered in their own country from ... liberty , to misrepresent their actions , and to prey upon them : .... men , whose behaviour , on many occasions , has ...
Page 87
... liberty . Combinations against its execution were every where formed ; and the utmost exertions were used to render as diffusive as possible , a knowledge of the per- CHAP . II . nicious consequences which must flow from GEORGE ...
... liberty . Combinations against its execution were every where formed ; and the utmost exertions were used to render as diffusive as possible , a knowledge of the per- CHAP . II . nicious consequences which must flow from GEORGE ...
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