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Page 191
... measures of conciliation , as only " furnishing America with grounds to erect new claims on , or to hold out terms of pretended obedience and submission . " + In the following month , in the debate on the American prohibitory bill , he ...
... measures of conciliation , as only " furnishing America with grounds to erect new claims on , or to hold out terms of pretended obedience and submission . " + In the following month , in the debate on the American prohibitory bill , he ...
Page 265
... measures of his new coadjutors was scarcely possible ; yet that he should suffer the projects which he could not approve to pass in unassenting silence , might perhaps have been ex- pected from him . But the chancellor had been little ...
... measures of his new coadjutors was scarcely possible ; yet that he should suffer the projects which he could not approve to pass in unassenting silence , might perhaps have been ex- pected from him . But the chancellor had been little ...
Page 296
... measures have been taken to diminish the influence and correct the other abuses complained of by the petitions of the people . " After a long and spirited debate , the motion was lost by a majority of fifty - one ; many members who had ...
... measures have been taken to diminish the influence and correct the other abuses complained of by the petitions of the people . " After a long and spirited debate , the motion was lost by a majority of fifty - one ; many members who had ...
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