Essays and Letters, Volume 2R. & W.A.Bartow & Company, 1822 - American essays |
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... assembly of great men is the greatest fool upon earth . I have not yet , indeed , thought of a remedy for luxury . I am not sure that in a great state it is ca- pable of a remedy , nor that the evil is in itself always so great as it is ...
... assembly of great men is the greatest fool upon earth . I have not yet , indeed , thought of a remedy for luxury . I am not sure that in a great state it is ca- pable of a remedy , nor that the evil is in itself always so great as it is ...
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... the crown , through its governors , to the several assemblies , in circular letters from the secre- * This letter ' first appeared in a London paper , January 7 , 1768 , tary of state , in his majesty's name , setting.
... the crown , through its governors , to the several assemblies , in circular letters from the secre- * This letter ' first appeared in a London paper , January 7 , 1768 , tary of state , in his majesty's name , setting.
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... assemblies , as the money raised in Britain is first to be granted by the house of commons ; that this right of granting their own money was essen- tial to English liberty ; and that if any man , or body of men , in which they had no ...
... assemblies , as the money raised in Britain is first to be granted by the house of commons ; that this right of granting their own money was essen- tial to English liberty ; and that if any man , or body of men , in which they had no ...
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... assemblies , it equally militated against the American principle above mentioned , that money is not to be raised on English subjects without their consent . The colonies , nevertheless , being put into high good humour by the repeal of ...
... assemblies , it equally militated against the American principle above mentioned , that money is not to be raised on English subjects without their consent . The colonies , nevertheless , being put into high good humour by the repeal of ...
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Benjamin Franklin. ten home an angry and aggravating letter upon this conduct in the assembly of his province , the outed [ proposer * ] of the stamp act , and his adherents , ( then in the opposition ) raised such a clamour against ...
Benjamin Franklin. ten home an angry and aggravating letter upon this conduct in the assembly of his province , the outed [ proposer * ] of the stamp act , and his adherents , ( then in the opposition ) raised such a clamour against ...
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