Essays and Letters, Volume 2R. & W.A.Bartow & Company, 1822 - American essays |
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... its own people , and diminishing its neighbours . 17. Some European nations prudently refuse to con sume the manufactures of East India : -they should likewise forbid them to their colonies ; for the gain COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL .
... its own people , and diminishing its neighbours . 17. Some European nations prudently refuse to con sume the manufactures of East India : -they should likewise forbid them to their colonies ; for the gain COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL .
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... service , for which he refused to be paid . My wife , understanding that he had a daughter , sent her a present of a new - fashioned cap . Three years after , this skipper being at my house with an COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL . 333.
... service , for which he refused to be paid . My wife , understanding that he had a daughter , sent her a present of a new - fashioned cap . Three years after , this skipper being at my house with an COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL . 333.
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... for such wages as they think fit to allow , and punish them if they refuse ? Our author tells us that it is " legal . " I VOL . II . E have not law enough to dispute his authorities , but COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL . 49.
... for such wages as they think fit to allow , and punish them if they refuse ? Our author tells us that it is " legal . " I VOL . II . E have not law enough to dispute his authorities , but COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL . 49.
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... refuse , and the magistrate will protect him in his refusal . The slavery then of a soldier is worse than that of a negro ! A conscientious officer , if not restrained by the apprehension of its being imputed to another cause , may ...
... refuse , and the magistrate will protect him in his refusal . The slavery then of a soldier is worse than that of a negro ! A conscientious officer , if not restrained by the apprehension of its being imputed to another cause , may ...
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... refusal ) all the powers of legislation , till it should have complied with that act : the news of which greatly alarmed the people every where in America , as the language of such an act seemed to them to be - obey implicitly laws made ...
... refusal ) all the powers of legislation , till it should have complied with that act : the news of which greatly alarmed the people every where in America , as the language of such an act seemed to them to be - obey implicitly laws made ...
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