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... wanting to my friends . I am not fond of attempting to raise publick expectations by great promises . At this time , there is much cause to consider , and very little to presume . 3 I We seem to be approaching to a great B 3 We [ 5 ]
... wanting to my friends . I am not fond of attempting to raise publick expectations by great promises . At this time , there is much cause to consider , and very little to presume . 3 I We seem to be approaching to a great B 3 We [ 5 ]
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... attempt for a ge- neral massacre of suffrages ; an attempt , by a promiscuous carnage of friends and foes , to ex- terminate above two thousand votes , including seven hundred polled for the gentleman himself , who now complains , and ...
... attempt for a ge- neral massacre of suffrages ; an attempt , by a promiscuous carnage of friends and foes , to ex- terminate above two thousand votes , including seven hundred polled for the gentleman himself , who now complains , and ...
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... attempt , an undertaking that would ennoble the flights of the highest genius , and obtain pardon for the efforts of the meanest understanding . Struggling a good while with these thoughts , by degrees I felt myself more firm . I ...
... attempt , an undertaking that would ennoble the flights of the highest genius , and obtain pardon for the efforts of the meanest understanding . Struggling a good while with these thoughts , by degrees I felt myself more firm . I ...
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... ; the West Indian ; and the North American . All these are so inter- woven , that the attempt to separate them , would tear to pieces the contexture of the whole ; and if not entirely destroy , would very much depre- ciate if 38 SPEECH ON.
... ; the West Indian ; and the North American . All these are so inter- woven , that the attempt to separate them , would tear to pieces the contexture of the whole ; and if not entirely destroy , would very much depre- ciate if 38 SPEECH ON.
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... attempt to mend it ; and our sin far more salutary than our penitence . These , Sir , are my reasons for not entertaining that high opinion of untried force , by which many gentlemen , for whose sentiments in other particu- lars I have ...
... attempt to mend it ; and our sin far more salutary than our penitence . These , Sir , are my reasons for not entertaining that high opinion of untried force , by which many gentlemen , for whose sentiments in other particu- lars I have ...
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