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... system hic proposes for our security His undertaking is great . The purpose of this painphlet , and at which it aims directly or obliquely in cvery page , is to persuade thc publick of three or four of the most difficult points in the ...
... system hic proposes for our security His undertaking is great . The purpose of this painphlet , and at which it aims directly or obliquely in cvery page , is to persuade thc publick of three or four of the most difficult points in the ...
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... system should be formed , actuated by such maxims as are avowed in this picce , the viccs of the present niinistry would become tlieir virtues ; their indolence would be the greatest of all publick benefits , and a distraction that ...
... system should be formed , actuated by such maxims as are avowed in this picce , the viccs of the present niinistry would become tlieir virtues ; their indolence would be the greatest of all publick benefits , and a distraction that ...
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... system , the actual poffeffion of those colonies ought to give us little or no advantage in the negotiation for peace ; and yet the chance of poffefsing them on a future occasion gives a perfect security for the preservation of that ...
... system , the actual poffeffion of those colonies ought to give us little or no advantage in the negotiation for peace ; and yet the chance of poffefsing them on a future occasion gives a perfect security for the preservation of that ...
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... system of politicks ; our ancestors grew great by another . In this manner these virtuous inen concluded the peace ; and their practice is only consonant to their theory . Many things more might be observed on this curious head of our ...
... system of politicks ; our ancestors grew great by another . In this manner these virtuous inen concluded the peace ; and their practice is only consonant to their theory . Many things more might be observed on this curious head of our ...
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... system . And on this point I will join issue with him . If France is not at least in the same condition , even in that very condition which the author falsely represents to be ours , if the very reverse of his proposition be not true ...
... system . And on this point I will join issue with him . If France is not at least in the same condition , even in that very condition which the author falsely represents to be ours , if the very reverse of his proposition be not true ...
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able adminiſtration advantage affairs againſt America appear becauſe better body buſineſs called carried cauſe character charge civil colonies commons conſequence conſideration conſidered conſtitution continued court crown dangerous debt dependent duties effect England equally eſtabliſhment export fact favour firſt fome formed France friends give given ground hands himſelf honourable hope houſe idea importance increaſe intereſt itſelf juſt laſt leaſt leſs look Lord matter means meaſures ment miniſters miniſtry moſt muſt nature never object opinion parliament party peace perſons popular preſent principles produce publick purpoſe raiſe reaſon regulations render repeal revenue ſame ſay ſcheme ſecurity ſhall ſhould ſituation ſome ſpirit ſtand ſtate ſubject ſuch ſupport ſure ſyſtem taxes themſelves theſe thing thoſe thought tion trade true uſe whole