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... honourable gentleman ' who spoke last , that this subject is not new in this House . Very dis- agreeably to this House , very unfortunately to this nation , and to the peace and prosperity of this whole empire , no topic has been more ...
... honourable gentleman ' who spoke last , that this subject is not new in this House . Very dis- agreeably to this House , very unfortunately to this nation , and to the peace and prosperity of this whole empire , no topic has been more ...
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... honourable gentleman in his historical discussion , without the least management for men 20 or measures , further than as they shall seem to me to deserve it . But before I go into that large consideration , because I would omit nothing ...
... honourable gentleman in his historical discussion , without the least management for men 20 or measures , further than as they shall seem to me to deserve it . But before I go into that large consideration , because I would omit nothing ...
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... honourable 5 gentleman reprobates in one instant , and reverts to in the next ; to that experience , without the least wavering or hesitation on my part , I steadily appeal ; and would to God there was no other arbiter to decide on the ...
... honourable 5 gentleman reprobates in one instant , and reverts to in the next ; to that experience , without the least wavering or hesitation on my part , I steadily appeal ; and would to God there was no other arbiter to decide on the ...
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... honourable gentleman's ministerial friends on the new revenue itself . 1 5 The act of 1767 , which grants this tea duty , sets forth in its preamble , that it was expedient to raise a revenue in America , for the support of the civil ...
... honourable gentleman's ministerial friends on the new revenue itself . 1 5 The act of 1767 , which grants this tea duty , sets forth in its preamble , that it was expedient to raise a revenue in America , for the support of the civil ...
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... honourable friend . His work was not bad in its principle , but imperfect in its execution ; and the motion on your paper presses him only to complete a proper plan , which , by some unfortunate and unaccountable error , he had left ...
... honourable friend . His work was not bad in its principle , but imperfect in its execution ; and the motion on your paper presses him only to complete a proper plan , which , by some unfortunate and unaccountable error , he had left ...
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