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... minds of the colonists with new jealousy , and all sorts of apprehensions , then it was that they quarrelled with the old taxes , as well as the new ; then it was , and not till then , that they ques- 20 tioned all the parts of your ...
... minds of the colonists with new jealousy , and all sorts of apprehensions , then it was that they quarrelled with the old taxes , as well as the new ; then it was , and not till then , that they ques- 20 tioned all the parts of your ...
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... medium , the 30 only medium , for regaining their affection and confidence , is , that you will take off something oppressive to their minds . Sir , the letter strongly enforces that idea : for 20 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION .
... medium , the 30 only medium , for regaining their affection and confidence , is , that you will take off something oppressive to their minds . Sir , the letter strongly enforces that idea : for 20 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION .
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... minds by an outcry , in this House and out of it , that in America the act of navigation neither is , nor ever was , obeyed . But if you take the colonies 20 through , I affirm , that its authority never was disputed ; that it was ...
... minds by an outcry , in this House and out of it , that in America the act of navigation neither is , nor ever was , obeyed . But if you take the colonies 20 through , I affirm , that its authority never was disputed ; that it was ...
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... to quicken and invigorate the understanding , than all the other kinds of learning put to- 30 gether ; but it is not apt , except in persons very happily born , to open and to liberalize the mind exactly SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION . 31.
... to quicken and invigorate the understanding , than all the other kinds of learning put to- 30 gether ; but it is not apt , except in persons very happily born , to open and to liberalize the mind exactly SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION . 31.
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... mind exactly in the same proportion . Passing from that study he did not go very largely into the world ; but plunged ... minds of remarkable enlargement . Their habits of office are apt to 10 give them a turn to think the substance of ...
... mind exactly in the same proportion . Passing from that study he did not go very largely into the world ; but plunged ... minds of remarkable enlargement . Their habits of office are apt to 10 give them a turn to think the substance of ...
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