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... , and to agree with the honourable gentleman on all the American 20 questions . My sentiments , I am sure , are well known to him ; and I thought I had been perfectly acquainted with I 5 his . Though I find myself mistaken , he.
... , and to agree with the honourable gentleman on all the American 20 questions . My sentiments , I am sure , are well known to him ; and I thought I had been perfectly acquainted with I 5 his . Though I find myself mistaken , he.
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... thought it expedient to repeal five of the duties , and to leave ( for reasons best known to themselves ) only the sixth stand- ing . Suppose any person , at the time of that repeal , had thus addressed the minister : " Condemning , as ...
... thought it expedient to repeal five of the duties , and to leave ( for reasons best known to themselves ) only the sixth stand- ing . Suppose any person , at the time of that repeal , had thus addressed the minister : " Condemning , as ...
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... thought proper yourselves to aggravate , and to display to the world with all the parade of indiscreet declamation . The monopoly of the most lucrative trades , 2 and the possession of imperial revenues , had brought you to the verge of ...
... thought proper yourselves to aggravate , and to display to the world with all the parade of indiscreet declamation . The monopoly of the most lucrative trades , 2 and the possession of imperial revenues , had brought you to the verge of ...
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... thought proper , on that representation , to make a famous address for a revival , and for a new applica- tion of a statute of Henry VIII . We besought the king , in 20 that well - considered address , to inquire into treasons , and to ...
... thought proper , on that representation , to make a famous address for a revival , and for a new applica- tion of a statute of Henry VIII . We besought the king , in 20 that well - considered address , to inquire into treasons , and to ...
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... thought necessary upon the narrow part of the subject , I have given him , I hope , a satisfactory answer . He next presses me by a variety of direct challenges and oblique 15 reflections to say something on the historical part . I ...
... thought necessary upon the narrow part of the subject , I have given him , I hope , a satisfactory answer . He next presses me by a variety of direct challenges and oblique 15 reflections to say something on the historical part . I ...
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