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Page 183
... colonies , before that time jarring and dissonant , were under- stood , compared , adjusted , and perfectly reconciled . The pas- sions and animosities of the colonies , by judicious and lenient measures , were allayed and composed ...
... colonies , before that time jarring and dissonant , were under- stood , compared , adjusted , and perfectly reconciled . The pas- sions and animosities of the colonies , by judicious and lenient measures , were allayed and composed ...
Page 194
... colonies was of no detri- ment to France , has thought proper to inform us , ' that " they put themselves into the hands of the English . " He uses the same assertion , in nearly the same words , in another place ; 2 ; 2 “ her colonies ...
... colonies was of no detri- ment to France , has thought proper to inform us , ' that " they put themselves into the hands of the English . " He uses the same assertion , in nearly the same words , in another place ; 2 ; 2 “ her colonies ...
Page 195
... colonies into the hands of England ; but he well knows who did put the most valuable of them into the hands of France . In the next place , our author is pleased to consider the conquest of those colonies in no other light than as a ...
... colonies into the hands of England ; but he well knows who did put the most valuable of them into the hands of France . In the next place , our author is pleased to consider the conquest of those colonies in no other light than as a ...
Page 197
... colonies were free to send all their produce to Old France and Spain , if they had any remittance to make ; he will see , that we imported from those places , in that year , to the amount of £ 1,395,300 . So far was the whole annual ...
... colonies were free to send all their produce to Old France and Spain , if they had any remittance to make ; he will see , that we imported from those places , in that year , to the amount of £ 1,395,300 . So far was the whole annual ...
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... colonies lightened the expenses of France , facilitated her remittances , and therefore her colonists put them into our hands . According to this author's system , the actual pos- session of these colonies ought to give us little or no ...
... colonies lightened the expenses of France , facilitated her remittances , and therefore her colonists put them into our hands . According to this author's system , the actual pos- session of these colonies ought to give us little or no ...
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