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... at Charlestown having fully answered his expectations , he carried out the
principle on a wider scale in proportion as he found neighbouring colonies in
want of printers . The plan he adopted was to select one of the most competent
and ...
... at Charlestown having fully answered his expectations , he carried out the
principle on a wider scale in proportion as he found neighbouring colonies in
want of printers . The plan he adopted was to select one of the most competent
and ...
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The defence of her Transatlantic colonies was a great expense to the mother
country , and the most obvious as well as effective mode of reducing this , was to
put arms into the hands of the inhabitants , and to teach them their use .
The defence of her Transatlantic colonies was a great expense to the mother
country , and the most obvious as well as effective mode of reducing this , was to
put arms into the hands of the inhabitants , and to teach them their use .
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... struck off upon cards , and printed on hall a sheet of paper , accompanied by
the following explanation of the plate - Great Britain is supposed to have been
placed nipon the globe , but the colonies ( that is , her limbs ) being severed from
her ...
... struck off upon cards , and printed on hall a sheet of paper , accompanied by
the following explanation of the plate - Great Britain is supposed to have been
placed nipon the globe , but the colonies ( that is , her limbs ) being severed from
her ...
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ministry ; and he had been superseded as postmaster - general of the colonies .
... most earnest to maintain the glory of the empire ; above all , deploring every
circumstance which threatened the discontinuance of the colonial connexion .
ministry ; and he had been superseded as postmaster - general of the colonies .
... most earnest to maintain the glory of the empire ; above all , deploring every
circumstance which threatened the discontinuance of the colonial connexion .
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The race of these godly men in Scotland is probably extinct , or their principles
abandoned , since , as far as that nation had a hand in promoting the war against
the colonies , prizes and confiscations are believed to have been a considerable
...
The race of these godly men in Scotland is probably extinct , or their principles
abandoned , since , as far as that nation had a hand in promoting the war against
the colonies , prizes and confiscations are believed to have been a considerable
...
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| Titel | The Life of Benjamin Franklin; with Selections from His Miscellaneous Works |
| Autor/in | John Stanley (printer.) |
| Verlag | Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1849 |
| Original von | British Library |
| Digitalisiert | 28. Jan. 2016 |
| Länge | 162 Seiten |
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