American Thought and Writing: The Revolution and the early RepublicRussel Blaine Nye, Norman S. Grabo Houghton Mifflin, 1965 |
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... England ? What was the proper relationship between colonial legislatures and Parliament ? Who possessed what taxing powers , and who should make what kinds of laws for colonial government ? There seemed to be no satisfactory answers ...
... England ? What was the proper relationship between colonial legislatures and Parliament ? Who possessed what taxing powers , and who should make what kinds of laws for colonial government ? There seemed to be no satisfactory answers ...
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... England , that the same tyranny which drove the first emigrants from home , pursues their descendants still . In this extensive quarter of the globe , we forget the narrow limits of three hundred and sixty miles ( the extent of England ) ...
... England , that the same tyranny which drove the first emigrants from home , pursues their descendants still . In this extensive quarter of the globe , we forget the narrow limits of three hundred and sixty miles ( the extent of England ) ...
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... England , is but six hundred thousand dollars , or one hundred and thirty thousand pounds sterling . I presume , that no man in his sober senses will compare the char- acter of any of the kings of Europe with that of General Washington ...
... England , is but six hundred thousand dollars , or one hundred and thirty thousand pounds sterling . I presume , that no man in his sober senses will compare the char- acter of any of the kings of Europe with that of General Washington ...
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INTRODUCTION | xi |
A NOTE ON THE TEXTS | xxxix |
Jonathan Mayhew | 3 |
Urheberrecht | |
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