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... supposed either in force or regulation , the operation of both is , in truth , merely inftrumental . Nations are governed by the fame methods , and on the same principles , by which an individual without authority is often able to ...
... supposed either in force or regulation , the operation of both is , in truth , merely inftrumental . Nations are governed by the fame methods , and on the same principles , by which an individual without authority is often able to ...
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... supposed ruin of the constitution , I should be free to declare , that if it must perifh , I would rather by far fee it refolved into any other form , than loft in that auftere and infolent domination . But , whatever my diflikes may be ...
... supposed ruin of the constitution , I should be free to declare , that if it must perifh , I would rather by far fee it refolved into any other form , than loft in that auftere and infolent domination . But , whatever my diflikes may be ...
Página 347
... courfe of it , to afperse the characters , and decry the mea- fures , of those who were supposed to be friends to America ; in order to weaken the effect of their oppofition oppofition to the acts of rigour then preparing against the.
... courfe of it , to afperse the characters , and decry the mea- fures , of those who were supposed to be friends to America ; in order to weaken the effect of their oppofition oppofition to the acts of rigour then preparing against the.
Página 359
... supposed confequences has no validity , or that this pretence never could remove it . This commercial motive never was believed by any man , either in America , which this letter is meant to foothe , or in England , which it is meant to ...
... supposed confequences has no validity , or that this pretence never could remove it . This commercial motive never was believed by any man , either in America , which this letter is meant to foothe , or in England , which it is meant to ...
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... rafhly de- termine against acts which it might be supposed were the refult of much deliberation . However , Sir , he fcarcely began to open the ground , when the L the whole veteran body of office took the alarm ON AMERICAN TAXATION . 399.
... rafhly de- termine against acts which it might be supposed were the refult of much deliberation . However , Sir , he fcarcely began to open the ground , when the L the whole veteran body of office took the alarm ON AMERICAN TAXATION . 399.
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Página 333 - Party is a body of men united, for promoting, by their joint endeavours, the national interest, upon some particular principle, in which they are all agreed.
Página 286 - ... of the people, as this would indicate some consanguinity, some sympathy of nature with their constituents, than that they should in all cases be wholly untouched by the opinions and feelings of the people out of doors.
Página 418 - ... patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans, whigs and tories, treacherous friends and open enemies, — that it was indeed a very curious show, but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on.
Página 388 - But it may be truly said, that men too much conversant in office are rarely minds of remarkable enlargement. Their habits of office are apt to give them a turn to think the substance of business not to be much more important than the forms in which it is conducted.
Página 433 - I look, I say, on the imperial rights of Great Britain, and the privileges which the colonists ought to enjoy under these rights, to be just the most reconcilable things in the world.
Página 422 - But he had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause ; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame ; a passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
Página 433 - Reflect how you are to govern a people, who think they ought to be free, and think they are not. Your scheme yields no revenue ; it yields nothing but discontent, disorder, disobedience...
Página 397 - ... and at the head of the treasury department. It was indeed in a situation of little rank and no consequence, suitable to the mediocrity of my talents and pretensions. But a situation near enough to enable me to see, as well as others, what was going on ; and I did see in...
Página 334 - Therefore every honourable connexion will avow It is their first purpose, to pursue every just method to put the men who hold their opinions into such a condition as may enable them to carry their common plans into execution, with all the power and authority of the state.
Página 363 - Mr. Hampden when called upon for the payment of twenty shillings. Would twenty shillings have ruined Mr. Hampden's fortune? No! but the payment of half twenty shillings, on the principle it was demanded, would have made him a slave. It is the weight of that preamble of which you are so fond, and not the weight of the duty, that the Americans are unable and unwilling to bear.