College Requirements in English: For Careful Study, for the Years 1909-1915 ...Houghton Mifflin Company, 1896 |
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... arms ; " The restrictive measures should be made more severe ; " Parliament should originate proposals of conces- sion to the colonies . " In each of these cases the general topic , American Affairs , is limited to a particular line of ...
... arms ; " The restrictive measures should be made more severe ; " Parliament should originate proposals of conces- sion to the colonies . " In each of these cases the general topic , American Affairs , is limited to a particular line of ...
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... arms , and ammunition were being purchased and collected : General Gage , alarmed at the threatening aspect of affairs , had begun to erect fortifications for his defence ; and within a month of the time when Burke delivered his Speech ...
... arms , and ammunition were being purchased and collected : General Gage , alarmed at the threatening aspect of affairs , had begun to erect fortifications for his defence ; and within a month of the time when Burke delivered his Speech ...
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... arms . But I confess , possibly for want of this knowledge , my opinion is much more in favor of prudent management than of force ; considering force not as an odious , but a feeble instrument for preserving a people so numerous , so ...
... arms . But I confess , possibly for want of this knowledge , my opinion is much more in favor of prudent management than of force ; considering force not as an odious , but a feeble instrument for preserving a people so numerous , so ...
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... arms remain . ” 2 language would betray ; a probable allusion to Matthew xxvi . 73 , or to Judges xii . 6 . 3 burn their books . See Acts xix . 19 . ginia and the southern colonies , it has been proposed 34 EDMUND BURKE .
... arms remain . ” 2 language would betray ; a probable allusion to Matthew xxvi . 73 , or to Judges xii . 6 . 3 burn their books . See Acts xix . 19 . ginia and the southern colonies , it has been proposed 34 EDMUND BURKE .
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... arm servile hands in defence of freedom ? - a measure to which other people have had recourse more than once , and not without success , in a desperate situation of their affairs . 56. Slaves as these unfortunate black people are , and ...
... arm servile hands in defence of freedom ? - a measure to which other people have had recourse more than once , and not without success , in a desperate situation of their affairs . 56. Slaves as these unfortunate black people are , and ...
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