Annual Register, Volume 19Edmund Burke 1779 - History |
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... Several cannon were there planted , loaded with grape fhot . From thefe , as well as from a well- directed and fupported fire of muf- quetry , an end was at once put to the hopes of this enterprizing offi- cer , and to the fortune of ...
... Several cannon were there planted , loaded with grape fhot . From thefe , as well as from a well- directed and fupported fire of muf- quetry , an end was at once put to the hopes of this enterprizing offi- cer , and to the fortune of ...
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... Several county meetings were held , Henry's conduct vindi- .cated and applauded , and refolu- tions paffed , that at the rifque of every thing dear , he and his fol- lowers fhould be indemnified from all fuffering , lofs , and injury ...
... Several county meetings were held , Henry's conduct vindi- .cated and applauded , and refolu- tions paffed , that at the rifque of every thing dear , he and his fol- lowers fhould be indemnified from all fuffering , lofs , and injury ...
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... several trans- actions in the colony , for fome years back ; they ftated the hap- pinefs which they derived under the conduct of former Governors , as a strong contraft to their prefent fituation ; they attributed that hap- pinefs ...
... several trans- actions in the colony , for fome years back ; they ftated the hap- pinefs which they derived under the conduct of former Governors , as a strong contraft to their prefent fituation ; they attributed that hap- pinefs ...
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... Several paffages in the Bill of Rights , and Annual Mutiny Act , were applied in further proof of the charge of illegality . On the other fide , the ground of legality , with refpect to the laws which had paffed in confe- quence of the ...
... Several paffages in the Bill of Rights , and Annual Mutiny Act , were applied in further proof of the charge of illegality . On the other fide , the ground of legality , with refpect to the laws which had paffed in confe- quence of the ...
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... Several motions proposed by the Duke of Grafton , and rejected . Mr. Burk's Conciliatory Bill . Great debates . Motion for bringing in the bill rejected . American Prohibitory Bill brought into the House of Commons by the minifter ...
... Several motions proposed by the Duke of Grafton , and rejected . Mr. Burk's Conciliatory Bill . Great debates . Motion for bringing in the bill rejected . American Prohibitory Bill brought into the House of Commons by the minifter ...
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