Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 1Perkins & Marvin, 1838 |
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... authority for saying , that they have been regarded , by men of enlightened judgments and cultivated taste , as fine examples of forensic and popular eloquence . In the language of one of the most eminent statesmen of England , some of ...
... authority for saying , that they have been regarded , by men of enlightened judgments and cultivated taste , as fine examples of forensic and popular eloquence . In the language of one of the most eminent statesmen of England , some of ...
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... authority , and partake of its fortunes . The colony at Marseilles might perceive lightly , or not at all , the sway of Phocis ; while the islands in the Egean Sea could hardly attain to independence of their Athenian origin . Many of ...
... authority , and partake of its fortunes . The colony at Marseilles might perceive lightly , or not at all , the sway of Phocis ; while the islands in the Egean Sea could hardly attain to independence of their Athenian origin . Many of ...
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... authority of the government at home , and would not endure even that their own charter governments should be established on the other side of the Atlantic . It was not a controlling or protecting board in England , but a government of ...
... authority of the government at home , and would not endure even that their own charter governments should be established on the other side of the Atlantic . It was not a controlling or protecting board in England , but a government of ...
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... authority of James the second , was the seizure and imprison- ment of Andros , in April 1689. The pulse of Liberty beat as high in the extremities as at the heart . The vigorous feeling of the Colony burst out , before it was known how ...
... authority of James the second , was the seizure and imprison- ment of Andros , in April 1689. The pulse of Liberty beat as high in the extremities as at the heart . The vigorous feeling of the Colony burst out , before it was known how ...
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... authority of the crown , in that crisis which had arrived , and in which they trusted to put themselves , re- lying on God , and their own courage . There were spirits in Mas- sachusetts , congenial with the spirits of the distinguished ...
... authority of the crown , in that crisis which had arrived , and in which they trusted to put themselves , re- lying on God , and their own courage . There were spirits in Mas- sachusetts , congenial with the spirits of the distinguished ...
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