Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 1Perkins & Marvin, 1838 |
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... carry on the work of this production is more considerable . The West Indies are resorted to , therefore , rather for the investment of capital , than for the purpose of sustaining life by personal labor . Such as pos- sess a ...
... carry on the work of this production is more considerable . The West Indies are resorted to , therefore , rather for the investment of capital , than for the purpose of sustaining life by personal labor . Such as pos- sess a ...
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... carrying them into execution . In fact , these laws were more or less evaded , or resisted , in all the colonies . To enforce them was the constant endeavour of the government at home ; to prevent or elude their operation , the ...
... carrying them into execution . In fact , these laws were more or less evaded , or resisted , in all the colonies . To enforce them was the constant endeavour of the government at home ; to prevent or elude their operation , the ...
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... carrying that purpose into effect . And yet , although the representatives of the three kingdoms listened to him with astonishment as well as de- light , we hear no principles , with which we ourselves have not been familiar from youth ...
... carrying that purpose into effect . And yet , although the representatives of the three kingdoms listened to him with astonishment as well as de- light , we hear no principles , with which we ourselves have not been familiar from youth ...
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... carry to the land . The slave trade having touched the coast , its influence and its evils spread , like a pestilence , over the whole con- tinent , making savage wars more savage , and more frequent , and adding new and fierce passions ...
... carry to the land . The slave trade having touched the coast , its influence and its evils spread , like a pestilence , over the whole con- tinent , making savage wars more savage , and more frequent , and adding new and fierce passions ...
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... carry infor- mation of the events we commemorate , where it has not already gone ; and that no structure , which shall not outlive the duration of letters and knowledge among men , can prolong the memorial . But our object is , by this ...
... carry infor- mation of the events we commemorate , where it has not already gone ; and that no structure , which shall not outlive the duration of letters and knowledge among men , can prolong the memorial . But our object is , by this ...
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