Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 1Perkins & Marvin, 1838 |
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Page 27
... original scene . We cast our eyes abroad on the ocean , and we see where the little bark , with the interesting group upon its deck , made its slow progress to the shore . We look around us , and behold the hills and promontories ...
... original scene . We cast our eyes abroad on the ocean , and we see where the little bark , with the interesting group upon its deck , made its slow progress to the shore . We look around us , and behold the hills and promontories ...
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... original settlements of this country . Power and dominion were the objects of Rome , even in her colonial establishments . Her whole exterior aspect was for centuries hostile and terrific . She grasped at dominion , from India to ...
... original settlements of this country . Power and dominion were the objects of Rome , even in her colonial establishments . Her whole exterior aspect was for centuries hostile and terrific . She grasped at dominion , from India to ...
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... original principle far back in this claim , on the part of England , to monopolize our trade , and a continued effort on the part of the colonies to resist or evade that monopoly ; if indeed it be not still more just and philosophical ...
... original principle far back in this claim , on the part of England , to monopolize our trade , and a continued effort on the part of the colonies to resist or evade that monopoly ; if indeed it be not still more just and philosophical ...
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... original character of the New England colonies , and certain causes coeval with their existence , have had a strong and decided influence on all their subsequent history , and especially on the great event of the Revolution . Whoever ...
... original character of the New England colonies , and certain causes coeval with their existence , have had a strong and decided influence on all their subsequent history , and especially on the great event of the Revolution . Whoever ...
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... original compact between King and People . The rights of the people to partake in the government , and to limit the monarch by fundamental rules of government , had been main- tained ; and however unjust the government of England might ...
... original compact between King and People . The rights of the people to partake in the government , and to limit the monarch by fundamental rules of government , had been main- tained ; and however unjust the government of England might ...
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