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... officers , cruizers by sea and banditti by land , by whom alternate seizures and rescues of contraband goods , from store - houses guarded by the King's own troops , were constantly occurring , in defiance of authority , and in the open ...
... officers , cruizers by sea and banditti by land , by whom alternate seizures and rescues of contraband goods , from store - houses guarded by the King's own troops , were constantly occurring , in defiance of authority , and in the open ...
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... officers : both the mother country and the colony being thus defrauded of all that portion of revenue which a more moderate duty might have secured to each , and that too by those whose duty and whose interest it would have been , under ...
... officers : both the mother country and the colony being thus defrauded of all that portion of revenue which a more moderate duty might have secured to each , and that too by those whose duty and whose interest it would have been , under ...
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... officers were bribed by a parti- cipation in the gains of the adventure , and were all , therefore , partics aiding and abetting the success of the transaction . There scarcely occurred an instance of seizure within the year ; the ...
... officers were bribed by a parti- cipation in the gains of the adventure , and were all , therefore , partics aiding and abetting the success of the transaction . There scarcely occurred an instance of seizure within the year ; the ...
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... officers visited every house in the city , and every room and office in each house . Sometimes they discovered missionaries boarded in , in dark niches in the wall , where they had lived concealed for months ; at others , in holes dug ...
... officers visited every house in the city , and every room and office in each house . Sometimes they discovered missionaries boarded in , in dark niches in the wall , where they had lived concealed for months ; at others , in holes dug ...
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... officers under him . These again hold under their unqualified control the inferior functionaries , and the inhabitants in general . The Gover- nor may be considered as a General invested with full power , and responsible only to those ...
... officers under him . These again hold under their unqualified control the inferior functionaries , and the inhabitants in general . The Gover- nor may be considered as a General invested with full power , and responsible only to those ...
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Page 113 - And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter?
Page 309 - Oh lift me from the grass! I die, I faint, I fail! Let thy love in kisses rain On my lips and eyelids pale. My cheek is cold and white, alas ! My heart beats loud and fast: Oh! press it close to thine again, Where it will break at last.
Page 183 - But if there be in glory aught of good, It may by means far different be attain'd, Without ambition, war, or violence; By deeds of peace, by wisdom eminent, By patience, temperance: I mention still Him, whom thy wrongs, with saintly patience borne.
Page 183 - For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years. But wisdom is the gray hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age.
Page 507 - Joying to hear the birds' sweet harmony. Which therein shrouded from the tempest dread, Seem'd in their song to scorn the cruel sky. Much can they praise the trees so straight and high, The sailing pine, the cedar proud and tall...
Page 317 - God has given me this dispensing power, and I will maintain it. I tell you, there are seven thousand men, and of the Church of England too, that have not bowed the knee to Baal.
Page 159 - Many examples may be put of the force of custom, both upon mind and body ; therefore, since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavour to obtain good customs. Certainly, custom is most perfect when it beginneth in young years: this we call education, which is, in effect, but an early custom.
Page 172 - No prophet bards, thy glittering courts among, Wake the full lyre, and swell the tide of song : But lawless force, and meagre want are there, And the quick-darting eye of restless fear, While cold oblivion, 'mid thy ruins laid, Folds his dank wing beneath the ivy shade.
Page 597 - If people should not be called to account for possessing the people with an ill opinion of the government, no government can subsist. For it is very necessary for all governments that the people should have a good opinion of it.
Page 507 - A lovely Ladie rode him faire beside, Upon a lowly Asse more white than snow, Yet she much whiter ; but the same did hide Under a vele, that wimpled was full low...