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... spirit . There are heavy excises on those articles , when used in England . On export , these excises are drawn back . But instead of withholding the drawback , which might have been done , with ease , without charge , without ...
... spirit . There are heavy excises on those articles , when used in England . On export , these excises are drawn back . But instead of withholding the drawback , which might have been done , with ease , without charge , without ...
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... spirit for supporting the new taxes , that the session concluded with the following remark- able declaration . After stating the vigorous meas- ures which had been pursued , the speech from the throne proceeds : - " You have assured me ...
... spirit for supporting the new taxes , that the session concluded with the following remark- able declaration . After stating the vigorous meas- ures which had been pursued , the speech from the throne proceeds : - " You have assured me ...
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... spirit of his instructions , endeavor to remove the fears of the Vir- ginian assembly lest the sentiments which it seems ( unknown to the world ) had always been those of the ministers , and by which their conduct in respect to America ...
... spirit of his instructions , endeavor to remove the fears of the Vir- ginian assembly lest the sentiments which it seems ( unknown to the world ) had always been those of the ministers , and by which their conduct in respect to America ...
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... spirits , a great deal higher . You did not think it uncommercial to tax the whole mass of your manufactures , and , let me add , your agriculture too ; for , I now recollect , Brit- ish corn is there also taxed up to ten per cent , and ...
... spirits , a great deal higher . You did not think it uncommercial to tax the whole mass of your manufactures , and , let me add , your agriculture too ; for , I now recollect , Brit- ish corn is there also taxed up to ten per cent , and ...
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... spirit altogether unlike . But of what service is this observation to the cause of those that make it ? It is a full refutation of the pretence for their present cruelty to America ; for it shows , out of their own mouths , that our ...
... spirit altogether unlike . But of what service is this observation to the cause of those that make it ? It is a full refutation of the pretence for their present cruelty to America ; for it shows , out of their own mouths , that our ...
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