Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 1Perkins & Marvin, 1838 |
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... trade ; and by much the largest of any in the Eng- lish empire of America ; and not exceeded but by few cities , perhaps two or three , in all the American world . " But , if our ancestors at the close of the first century , could look ...
... trade ; and by much the largest of any in the Eng- lish empire of America ; and not exceeded but by few cities , perhaps two or three , in all the American world . " But , if our ancestors at the close of the first century , could look ...
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... trade , as furnishing them employment . The war , conducted by him with so much vigor , ter- minated in a peace , by which Canada was ceded to England . The effect of this was immediately visible in the New England colonies ; for the ...
... trade , as furnishing them employment . The war , conducted by him with so much vigor , ter- minated in a peace , by which Canada was ceded to England . The effect of this was immediately visible in the New England colonies ; for the ...
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... trade . Neither public sentiment , nor the law , has hitherto been able entirely to put an end to this odious and abominable trade . At the moment when God , in his mercy , has blessed the Christian world with an universal peace , there ...
... trade . Neither public sentiment , nor the law , has hitherto been able entirely to put an end to this odious and abominable trade . At the moment when God , in his mercy , has blessed the Christian world with an universal peace , there ...
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... 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 to the contests of barbarians ...
... 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 to the contests of barbarians ...
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... trade might be turned hither and to our benefit ; but we must be dead to every idea of justice , lost to all feelings of humanity , could we in- dulge a thought to seize on wealth , and raise our fortunes on the ruin of our suffering ...
... trade might be turned hither and to our benefit ; but we must be dead to every idea of justice , lost to all feelings of humanity , could we in- dulge a thought to seize on wealth , and raise our fortunes on the ruin of our suffering ...
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