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... desire to reduce the power of England . New subjects of complaint . Stamp duty projected by the ministers and pro- posed to parliament . The Americans are alarmed at it , and make remonstrances . Long and violent debates between the ...
... desire to reduce the power of England . New subjects of complaint . Stamp duty projected by the ministers and pro- posed to parliament . The Americans are alarmed at it , and make remonstrances . Long and violent debates between the ...
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... gradually increased , in the minds of the Americans , the hope , and with it the desire , to shake off the yoke of English supe- riority . All these considerations apply , especially , to the condition BOOK I. 15 THE AMERICAN WAR .
... gradually increased , in the minds of the Americans , the hope , and with it the desire , to shake off the yoke of English supe- riority . All these considerations apply , especially , to the condition BOOK I. 15 THE AMERICAN WAR .
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... desire to avenge her defeats , to repair her losses , and reconquer her glory , eclipsed by recent discomfiture ; she was incessantly occupied with calculations which might lead to this object of all her wishes ; and no means more ...
... desire to avenge her defeats , to repair her losses , and reconquer her glory , eclipsed by recent discomfiture ; she was incessantly occupied with calculations which might lead to this object of all her wishes ; and no means more ...
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... desire of renown , or from a wish to sup- plant the ministers , were continually exclaiming , both in parliament and ... desires and the arts of Scottish favorites were sufficiently notorious ; that America was the means or the ...
... desire of renown , or from a wish to sup- plant the ministers , were continually exclaiming , both in parliament and ... desires and the arts of Scottish favorites were sufficiently notorious ; that America was the means or the ...
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... desire of innovation . In other times , had not the ministers obtained from the colonies , by legitimate means , and without such a display of troops , according to the exigency , all the succours at their disposal ? Since they had been ...
... desire of innovation . In other times , had not the ministers obtained from the colonies , by legitimate means , and without such a display of troops , according to the exigency , all the succours at their disposal ? Since they had been ...
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