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... live above seven or eight minutes longer . What now avails all my toil and labour , in amassing honey - dew on this leaf , which I cannot live to enjoy ! What the political struggles I have been engaged in , for the good of my ...
... live above seven or eight minutes longer . What now avails all my toil and labour , in amassing honey - dew on this leaf , which I cannot live to enjoy ! What the political struggles I have been engaged in , for the good of my ...
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... live upon potatoes , and wear no shirts ; wherein does it differ from the sot , who lets his family starve , and sells his clothes to buy drink ? Our American commerce is , I confess , a lit- tle in this way . We sell our victuals to ...
... live upon potatoes , and wear no shirts ; wherein does it differ from the sot , who lets his family starve , and sells his clothes to buy drink ? Our American commerce is , I confess , a lit- tle in this way . We sell our victuals to ...
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... live upon potatoes , and wear no shirts ; wherein does it differ from the sot , who lets his family starve , and sells his clothes to buy drink ? Our American commerce is , I confess , a lit- tle in this way . We sell our victuals to ...
... live upon potatoes , and wear no shirts ; wherein does it differ from the sot , who lets his family starve , and sells his clothes to buy drink ? Our American commerce is , I confess , a lit- tle in this way . We sell our victuals to ...
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On the criminal laws and the practice of privateering | 51 |
A dialogue between Great Britain France Spain | 107 |
The internal state of America being a true descrip | 121 |
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