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... officers . Why , but that the profits of their places , or the emoluments expected , are suf- ficient inducements ? The business then is , to find money , by impressing , sufficient to make the sailors all volunteers , as well as their ...
... officers . Why , but that the profits of their places , or the emoluments expected , are suf- ficient inducements ? The business then is , to find money , by impressing , sufficient to make the sailors all volunteers , as well as their ...
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... officers are suspected of the least tenderness for the people , dis- card them . If others are justly complained of , pro- tect and reward them . If any of the under officers behave so as to provoke the people to drub them , promote ...
... officers are suspected of the least tenderness for the people , dis- card them . If others are justly complained of , pro- tect and reward them . If any of the under officers behave so as to provoke the people to drub them , promote ...
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Benjamin Franklin. XV . Convert the brave honest officers of your navy into pimping tide - waiters and colony officers of the customs . Let those who in time of war fought gallantly in defence of the commerce of their coun- trymen , in ...
Benjamin Franklin. XV . Convert the brave honest officers of your navy into pimping tide - waiters and colony officers of the customs . Let those who in time of war fought gallantly in defence of the commerce of their coun- trymen , in ...
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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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