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... opinion , without consider- ing whether that fancy or opinion be right ? Hor . Hardly so neither , I think : yet sure the wise and good Author of nature could never make us to plague us . He could never give us passions , on purpose to ...
... opinion , without consider- ing whether that fancy or opinion be right ? Hor . Hardly so neither , I think : yet sure the wise and good Author of nature could never make us to plague us . He could never give us passions , on purpose to ...
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Benjamin Franklin. salt , which its waters happened to meet with . But this opinion takes it for granted that all water was originally fresh , of which we can have no proof . I own I am inclined to a different opinion , and rather think ...
Benjamin Franklin. salt , which its waters happened to meet with . But this opinion takes it for granted that all water was originally fresh , of which we can have no proof . I own I am inclined to a different opinion , and rather think ...
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... opinion of the Americans on those resolutions ? A. They will think them unconstitutional and un- just . Q. Was it an opinion in America before 1763 , that the parliament had no right to lay taxes and duties there ? A. I never heard any ...
... opinion of the Americans on those resolutions ? A. They will think them unconstitutional and un- just . Q. Was it an opinion in America before 1763 , that the parliament had no right to lay taxes and duties there ? A. I never heard any ...
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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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