Essays and Letters, Volume 2R. & W.A.Bartow & Company, 1822 - American essays |
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Page 72
... grant such sums , or raise such numbers of men , as were suitable to their respective circumstances . The colonies , being accustomed to this method , have from time to time granted money to the crown , or raised troops for its service ...
... grant such sums , or raise such numbers of men , as were suitable to their respective circumstances . The colonies , being accustomed to this method , have from time to time granted money to the crown , or raised troops for its service ...
Page 83
... money in our country , not only for the uses of our internal commerce , but for the service of our gra- cious ... grant them away without our consent , and to a patient suffering the loss of our privileges as En- glishmen , if we cannot ...
... money in our country , not only for the uses of our internal commerce , but for the service of our gra- cious ... grant them away without our consent , and to a patient suffering the loss of our privileges as En- glishmen , if we cannot ...
Page 184
... grant , nor recover debts ; we shall neither marry nor make our wills , unless we pay such and such sums ; and thus it is intended to extort our money from us , or ruin us by the conse- quences of refusing to pay it . Q. But supposing ...
... grant , nor recover debts ; we shall neither marry nor make our wills , unless we pay such and such sums ; and thus it is intended to extort our money from us , or ruin us by the conse- quences of refusing to pay it . Q. But supposing ...
Page 189
... grant them free- ly . And that their money ought not to be given away , without their consent , by persons at a distance , unacquainted with their circumstanees and abilities . The granting aids COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL . 189.
... grant them free- ly . And that their money ought not to be given away , without their consent , by persons at a distance , unacquainted with their circumstanees and abilities . The granting aids COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL . 189.
Page 197
... money on them by your taxes ; because they are and always have been , ready to raise money by taxes among themselves , and to grant large sums , equal to their abilities , upon requisition from the crown . They have not only granted ...
... money on them by your taxes ; because they are and always have been , ready to raise money by taxes among themselves , and to grant large sums , equal to their abilities , upon requisition from the crown . They have not only granted ...
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