Essays and Letters, Volume 2R. & W.A.Bartow & Company, 1822 - American essays |
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... ourselves , or do some mischief to others : but a voyage is now proposed , to visit a distant people on the other side the globe ; not to cheat them , not to rob them , not to seize their lands , or enslave their persons - but merely to ...
... ourselves , or do some mischief to others : but a voyage is now proposed , to visit a distant people on the other side the globe ; not to cheat them , not to rob them , not to seize their lands , or enslave their persons - but merely to ...
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... ourselves , as if the rich in England had no compassion for the poor , and Englishmen wanted common humanity . In justice , then , to this country , give me leave to remark , that the condition of the poor here is by far the best in ...
... ourselves , as if the rich in England had no compassion for the poor , and Englishmen wanted common humanity . In justice , then , to this country , give me leave to remark , that the condition of the poor here is by far the best in ...
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... ourselves , unless we give our working people less employment , how can we for what they do pay them higher than we do ? Out of what , fund is the additional price of labour to be paid , when all our present incomes are , as it were ...
... ourselves , unless we give our working people less employment , how can we for what they do pay them higher than we do ? Out of what , fund is the additional price of labour to be paid , when all our present incomes are , as it were ...
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... ourselves with tar- ring and feathering , and tossing them in a blanket . If , however , it should be thought that this propo- sal of mine may disturb the public peace , I would then humbly recommend to our legislators to take up the ...
... ourselves with tar- ring and feathering , and tossing them in a blanket . If , however , it should be thought that this propo- sal of mine may disturb the public peace , I would then humbly recommend to our legislators to take up the ...
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... ourselves ten , twenty , and even fifty per cent . cheaper else- where ; ) but now they have as good as declared they have a right to tax us ad libitum , internally and externally ; and that our constitutions and liber- ties shall all ...
... ourselves ten , twenty , and even fifty per cent . cheaper else- where ; ) but now they have as good as declared they have a right to tax us ad libitum , internally and externally ; and that our constitutions and liber- ties shall all ...
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