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... live in the interior of New England have a strongly marked provincial dialect , by which they may be distinguished from the people of every other part of the Union . The chief peculiarity is a drawling pronuncia- tion , sometimes ...
... live in the interior of New England have a strongly marked provincial dialect , by which they may be distinguished from the people of every other part of the Union . The chief peculiarity is a drawling pronuncia- tion , sometimes ...
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... the close of the Revolution a large propor- tion of this land in the settled parts of the State was held by the patroons , and the cultivators occupied their farms on leases , for one or more lives , or from year to year , ANT 13.
... the close of the Revolution a large propor- tion of this land in the settled parts of the State was held by the patroons , and the cultivators occupied their farms on leases , for one or more lives , or from year to year , ANT 13.
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... lives , or from year to year , stipulating for the payment of rents , dues , and services , copied from the feudal tenures of England and Holland . In 1779 and 1785 , laws were enacted abolishing feudal tenures ; but the proprietors of ...
... lives , or from year to year , stipulating for the payment of rents , dues , and services , copied from the feudal tenures of England and Holland . In 1779 and 1785 , laws were enacted abolishing feudal tenures ; but the proprietors of ...
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... live in better style , and have more of the comforts and refine- ments of life about them ; it is very common in small country news- papers and in political speeches in out - of - the - way places . There have been more than one hundred ...
... live in better style , and have more of the comforts and refine- ments of life about them ; it is very common in small country news- papers and in political speeches in out - of - the - way places . There have been more than one hundred ...
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... lives , we are bound to become a sovereign State in the Union , or an independent nation by ourselves ; and let them drive us from this place they can , they cannot do it . I do not throw this out as a banter . You Gen- tiles and ...
... lives , we are bound to become a sovereign State in the Union , or an independent nation by ourselves ; and let them drive us from this place they can , they cannot do it . I do not throw this out as a banter . You Gen- tiles and ...
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