Memoirs of the Life and Writings of B.F. ...W. Colburn, 1818 - 450 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 77–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... reason- able terms , you will find little difficulty if you get first an honest ministry . The present have all along acted so deceit- fully and treacherously , as well as inhumanly , towards the Americans , that I imagine the absolute ...
... reason- able terms , you will find little difficulty if you get first an honest ministry . The present have all along acted so deceit- fully and treacherously , as well as inhumanly , towards the Americans , that I imagine the absolute ...
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... reasons that weigh with you will also weigh with them : therefore , I now pray that no mention may be made of my having been here , or my business . To this I agreed , and therefore nothing could be more astonishing to me , than to see ...
... reasons that weigh with you will also weigh with them : therefore , I now pray that no mention may be made of my having been here , or my business . To this I agreed , and therefore nothing could be more astonishing to me , than to see ...
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... reason to expect superior . That her known fondness for war , and the many instances of her readiness to engage in wars on frivolous occasions , were probably sufficient to cause an im mediate rejection of every proposition for an ...
... reason to expect superior . That her known fondness for war , and the many instances of her readiness to engage in wars on frivolous occasions , were probably sufficient to cause an im mediate rejection of every proposition for an ...
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... reason to hope that no other power will judge it pru dent to quarrel with us , lest they divert us from our own quiet industry , and turn us into corsairs preying upon theirs . The weight therefore of an independent empire , which you ...
... reason to hope that no other power will judge it pru dent to quarrel with us , lest they divert us from our own quiet industry , and turn us into corsairs preying upon theirs . The weight therefore of an independent empire , which you ...
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... reason , that though it was right to make the promises , because otherwise revolt would not be suppressed ; yet it would be wrong to keep them , because revolters ought to be punished to deter future revolts . If these are the prin ...
... reason , that though it was right to make the promises , because otherwise revolt would not be suppressed ; yet it would be wrong to keep them , because revolters ought to be punished to deter future revolts . If these are the prin ...
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Էջ 269 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Էջ 269 - Superior ; thence through lake Superior northward of the isles Royal and Phelipeaux to the long Lake ; thence through the middle of said long Lake, and the water communication between it and the lake of the Woods, to the said lake of the Woods ; thence through the said lake to the most north-western point thereof, and from thence on a due west course to the river Mississippi...
Էջ 270 - Congress shall earnestly recommend it to the legislatures of the respective States, to provide for the restitution of all estates, rights, and properties which have been confiscated, belonging to real British subjects, and also of the estates, rights, and properties of persons resident in districts in the possession of His Majesty's arms, and who have not borne arms against the said United States.
Էջ 278 - His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz. New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States...
Էջ 278 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Էջ 269 - Mississippi, until it shall intersect the northernmost part of the thirty-first degree of north latitude; south, by a line to be drawn due east from the determination of the line...
Էջ 278 - And that all disputes which might arise in future on the subject of the Boundaries of the said united States may be prevented, it is hereby agreed and declared, that the following are and shall be their Boundaries...
Էջ 279 - States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind on the Grand Bank, and on all the other banks of Newfoundland ; also, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea, where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish...
Էջ 272 - The navigation of the river Mississippi, from its source to the ocean, shall for ever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States.
Էջ 271 - States a re-consideration and revision of all acts or laws regarding the premises, so as to render the said laws or acts perfectly consistent not only with justice and equity, but with that spirit of conciliation which on the return of the blessings of peace should universally prevail.