A Bone to Gnaw for the DemocratsJ. Wright, 1797 - 175 pages |
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... THOUGHTS ON THE EN- GLISH GOVERNMENT , addressed to the QUIET GOOD SENSE of the People of England . " The title itself fufficed to excite an immediate alarm in the minds of the SECT ; they had no objection to Thoughts on the English ...
... THOUGHTS ON THE EN- GLISH GOVERNMENT , addressed to the QUIET GOOD SENSE of the People of England . " The title itself fufficed to excite an immediate alarm in the minds of the SECT ; they had no objection to Thoughts on the English ...
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... thought on the gallant English Officers confined in the prifons of France , are also commended by the Critic ; and certainly with propriety , for he was aware that it was the intention of those Members to fend their He- ro to America ...
... thought on the gallant English Officers confined in the prifons of France , are also commended by the Critic ; and certainly with propriety , for he was aware that it was the intention of those Members to fend their He- ro to America ...
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... thoughts : but of this I am totally regard- lefs ; my work anfwers to its title , and con- fequently , nobody but the Democrats can have any thing to do with it . Nor does it court their approbation ; I throw it in amongst them , as ...
... thoughts : but of this I am totally regard- lefs ; my work anfwers to its title , and con- fequently , nobody but the Democrats can have any thing to do with it . Nor does it court their approbation ; I throw it in amongst them , as ...
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... thought , that the expunging of the word Federal had fomething ominous in it . I confefs myself to have been of that number ; I thought , I could perceive in it a preparatory step to fomething elfe : as fkilful mariners , when they fee ...
... thought , that the expunging of the word Federal had fomething ominous in it . I confefs myself to have been of that number ; I thought , I could perceive in it a preparatory step to fomething elfe : as fkilful mariners , when they fee ...
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... thought it was high time to rife upom us from the east . But , however , this is not the reafon ; the thing is an imitation of a French Paper ,, con- ducted by " Le veritable Pere du Chien , " and bearing the motto , " Bougrement ...
... thought it was high time to rife upom us from the east . But , however , this is not the reafon ; the thing is an imitation of a French Paper ,, con- ducted by " Le veritable Pere du Chien , " and bearing the motto , " Bougrement ...
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