... Conscious of her strength, inflated with her successes, which had not only given North America to her grasp, but had laid the Indies at her feet, imperial England would scarcely pause. Unwilling longer to be withheld from so large a field of taxation,... Ballads of the Revolution: And Other Poems - Página 5por George Lansing Raymond - 1886 - 192 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| John Church Hamilton - 1857 - 612 páginas
...longer to be withheld from so large a field of taxation, the petitions of the colonies were not read — that from New York no one could be prevailed upon to offer,* and, on the twenty-second of March, seventeen hundred sixty-five, the act was passed imposing STAMP... | |
| John Church Hamilton - 1857 - 610 páginas
...longer to be withheld from so large a field of taxation, the petitions of the colonies were not read — that from New York no one could be prevailed upon to offer,* and, on the twenty-second of March, seventeen hundred sixty-five, the act was passed imposing STAMP... | |
| George Bancroft - 1864 - 492 páginas
...moderate language ; a fifth from Massachusetts, though silent even about the question of "right," all shared the same refusal.* That from New- York no one could be prevailed upon to offer.8 That from Rhode Island, offered by Sherwood, its faithful agent, claimed by their charter,... | |
| John Church Hamilton - 1864 - 610 páginas
...longer to be withheld from so large a field of taxation, the petitions of the colonies were not read — that from New York no one could be prevailed upon to offer,* and, on the twenty-second of March, seventeen hundred sixty-five, the act was passed imposing STAMP... | |
| George Bancroft - 1876 - 614 páginas
...most moderate language ; a fifth from Massachusetts, though silent about the question of " right," — shared the same refusal. That from New York no one could be prevailed upon to present. That from Rhode Island, offered by Sherwood, its faithful agent, claimed by their charter,... | |
| John Church Hamilton - 1879 - 634 páginas
...longer to be withheld from so large a field of taxation, the petitions of the colonies were not read — that from New York no one could be prevailed upon to offer,* and, on the twenty-second of March, seventeen hundred sixty-five, the act was passed imposing STAMP... | |
| George Bancroft - 1883 - 524 páginas
...most moderate language; a fifth from Massachusetts, though silent about the question of " right " — shared the same refusal. That from New York no one could be prevailed upon to present. That from Rhode Island, offered by Sherwood, its faithful agent, claimed by their charter,... | |
| George Bancroft - 1883 - 526 páginas
...moderate language; a fifth from Massachusetts, though silent about the question of " right"—shared the same refusal . That from New York no one could be prevailed upon to present . That from Rhode Island, offered by Sherwood, its faithful agent, claimed by their charter,... | |
| George Bancroft - 1896 - 522 páginas
...most moderate language ; a fifth from Massachusetts, though silent about the question of " right " — shared the same refusal. That from New York no one could be prevailed upon to present. That from Rhode Island, offered by Sherwood, its faithful agent, claimed by their charter,... | |
| George Lansing Raymond - 1916 - 384 páginas
...sent by Massachusetts" in 1764^ " to its agent in London." — Idem., vol. v., ch. iot pp. 198-9, 8 Less than forty were willing to receive the petition...Idem., vol. v., ch. n, p. 246. This was in Feb., 1765. 8 In 1763 Brown, the Governor of South Carolina, " assumed the power of rejecting members whom the... | |
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