Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...H. Colburn, 1818 - 449 páginas |
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... communicated to me , that the ministers cannot yet divest themselves of the idea , that the power of parliament over us is constitutionally abso lute and unlimited ; and that the limitations they may be will ing now to put to it by ...
... communicated to me , that the ministers cannot yet divest themselves of the idea , that the power of parliament over us is constitutionally abso lute and unlimited ; and that the limitations they may be will ing now to put to it by ...
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... communicated them to me . I told him frankly , on his desiring to know my senti- ments , that I DID NOT approve of them , and that I was sure they WOULD NOT be accepted in America . But I said there are two other commissioners here . I ...
... communicated them to me . I told him frankly , on his desiring to know my senti- ments , that I DID NOT approve of them , and that I was sure they WOULD NOT be accepted in America . But I said there are two other commissioners here . I ...
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... communicated your request of a passport to M. le Comte de Vergennes . His answer , which I have but just received , expresses an apprehension that the circumstance of his granting a passport to you , as you men- tion the purpose of your ...
... communicated your request of a passport to M. le Comte de Vergennes . His answer , which I have but just received , expresses an apprehension that the circumstance of his granting a passport to you , as you men- tion the purpose of your ...
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... communicated to you . This court appears attentive not only to the interest of the United States , but to their honor . England seems not yet tired énough of the war to think seriously of an accommodation , and till then our new ...
... communicated to you . This court appears attentive not only to the interest of the United States , but to their honor . England seems not yet tired énough of the war to think seriously of an accommodation , and till then our new ...
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... communicated them as directed , to this court . The steps that have been taken in the mediation , were verbally commu- nicated to me ; but as yet I have had no copies given me of the papers . I asked if it was not proper to communicate ...
... communicated them as directed , to this court . The steps that have been taken in the mediation , were verbally commu- nicated to me ; but as yet I have had no copies given me of the papers . I asked if it was not proper to communicate ...
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Términos y frases comunes
acquainted act of parliament Adams affairs agreed alliance allies answer appears assured Britain Britannic Majesty British commission commissioners communicate Comte de Vergennes Congress consent conversation copy courier court DAVID HARTLEY DEAR FRIEND DEAR SIR declared desire discharge disposition enclosed endeavours enemies England esteem expected express farther favor Fayette France FRANKLIN give Grenville HENRY LAURENS Holland hope house of Bourbon humble servant independence informed intended JOHN ADAMS king late ministry letter liberty London Lord Cornwallis Lord North Lord Shelburne Lordship Majesty Marquis ministers nation obedient obliged obtained occasion offer opinion Ostend paper Paris parliament parole parties Passy persons plenipotentiary present prisoners proposed propositions reason received reconciliation respect RICHARD OSWALD Secretary sent sentiments separate peace separate treaty sincere Spain suppose thing thought tion to-morrow told treat of peace truce United Versailles wish wrote
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Página 279 - 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...
Página 279 - 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...
Página 288 - 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...
Página 279 - 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...
Página 281 - Papers belonging to any of the said -States, or their Citizens, which in the course of the War may have fallen into the hands of his Officers to be forthwith restored and delivered to the proper States and Persons to whom they belong.
Página 280 - ... all other of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America ; and that the American fishermen shall have liberty to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled bays, harbours, and creeks of Nova Scotia, Magdalen Islands, and Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled...
Página 288 - ... to the middle of the river Apalachicola or Catahouche; thence along the middle thereof to its junction with the Flint river; thence straight to the head of St Mary's river; and thence down along the middle of St. Mary's river to the Atlantic ocean.
Página 280 - American fishermen shall have liberty to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled bays, harbours, and creeks of Nova Scotia, Magdalen Islands, and Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled; but so soon as the same or either of them shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such settlement, without a previous agreement for that purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Página 289 - 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...
Página 306 - ... is necessary to be taken from them for the use of such armed force, the same shall be paid for at a reasonable price.