The Colonies of England: A Plan for the Government of Some Portion of Our Colonial Possessions"Chiefly British North America, but New Zealand 'not of a size to need more than one Provincial Government'--p. 164-5"--Bagnall. |
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... settlers who will go there with the intention of founding a new community in that distant country , transmitting the language , the habits , and the manners of England to generations yet unborn , who will there find a country and a home ...
... settlers who will go there with the intention of founding a new community in that distant country , transmitting the language , the habits , and the manners of England to generations yet unborn , who will there find a country and a home ...
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... settler , a land of fairy enjoyment . The courtesies and amenities of the life he has quitted rise up to contrast themselves in his mind with the coarse and harsh realities which are all around him . Sickness comes , and sorrow comes ...
... settler , a land of fairy enjoyment . The courtesies and amenities of the life he has quitted rise up to contrast themselves in his mind with the coarse and harsh realities which are all around him . Sickness comes , and sorrow comes ...
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... settlers ; and New Eng- land still exists and flourishes , a monument to their many great qualities , and some mistaken views . The early settlements of Virginia were formed in con- sequence , and by means of powers granted in charters ...
... settlers ; and New Eng- land still exists and flourishes , a monument to their many great qualities , and some mistaken views . The early settlements of Virginia were formed in con- sequence , and by means of powers granted in charters ...
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... settlers had poverty to contend with ; they had also a sterile soil , a severe , though healthy climate , opposing proprietors , contending and contentious monopolists , a meddling , though fortunately an inert and indifferent King , a ...
... settlers had poverty to contend with ; they had also a sterile soil , a severe , though healthy climate , opposing proprietors , contending and contentious monopolists , a meddling , though fortunately an inert and indifferent King , a ...
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... settlers founded the city of Boston , and set themselves to the task of legislating for the rising colony . The story of the persecuting laws which they enacted , and the persecutions of which they were guilty , has been often told ...
... settlers founded the city of Boston , and set themselves to the task of legislating for the rising colony . The story of the persecuting laws which they enacted , and the persecutions of which they were guilty , has been often told ...
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