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Capt Willson takes command of us I intend to go rather than surre nnder su [t] ch a tyrant, I wish we could get men enoughf hear to save our old 8 for it has been a faithfull
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This gallant otficer fell nnder the heights of KeggtOy where a sloop, commanded Jj capuin Hand; fiekl, was becalmed in January i8o8.
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Straggling with rage, undaunted he repressed The swelling passions in his labouring breast; the top of poets, which the soldiers, who went nnder it for
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* 'The Duke of Monmouth*s rebellion was scarcely extin« guished, when the King hesitated not to acknowledge his violation of the laws of the land, an offence which he dared to vindicate nnder the specious pretext of exercising a dispensing power,
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W. Lloyd, a profound scholar, and rigid disciplinarian, to whom he Is indebted for a liberal education, and a well-re* gulatedmindf nnder his venerable instructor he continued to
The Monthly mirror: reflecting men and manners; with strictures on their epitome, the stage .. 1795
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And upon his appearance in the flefli, all nature, and efpecially the gofpel-church, is reprefented as placed nnder him, as his kingdom.
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Wlnthrop records, nnder data of Sept. IT, IflSa, "A day of lbuikig; iTtng il Boalon for llie good n«ws oT Lhe ptMptroiu mccest pf the King of SmdCD," &c. —
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But nnder the pref - fure of fuch conftant difHculties, fo dangerous to national honour, it might be better perhaps lo think of effedually fecuring it altogether, by recall'mg our troops and our mer - chants, and abandoning our Oriental Empire.
the Lawyer's and Magistrate's Magazine Judges in their own Words 1792
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* Probably Peter Sargent, merchant of Boston, a strong opposer of Andros, and mem - ber of the Committee of Safety; also of the Council nnder the new charter.
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It is not, as you well know, in our power to direct in your mattera authoritatively, but as friends, and nnder our prince, are ready, to our utmost, to yield our asfastance in helping you with ammunition or any thing in onr power, men or moneys.
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