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Excerpt from History of Great Britain, From the Revolution, 1688, to the Conclusion of the Treaty of Amiens, 1802 But the Governor seemed not to recollect, that those who usurp the rights of the People may be made to repent their rashness, as well as those who invade the prerogative of the Sovereign. A number of votes expressive of the agitation of the public mind were unanimously pasted, and amongst them is a resolve, that those inhabitants who are not provided with arms be requested to furnish themselves forthwith. On the first of October 1768, the troops landed under cover of a considerable fleet, confining of fourteen ships of. war of different descriptions, lying in the harbor of Boston, with their broadsides to the town; and marching into this metropolis with bayonets fixed, drums beating, and colors flying, with a train of artillery accompanying them, the imagination of the inhabitants was impressed with all the ideas associated with the insolence of conquest, and the horrors of military despotism. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Excerpt from History of Great Britain, From the Revolution, 1688, to the Conclusion of the Treaty of Amiens, 1802
To attempt to govern a whole nation in' a m'ocie abhorrent from their feelings, principles, and press judices, is a complication of folly and wickednefs and the counfels of Great Britain at this period were governed by a fpirit of infatuation, which it is' difficult to analyfe into any of the common principles of human action, and which excites our afioh'rfhment at leaft as {trongly as our indignation or regret.
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