Thomas Pownall: M.P., F.R.S., Governor of Massachusetts Bay, Author of The Letters of Junius; with a Supplement Comparing the Colonies of Kings George III and Edward VII |
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Page 209 - All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
Page 19 - They care for little; because they want but little; and the reason is, a little contents them. In this they are sufficiently revenged on us; if they are ignorant of our pleasures, they are also free from our pains.
Page 196 - Great Britain give and grant to your majesty, what ? Our own property ? No. We give and grant to your majesty, the property of your majesty's commons of America.
Page 15 - ... selfconceited Brethren, who run their own ways, and give liking unto nothing, but what is framed by themselves, and hammered on their anvil...
Page 14 - But after the first boatful was got aboard, and she was ready to go for more, the master espied a great company (both horse and foot), with bills, and guns, and other weapons (for the country was raised to take them).
Page 18 - Their houses are mats or barks of trees, set on poles in the fashion of an English barn, but out of the power of the winds, for they are hardly higher than a man.
Page 404 - A Memorial most humbly addressed to the sovereigns of Europe on the present state of affairs between the Old and the New World.
Page 19 - In the fall, when the corn cometh in, they begin to feast one another; there have been two great festivals already, to which all come that will; I was at one myself.
Page 19 - God and immortality, without the help of metaphysics; for they say, 'there is a great king that made them, who dwells in a glorious country to the southward of them: and that the souls of the good shall go thither, where they shall live again.
Page 321 - THE gentleman' who transacts the conveyancing part of our correspondence tells me there was much difficulty last night. For this reason, and because it could be no way material for me to see a paper on Saturday which is to appear on Monday, I resolved not to send for it.