In short, such is the difference of character, of manners, of religion, of interest, of the different colonies, that I think, if I am not wholly ignorant of the human mind, were they left to themselves, there would soon be a civil war from one end of... Littell's Living Age - Page 971929Full view - About this book
 | Andrew Burnaby - 1775 - 270 pages
...litigation. — In fhort, fuch is the difference of character, of manners, of religion, of interert, of the different colonies, that I think, if I am not...wholly ignorant of the hu'man mind, were they left to themfelves, there would foon be a civil war, from one end of the continent to the other ; while the... | |
 | 1897 - 678 pages
...the Jerseys. Massachusetts Bay and Rhode Island are not less interested in that of Connecticut. . . were they left to themselves, there would soon be a civil war from one end of the continent to the other. — 76., p. 151. The circular to the various colonies, prepared by the legislature... | |
 | 1876 - 612 pages
...for purposes of common defenre: and a sensible traveller in 1759-60 does not scruple to write that, ' were they left to themselves, there would soon be a civil war from one end of the continent to the other '—a prophecy of which the fulfilment lay deep in the womb of time, and which... | |
 | 1876 - 608 pages
...purposes of common defence;' and a sensible traveller in 1759-60 does not scruple to write that, ' were they left to themselves, there would soon be a civil war from one end of the continent to the other ' — a prophecy of which the fulfilment lay deep in the womb of time, and which... | |
 | 1876 - 618 pages
...purposes of common defence ;' and a sensible traveller in 1759—60 does not scruple to write that, ' were they left to themselves, there would soon be a civil war from one end of the continent to the other ' — a prophecy of which the fulfilment lay deep in the womb of time* and which... | |
 | Edward Howland - 1877 - 848 pages
...of the Jerseys. Massachusetts Bay and Rhode Island are not less interested in that of Connecticut. Were they left to themselves, there would soon be a civil war from one end of the continent to the other." 1759. — ON the 7th of March the New York assembly ordered " that the members... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1898 - 546 pages
...produced by a state of war, contact with large bodies of European soldiers, and also the demoralising that I think, if I am not wholly ignorant of the human...there would soon be a civil war from one end of the continent to _ the other ; while the Indians and negroes would with better reason impatiently watch... | |
 | Howard Walter Caldwell - 1898 - 268 pages
...the Jerseys. Massachusetts Bay and Rhode Island are not less interested in that of Connecticut . . were they left to themselves, there would soon be a civil war from one end of the continent "to the other. — Ib.,p. 152. The circular to the various colonies, prepared by the legislature... | |
 | Howard Walter Caldwell - 1900 - 654 pages
...the Jerseys. Massachusetts Bay and Rhode Island are not less interested in that of Connecticut . . were they left to themselves, there would soon be a civil war from one end of the continent to the other. — /&., p. IBS. The circular to the various colonies, prepared by the legislature... | |
 | Edwin Erle Sparks - 1900 - 480 pages
...down the opinion that "fire and water are not more heterogeneous than the different colonies. . . . Were they left to themselves there would soon be a civil war from one end of the continent to the other." James Otis, of Revolutionary fame, said, " America would be a mere shambles... | |
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