 | Benson John Lossing - 1851 - 594 pàgines
...feelings of the people of America toward Great Britain before the passage of the Stamp Act, he said, " They had not only a respect but an affection for Great Britain, for its laws, its customs, and its manners, and even a fondness for its fashions, that greatly increased the commerce. Natives of... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1852 - 490 pàgines
...Americans, before 1763, were of the best temper in the world towards Great Britain, and were governed at the expense only of a little pen, ink, and paper ; they allowed the authority of parliament in laws, except such as should lay internal duties, and never disputed... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1855 - 566 pàgines
...the people are in the several old provinces, they cost you nothing in forts, citadels, garrisons, or armies, to keep them in subjection. They were governed...Britain, for its laws, its customs, and manners, and even a fondness for its fashions, that greatly increased the commerce. Natives of Great Britain were always... | |
 | John Fanning Watson - 1855 - 686 pàgines
...government of the crown, or paid for defence cheerfully. " They were led by a thread. They not only had a respect, but an affection for Great Britain, for its laws, its customs, and its manners, and even a fondness for its fashions," — not yet subsided. Natives of Great Britain... | |
 | Arthur Mills - 1856 - 482 pàgines
...of Franklin's evidence before the House of Commons in 1766, "at the expense to Great Britain of only a little pen, ink, and paper ; they were led by a thread." The fatal political errors which forced into a reluctant rebellion the fairest provinces of our empire,... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1856 - 472 pàgines
...Americans, before 1763, were of the best temper in the world towards Great Britain, and were governed at the expense only of a little pen, ink, and paper ; they allowed the authority of parliament in laws, except such as should lay internal duties, and never disputed... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 544 pàgines
...the people are in the several old provinces, they cost you nothing in forts, citadels, garrisons, or armies, to keep them in subjection. They were governed...Britain, for its laws, its customs, and manners, and even a fondness for its fashions, that greatly increased the commerce. Natives of Great Britain were always... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 566 pàgines
...keep them in subjection. They were governed by this country at the expense only of a little pen, and ink, and paper. They were led by a thread. They had not only n respect, but an affection for Great Britain, for its laws, its customs, and manners, and even a fondness... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1857 - 482 pàgines
...Americans, before 1763, were of the best temper in the world towards Great Britain, and were governed at the expense only of a little pen, ink, and paper; they allowed the authority of parliament in laws, except such as should lay internal duties, and never disputed... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1859 - 498 pàgines
...the people are in the several old provinces, they cost you nothing in forts, citadels, garrisons, or armies, to keep them in subjection. They were governed...Britain, for its laws, its customs, and manners, and even a fondness for its fashions, that greatly increased the commerce. Natives of Great Britain, were always... | |
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They submitted willingly to the government of the crown, and paid, in their courts, obedience to the acts of Parliament. Numerous as the people are in the several old provinces, they cost you nothing in forts, citadels, garrisons, or armies, to keep them... 
