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" I am still of opinion it would have been happy for both sides the water if it had been adopted. The colonies, so united, would have been sufficiently strong to have defended themselves; there would then have been no need of troops from England ; of course,... "
Altered Egos: Authority in American Autobiography - Page 44
by G. Thomas Couser - 1989 - 304 pages
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The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: [Autobiography

Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 558 pages
...really the true medium, and I am still of opinion it would have been happy for both sides if it had been adopted. The colonies so united would have been...need of troops from England, of course the subsequent prcti-xt for taxing America; and the bloody contest it occasioned, would have been avoided: but such...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Including a Sketch of the Rise and Progress ...

1826 - 440 pages
...satisfaction, and says of this plan, " I am still of opinion it would have been happy for both sides if it had been adopted. The colonies, so united, would have...of troops from England ; of course the subsequent pretext for taxing America, and the bloody contest it occasioned, would have been avoided. But such...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Including a Sketch of the Rise and Progress ...

1826 - 422 pages
...satisfaction, and says of this plan, " I am still of opinion it would have been happy for both sides if it had been adopted. The colonies, so united, would have...of troops from England ; of course the subsequent pretext for taxing America, and the bloody contest it occasioned, would have been avoided. But such...
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Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 1

Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 682 pages
...really the true medium, and I am still of opinion it would have been happy for both sides, if it had been adopted. The colonies so united would have been...need of troops from England, of course the subsequent pretext for taxmg America; and the bloody contest it occasioned, would have been avoided: but such...
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The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and ..., Volume 1

Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 668 pages
...really the true medium ; and I am still of opinion, it would have been happy for both sides, if it had been adopted. The colonies so united would have been...of troops from England ; of course the subsequent pretext for taxing America, and the bloody contest it occasioned, would have been avoided. But such...
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The works of Benjamin Franklin: with notes and a life of the ..., Volume 1

Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 pages
...really the true medium ; and I am still of opinion, it would have been happy for both sides, if it had been adopted. The colonies so united would have been...of troops from England ; of course the subsequent pretext for taxing America, and the bloody contest it occasioned, would have been avoided. But such...
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THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. No. CXXVII. JULY, 1843. VOL. XXII.

The Dublin University Magazine.VOL.XXII July to December,1843 - 1843 - 770 pages
...colonies fo united would have been sufficiently ft ron g to have defended themselves, and there would have been no need of troops from England ; of course the subsequent pretext for taxing America, and the bloody contest it occasioned, would have been avoided. "f The war...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Containing the Autobiography, with Notes and ...

Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1848 - 676 pages
...really the true medium ; and I am still of opinion, it would have been happy for both sides, if it had been adopted. The colonies so united would have been...of troops from England ; of course the subsequent pretext for taxing America, and the bloody contest it occasioned, would have been avoided. But such...
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The Select Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including His Autobiography

Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 522 pages
...really the true medium; and I am still of opinion it would have been happy for both sides if it had been adopted. The colonies so united would have been...of troops from England; of course, the subsequent pretext for taxing America, and the bloody contest it occasioned, would have been avoided. But such...
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History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution ..., Volume 1

George Ticknor Curtis - 1854 - 564 pages
...really the true medium ; and I am still of opinion it would have been happy for both sides, if it had been adopted. The colonies so united would have been...sufficiently strong to have defended themselves : there would have been no need of troops from England : of course the subsequent pretext for taxing America, and...
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