 | Washington Irving - 1881 - 986 strani
...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 - 1882 - 586 strani
...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...this country at the expense only of a little pen, and ink, and paper. They were led by a thread. They had not only a respect, but an affection for Great... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1882 - 594 strani
...their English lineage, of English greatness, and of English liberty, and, in the words of Franklin, they had ' not only a respect but an affection for Great Britain ; ... to be an Old England man was of itself a character of some respect, and gave a kind of rank among... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1883 - 524 strani
...that, before 1763, they were of the best temper in the world toward 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... | |
 | Joseph H. Beale - 1884 - 1152 strani
...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...; for its laws, its customs and manners, and even a fondness for its fashions, that greatly increased the commerce. Natives of Britain were always treated... | |
 | Charles H. Evans - 1884 - 234 strani
...attached subjects of the Crown. As Benjamin Franklin said, in his evidence before the House of Commons, 'they had not only a respect, but an affection for...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... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - 1887 - 476 strani
...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 Britain were always treated... | |
 | 1887 - 436 strani
...provinces, they cost you nothing in forts, citadels, garrisons, or armies, to keep them in subjection. Thev were governed by this country at the expense only...Britain, for its laws, its customs and manners, and even a fondness for its fashions, that greatly increased the commerce. Natives of Britain were always treated... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - 1887 - 438 strani
...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...only of a little pen, ink, and paper. They were led bv a thread. They had not only a respect, but an affection, for Great Britain, for its laws, its customs... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 strani
...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...; for its laws, its customs and manners, and even a fondness for its fashions, that greatly increased the commerce. Natives of Britain were always treated... | |
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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... 
