[…] God reckons it but Juſtice to help thoſe, who will not help themſelves by doing any Thing that may diſpleaſe him, and who, in contradiction to the greateſt Number and the greateſt Examples, dare do ſuch an impopular and ungracious Thing, as to be religious, to prefer his Law before the Licence of Men, and Salvation to come before any preſent Preferment.
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But the cauſe being ſo very odious and impopular, the tryal of the Verdict was deferred from one Term to another, until upon the Duke of G--ft-n the Lord Lieutenant’s arrival, his Grace after mature advice, and permiſſion from England, was pleaſed to grant a noli proſequi.
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No nation could be justified in compelling them to submit to an impopular dynasty, or to the yoke of feudal and superstitious tyranny.
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The Stamp Act was an impopular tax on paper and paper products, the revenue went to the royal treasury and were used to pay for the British soldiers stationed in America.
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