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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter 24: (search)
ing heretics, and regarding as an affair of state the question who should be revered as the true patron saint of his kingdom, was at last roused to angry impatience. His complaints, when addressed to England, were turned aside; and when the Spanish officers showed vigor in maintaining the commercial system of their sovereign, the English merchants resented their interference as the ebullitions of pride, and the wanton aggressions of tyranny. One Jenkins, who to the Gentleman's Magazine, Feb. 1739, p. 121. Lord Mahon. Tindal T. Southry's W. Indies, II 265 pursuits of smuggling had joined maraudings which might well have been treated as acts of piracy, was summoned to the bar of the house of commons to give evidence. The tale, which he was disciplined to tell, of the loss of his ears by Spanish cruelty, of dishonor offered to the British flag and the British crown, was received without distrust. What were your feelings, when in the hands of such barbarians? was asked by a member,