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... town meetings . Assembly of Virginia dissolved . Philadelphia . New York . Address from Gentlemen , & c . of Boston to the new governor . Address from the council rejected . Trans- ections of the house of representatives at Salem . The ...
... town meetings . Assembly of Virginia dissolved . Philadelphia . New York . Address from Gentlemen , & c . of Boston to the new governor . Address from the council rejected . Trans- ections of the house of representatives at Salem . The ...
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... town of Concord . Remonstrance from the provincial congress ; governor's answer . State of affairs at Boston ... towns , from the great be nefits which would accrue to them , by the splitting and removing of its commerce ; and that this ...
... town of Concord . Remonstrance from the provincial congress ; governor's answer . State of affairs at Boston ... towns , from the great be nefits which would accrue to them , by the splitting and removing of its commerce ; and that this ...
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... Town- meeting was sitting to consider of it , at the very time he arrived in the harbour . As this fatal news was totally unexpected , the con- sternation which it caused among all orders of people was inexpres .. sible . The first ...
... Town- meeting was sitting to consider of it , at the very time he arrived in the harbour . As this fatal news was totally unexpected , the con- sternation which it caused among all orders of people was inexpres .. sible . The first ...
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... Town meetings were held in every part of the continent ; in which , tho ' some were much more temperate than others , they all concurred in expressing the greatest disapproba- tion of the measures which were pursued against Boston , an ...
... Town meetings were held in every part of the continent ; in which , tho ' some were much more temperate than others , they all concurred in expressing the greatest disapproba- tion of the measures which were pursued against Boston , an ...
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... town of Boston . Their let- ter was temperate , but firm . They acknowledged the difficulty of of féring advice upon that sad occa- sion ; wished first to have the sense of the province in general ; ob- served , that all lenient ...
... town of Boston . Their let- ter was temperate , but firm . They acknowledged the difficulty of of féring advice upon that sad occa- sion ; wished first to have the sense of the province in general ; ob- served , that all lenient ...
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Page 39 - In vain to me the smiling mornings shine, And reddening Phoebus lifts his golden fire: The birds in vain their amorous descant join, Or cheerful fields resume their green attire: These ears alas! for other notes repine; A different object do these eyes require; My lonely anguish melts no heart but mine; And in my breast the imperfect joys expire...
Page 12 - He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion.
Page 39 - There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow : there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
Page 19 - ... patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans, whigs and tories, treacherous friends and open enemies, — that it was indeed a very curious show, but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on.
Page 13 - ... order ; but when the high roads are broken up and the waters out, when a new and troubled scene is opened, and the file affords no precedent, then it is that a greater knowledge of mankind, and a far more extensive comprehension of things is requisite, than ever office gave, or than office can ever give.
Page 199 - Tis folly to be wise. T. GRAY CLII HYMN TO ADVERSITY Daughter of Jove, relentless power, Thou tamer of the human breast, Whose iron scourge and torturing hour The bad affright, afflict the best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain The proud are taught to taste of pain, And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before, unpitied and alone. When first thy Sire to send on earth Virtue, his darling child, design'd, To thee he gave the heavenly birth And bade to form her infant mind.
Page 26 - That the foundation of English liberty and of all free government, is, a right in the people to participate in their legislative council...
Page 203 - Smiles on past Misfortune's brow Soft Reflection's hand can trace; And o'er the cheek of Sorrow throw A melancholy grace; While Hope prolongs our happier hour, Or deepest shades, that dimly lower And blacken round our weary way, Gilds with a gleam of distant day.
Page 219 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Page 26 - British parliament, they are entitled to a free and exclusive power of legislation in their several provincial legislatures, where their right of representation can alone be preserved, in all cases of taxation and internal polity subject only to the negative of their sovereign, in such manner as has been heretofore used and accustomed...