HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM THE DISCOVERY OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT1858 |
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... brought together , I hope at some not very distant day to cull out for publication such letters as may at once confirm my narrative and possess an intrinsic and general interest by illustrating the character and sentiments of the people.
... brought together , I hope at some not very distant day to cull out for publication such letters as may at once confirm my narrative and possess an intrinsic and general interest by illustrating the character and sentiments of the people.
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... brought under discussion ; that of New York 1774 for a congress ; that of Boston for an immediate ces- sation of trade . The latter proposition was received with loud and general murmurs . Dickinson con- ciliated the wavering merchants ...
... brought under discussion ; that of New York 1774 for a congress ; that of Boston for an immediate ces- sation of trade . The latter proposition was received with loud and general murmurs . Dickinson con- ciliated the wavering merchants ...
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... brought upon themselves the public reprobation of their townsmen . Hutchinson had merited in civil cases the praise of an impartial judge ; twenty - four lawyers , including judges of admiralty and attorneys of the crown , subscribed an ...
... brought upon themselves the public reprobation of their townsmen . Hutchinson had merited in civil cases the praise of an impartial judge ; twenty - four lawyers , including judges of admiralty and attorneys of the crown , subscribed an ...
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... brought upon them ; " but in case they should not prove so docile , Gage was required to bid the troops fire upon them at his discretion ; and for his encouragement , he was in- formed that all trials of officers and troops for homi ...
... brought upon them ; " but in case they should not prove so docile , Gage was required to bid the troops fire upon them at his discretion ; and for his encouragement , he was in- formed that all trials of officers and troops for homi ...
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... brought together to make it safe . The Boston committee looked the danger full in the face . On the second of June , they received and read the two bills , of which the one was to change the charter and subvert the most cherished rights ...
... brought together to make it safe . The Boston committee looked the danger full in the face . On the second of June , they received and read the two bills , of which the one was to change the charter and subvert the most cherished rights ...
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Page 216 - THE SACRED RIGHTS OF MANKIND ARE NOT TO BE RUMMAGED FOR AMONG OLD PARCHMENTS OR MUSTY RECORDS. THEY ARE WRITTEN, AS WITH A SUNBEAM, IN THE WHOLE VOLUME OF HUMAN NATURE, BY THE HAND OF THE DIVINITY ITSELF ; AND CAN NEVER BE ERASED OR OBSCURED BY MORTAL POWER.
Page 268 - My hold of the Colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties, which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron.
Page 242 - they that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Page 129 - The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders, are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American.
Page 274 - ... if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us.
Page 266 - And pray, Sir, what in the world is equal to it? Pass by the other parts, and look at the manner in which the people of New England have of late carried on the whale fishery.
Page 274 - God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone, it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Page 200 - Thucydides and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia.
Page 269 - All this, I know well enough, will sound wild and chimerical to the profane herd of those vulgar and mechanical politicians, who have no place among us ; a sort of people who think that nothing exists but what is gross and material ; and who therefore, far from being qualified to be directors of the great movement of empire, are not fit to turn a wheel in the machine.
Page 53 - House as a Day of Fasting, Humiliation, and Prayer, devoutly to implore the divine Interposition for averting the heavy Calamity, which...