HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM THE DISCOVERY OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT1858 |
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... no misgiving as to his duty . His heart knew no relent- ing ; his will never wavered . Though America were to be drenched in blood and its towns reduced to I. May . ashes , though its people were to 24 AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE .
... no misgiving as to his duty . His heart knew no relent- ing ; his will never wavered . Though America were to be drenched in blood and its towns reduced to I. May . ashes , though its people were to 24 AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE .
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... never attracted the affection of the Faithful in her devotedness to the nobles , poor . she knew not the utter decay of their order ; and had no other thought than that the traditions of cen- turies bound them to defend her life and ...
... never attracted the affection of the Faithful in her devotedness to the nobles , poor . she knew not the utter decay of their order ; and had no other thought than that the traditions of cen- turies bound them to defend her life and ...
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... of America , but for freedom itself . They were inspired by the thought that the Providence which rules the world demanded of them heroic self - denial , I. as the champions of humanity . The country never 34 AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE .
... of America , but for freedom itself . They were inspired by the thought that the Providence which rules the world demanded of them heroic self - denial , I. as the champions of humanity . The country never 34 AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE .
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GEORGE BANOROIT. I. as the champions of humanity . The country never CHAP . doubted their perseverance , and they trusted the fel low - feeling of the continent . On As soon as the act was received , the Boston com- mittee of ...
GEORGE BANOROIT. I. as the champions of humanity . The country never CHAP . doubted their perseverance , and they trusted the fel low - feeling of the continent . On As soon as the act was received , the Boston com- mittee of ...
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... never so much as attempted their arrest . The people of Massachusetts were almost exclu- sively of English origin ; beyond any other colony , they loved the land of their ancestors ; but their fond attachment made them only the more ...
... never so much as attempted their arrest . The people of Massachusetts were almost exclu- sively of English origin ; beyond any other colony , they loved the land of their ancestors ; but their fond attachment made them only the more ...
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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...