HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM THE DISCOVERY OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT1858 |
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... 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.
... 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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... once , any thing which he wishes done quickly and 1774 secretly , here am I , who have at his service a head , May . a heart , arms , and no tongue . " The young monarch , with all his zeal for adminis- trative improvements , had no ...
... once , any thing which he wishes done quickly and 1774 secretly , here am I , who have at his service a head , May . a heart , arms , and no tongue . " The young monarch , with all his zeal for adminis- trative improvements , had no ...
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... once the insignificant number of troops who had come to overawe them . But Samuel Adams , while he com- pared their spirit to that of Sparta or Rome , was ever inculcating " patience as the characteristic of a pa- triot , " and the ...
... once the insignificant number of troops who had come to overawe them . But Samuel Adams , while he com- pared their spirit to that of Sparta or Rome , was ever inculcating " patience as the characteristic of a pa- triot , " and the ...
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... once united in councils , what may they not effect ? " At an early hour Dickinson retired from the meeting , of which the spirit far exceeded his own ; but even the most zealous acknowledged the necessity of deferring to his advice ...
... once united in councils , what may they not effect ? " At an early hour Dickinson retired from the meeting , of which the spirit far exceeded his own ; but even the most zealous acknowledged the necessity of deferring to his advice ...
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... once embrace the colonies south of the Potomac ; and their committee wisely entreated Mas- sachusetts to fix the place and time for its meeting . At Boston , the agents and supporters of the British ministers strove to bend the firmness ...
... once embrace the colonies south of the Potomac ; and their committee wisely entreated Mas- sachusetts to fix the place and time for its meeting . At Boston , the agents and supporters of the British ministers strove to bend the firmness ...
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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...