History of the United States: The American revolutionLittle, Brown and Company, 1858 - United States Siskiyou county only has volume 1 of this edition. |
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... military service and taxation , 26 - The king master of the treasury , 27 — Of the army , 28 - Of the church , 28 - The magistrates , 28 - Municipal charters , 29 - Scepticism in France , 29 - Degradation of the monarchy , 30 - Rising ...
... military service and taxation , 26 - The king master of the treasury , 27 — Of the army , 28 - Of the church , 28 - The magistrates , 28 - Municipal charters , 29 - Scepticism in France , 29 - Degradation of the monarchy , 30 - Rising ...
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... Military preparation , 230 - Leonard re- commends submission , 231 - The reply of John Adams , 232 . CHAPTER XXII . HAS NEW ENGLAND A RIGHT IN THE NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERIES ? Feb. , 1775 . Lord North proposes to exclude New England from ...
... Military preparation , 230 - Leonard re- commends submission , 231 - The reply of John Adams , 232 . CHAPTER XXII . HAS NEW ENGLAND A RIGHT IN THE NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERIES ? Feb. , 1775 . Lord North proposes to exclude New England from ...
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... military stores , 322 - Proposed expedi- tion against Quebec , 323 — Want of money , 323 - State of the currency , 324— Massachusetts desires to take up government , 324 - Formation of the Ameri- can army , 325 - Greene of Rhode Island ...
... military stores , 322 - Proposed expedi- tion against Quebec , 323 — Want of money , 323 - State of the currency , 324— Massachusetts desires to take up government , 324 - Formation of the Ameri- can army , 325 - Greene of Rhode Island ...
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... military service . In this manner they ceased to be the peers of their sovereign ; and though they still scorned every profession but that of arms , they re- ceived their commissions from the king's favor , and drew from his exchequer ...
... military service . In this manner they ceased to be the peers of their sovereign ; and though they still scorned every profession but that of arms , they re- ceived their commissions from the king's favor , and drew from his exchequer ...
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... military service that had formed the motive to their creation , they made themselves an insulated and worthless caste . All that was beneficent in feudalism had died out . Soulless relics of the past , the nobles threw up their ...
... military service that had formed the motive to their creation , they made themselves an insulated and worthless caste . All that was beneficent in feudalism had died out . Soulless relics of the past , the nobles threw up their ...
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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 53 - House as a Day of Fasting, Humiliation, and Prayer, devoutly to implore the divine Interposition for averting the heavy Calamity, which...
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 200 - When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
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 274 - election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest There is no retreat but in submission and slavery. Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable. And let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! " It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace.
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 150 - We ask but for peace, liberty, and safety. We wish not a diminution of the prerogative, nor do we solicit the grant of any new right in our favor. Your royal authority over us, and our connection with Great Britain, we shall always carefully and zealously endeavor to support and maintain.