An Impartial History of the Present War in America: Containing an Account of Its Rise and Progress, the Political Springs Thereof, with Its Various Successes and Disappointments, on Both Sides, Volume 2T. Robson, 1780 - United States |
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... whole value of the gunpowder and arms in the magazine , for any purpofe to which they were capa ble of being converted , either in the hands of friends or enemies , appeared very inadequate to the alarm , fufpicion , and difturbance ...
... whole value of the gunpowder and arms in the magazine , for any purpofe to which they were capa ble of being converted , either in the hands of friends or enemies , appeared very inadequate to the alarm , fufpicion , and difturbance ...
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... whole body to a nearer place . He affured them that he should attend as ufual to the duties of his office , and of his good difpofition to re- store that harmony which had been fo unhappily in- terrupted . Such meannefs and imbecility ...
... whole body to a nearer place . He affured them that he should attend as ufual to the duties of his office , and of his good difpofition to re- store that harmony which had been fo unhappily in- terrupted . Such meannefs and imbecility ...
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... whole proceedings of the affem . bly , he knew of no bills of importance , which if he . were inclined to rifque his perfon again among the people , they had to prefent to him , nor whether they were fuch as he could affent to if they ...
... whole proceedings of the affem . bly , he knew of no bills of importance , which if he . were inclined to rifque his perfon again among the people , they had to prefent to him , nor whether they were fuch as he could affent to if they ...
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... whole fociety , and every one to bend his neck at the nod of a grand monarch.- Such a state of existence to free men , appears to be worse then none at all , and they would fooner die than live under fuch a flavery . Reafon on both ...
... whole fociety , and every one to bend his neck at the nod of a grand monarch.- Such a state of existence to free men , appears to be worse then none at all , and they would fooner die than live under fuch a flavery . Reafon on both ...
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... whole people , and to encounter them upon an equal footing in the fields for however ill - founded diftinctions with refpect to co- lour may appear , when examined by the teft of na- ture , reafon and philofophy ; yet while things conti ...
... whole people , and to encounter them upon an equal footing in the fields for however ill - founded diftinctions with refpect to co- lour may appear , when examined by the teft of na- ture , reafon and philofophy ; yet while things conti ...
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Page 169 - Upon the whole, it did not appear to your committee that his lordship's commission contained any other authority of importance than what is expressed in the act of Parliament, namely: that of granting pardons, with such exceptions as the commissioners shall think proper to make, and of declaring America, or any part of it, to be in the king's peace upon submission...
Page 362 - Gates will of course take the necessary measures for the due performance of this article. Should any carriages be wanted during the march, for the transportation of officers' baggage, they are, if possible, to be supplied by the country at the usual rates.
Page 353 - Her fondness for conquest, as a warlike nation, her lust of dominion, as an ambitious one, and her thirst...
Page 411 - The policy, as well as the benevolence of Great Britain, have thus far checked the extremes of war, when they tended to distress a people, still considered as our fellow-subjects, and to desolate a country, shortly to become again a source of mutual advantage...
Page 307 - The loss in reputation was greater to the Americans, and capable of more fatal consequences, than even that of ground, of posts, of artillery, or of men. All the contemptuous and most degrading charges which had been made by their enemies, of their wanting the resolution and abilities of men, even in their defence of whatever was dear to them, were now repeated and believed.
Page 527 - In order to fix more precisely the sense and application of the preceding article, the contracting parties declare, that in case of a rupture between France and England, the reciprocal guarantee declared in the said article, shall have its full force and effect the moment such war shall break out...
Page 525 - I If war should break out between France and Great Britain during the continuance of the present war between the United States and England, His Majesty and the said United States shall make it a common cause and aid each other mutually with their good offices, their counsels and their forces, according to the exigence of conjunctures, as becomes good and faithful allies.
Page 362 - Gates's orders, at the same rate of rations as the troops of his own army ; and if possible the officers' horses and cattle are to be supplied with forage at the usual rates.
Page 315 - Thus an army was poured forth by the woods, mountains, and marshes, which in this part were thickly sown with plantations and villages. The Americans recalled their courage, and, when their regular army seemed to be entirely wasted, the spirit of the country produced a much greater and more formidable force.
Page 105 - ... be pleased to direct some mode, by which the united applications of your faithful colonists to the throne, in pursuance of their common councils...