History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent: The American RevolutionLittle, Brown, and Company, 1860 |
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... present , he locked the door , and proposed the measure he had matured . The time fixed for the congress was the first day of September , the place Philadelphia , where there was no army to in- terrupt its sessions . Bowdoin , who ...
... present , he locked the door , and proposed the measure he had matured . The time fixed for the congress was the first day of September , the place Philadelphia , where there was no army to in- terrupt its sessions . Bowdoin , who ...
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... present , considered the rumor that some of them were to be taken up , and voted unanimously " that they would attend their business as usual , unless prevented by brutal force . " " The attempt to intimidate , " said the patriots ...
... present , considered the rumor that some of them were to be taken up , and voted unanimously " that they would attend their business as usual , unless prevented by brutal force . " " The attempt to intimidate , " said the patriots ...
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... present moment , and was careless of the future which he was not to share ; taking all things so easily , that age did not wear him out . Full of petty artifice in attack , of sly dexterity in defence , he could put aside weighty ...
... present moment , and was careless of the future which he was not to share ; taking all things so easily , that age did not wear him out . Full of petty artifice in attack , of sly dexterity in defence , he could put aside weighty ...
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... Present tranquillity was his object , rather than honor among coming genera- tions . He was naturally liberal , and willing that the public good should prevail ; but not at the cost of his repose , above all , not at the risk of his ...
... Present tranquillity was his object , rather than honor among coming genera- tions . He was naturally liberal , and willing that the public good should prevail ; but not at the cost of his repose , above all , not at the risk of his ...
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... present , " was the warning received by Ruggles from the town of Hard- wick , whose freemen with those of New Braintree and of Greenwich so resented his accepting a place in the council , that they vowed he should never again pass the ...
... present , " was the warning received by Ruggles from the town of Hard- wick , whose freemen with those of New Braintree and of Greenwich so resented his accepting a place in the council , that they vowed he should never again pass the ...
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act of parliament Americans appointed April arms army assembly authority Boston Britain British Cambridge Carolina CHAP Charlestown charter Chatham civil colonies command committee of safety Concord confidence Connecticut continent continental congress convention coun council court crown declared defence delegates Dunmore elected enemy England English fire force Franklin freedom friends Gage governor Hill honor hope hundred independence Indians inhabitants John Adams Joseph Warren June king king's land Lexington liberty Lord North Massachusetts measures ment military militia minister ministry nation never officers party patriot peace Peyton Randolph Prescott proposed province provincial congress Quebec Quebec act rebellion received redoubt reënforcements refused regiments repeal resistance resolution resolved Richard Henry Lee Samuel Adams sent Sept slaves soldiers South Carolina spirit thousand tion town trade troops unanimously union Vergennes Virginia vote Warren whole wounded wrote XXXVII York
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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 242 - they that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Seite 129 - The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders, are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American.
Seite 53 - House as a Day of Fasting, Humiliation, and Prayer, devoutly to implore the divine Interposition for averting the heavy Calamity, which...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 268 - But let it be once understood that your government may be one thing, and their privileges another ; that these two things may exist without any mutual relation ; the cement is gone, the cohesion is loosened, and everything hastens to decay and dissolution.
Seite 267 - Then, Sir, from these six capital sources — of descent, of form of government, of religion in the Northern Provinces, of manners in the Southern, of education, of the remoteness of situation from the first mover of government — from all these causes a fierce spirit of liberty has grown up.
Seite 269 - These things do not make your government. Dead instruments, passive tools as they are, it is the spirit of the English communion that gives all their life and efficacy to them. It is the spirit of the English constitution, which, infused through the mighty mass, pervades, feeds, unites, invigorates, vivifies, every part of the empire, even down to the minutest member.