 ... we cooked up a resolution, somewhat modernizing their phrases, for appointing the 1st day of June, on which the port bill was to commence, for a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer, to implore Heaven to avert from us the evils of civil war, to...  The Life of Thomas Jefferson - Seite 71von Henry Stephens Randall - 1858Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | B. L. Rayner - 1834 - 820 Seiten
...and prayer, to implore Heaven to avert from us the evils of civil war, to inspire us with firmness 5* in support of our rights, and to turn the hearts of...the King and Parliament to moderation and justice.' The draft was approved by the consulting members ; but before they separated, another important figure... | |
 | George Tucker - 1837 - 588 Seiten
...humiliation and prayer, to implore Heaven to avert from us the evils of civil war, to inspire us with firmness in support of our rights, and to turn the...the King and Parliament to moderation and justice." They then resolve that the members would attend in their places on the first of June, at ten in the... | |
 | William Bradford Reed - 1838 - 68 Seiten
...humiliation, and prayer, to implore Heaven to avert 5 from us the evils of civil war, and to inspire us with firmness in support of our rights, and to turn the...the king and parliament to moderation and justice." May we not suppose, that among the thick coming fancies that floated through the minds of Henry and... | |
 | 1839 - 538 Seiten
...humiliation, and prayer, to implore Heaven to avert from us the evils of civil war, and to inspire us with firmness in support of our rights, and to turn the...the king and parliament to moderation and justice.' " May we not suppose, that among the thick-coming fancies that floated through the minds of Henry and... | |
 | John Adolphus - 1841 - 688 Seiten
...Heaven to avert from them the evils of civil war, to inspire them with firmness in support of their rights, and to turn the hearts of the King and Parliament to moderation and justice*." Such an encroachment on the governor's prerogative as the appointment of a fast without his concurrence,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane - 1841 - 834 Seiten
...humiliation, and prayer, to implore heaven to avert from us the evils of civil war, to inspire us with firmness in support of our rights, and to turn the hearts of king and parliament to moderation and justice."* As the students of Rushworth and revolutionary precedents... | |
 | 1849 - 838 Seiten
...humiliation, and prayer, to implore Heaven to avert from us the evils of civil war, and to inspire us with firmness in support of our rights, and to turn the...the king and parliament to moderation and justice." Rushworth was the secretary of Fairfax, and introduced an abridgment of Sprigge into his Collection,... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - 1846 - 472 Seiten
...humiliation, and prayer, to implore heaven to avert from us the evils of civil war, to inspire us with firmness in support of our rights, and to turn the hearts of king and parliament to moderation and justice."f As the students of Rushworth and revolutionary precedents... | |
 | 1849 - 848 Seiten
...humiliation, and prayer, to implore Heaven to avert from us the evils of civil war, and to inspire us with firmness in support of our rights, and to turn the...the king and parliament to moderation and justice." Rushworth was the secretary of Fairfax, and introduced an abridgment of Sprigge into his Collection,... | |
 | William Henry Foote - 1850 - 582 Seiten
...humiliation and prayer, to implore Heaven to avert from us the evils of civil war, to inspire us with firmness in support of our rights, and to turn the...character was more in unison with the tone of our resolutions and solicit him to move it. We accordingly w^ent to him in the morning. He moved it the... | |
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