The American RevolutionEducational Press, 1919 |
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طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
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مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 192 - Congress be instructed to propose to that respectable body to declare the United Colonies free and independent states, absolved from all allegiance to, or dependence upon, the Crown or Parliament of Great Britain...
الصفحة 144 - But lest some unlucky event should happen unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with.
الصفحة 125 - By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence slept; Alike the conqueror silent sleeps; And Time the ruined bridge has swept Down the dark stream which seaward creeps. On this green bank, by this soft stream, We set to-day a votive stone; That memory may their deed redeem, When, like our sires, our sons are gone.
الصفحة 143 - If you speak of eloquence, Mr. Rutledge, of South Carolina, is by far the greatest orator ; but if you speak of solid information and sound judgment, Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on that floor.
الصفحة 78 - French fleet, as he finds it has a tendency to discourage some who placed great dependence upon the assistance of it ; though he can by no means suppose the army, or any part of it, endangered by this movement. He yet hopes the event will prove America able to procure that by her own arms which her allies refuse to assist in obtaining.
الصفحة 190 - Resolved, That the delegates for this colony in the Continental Congress be impowered to concur with the delegates of the other colonies in declaring independency, and forming foreign alliances, reserving to this colony the sole and exclusive right of forming a constitution and laws for this colony...
الصفحة 286 - that there was a riot on Tower Hill. What would the keeper of his majesty's lions do ? Would he not fling open the dens of the wild beasts, and then address them thus ? ' My gentle lions, my humane bears, my tenderhearted hyenas, go forth ! But I exhort you, as you are Christians and members of civilized society, to take care not to hurt any man, woman, or child...
الصفحة 169 - We have thought fit, by and with the Advice of Our Privy Council, to issue this Our Royal Proclamation...
الصفحة 60 - Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful 'for anything we allow them short of hanging.
الصفحة 132 - Gentlemen may cry: Peace, peace! — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun ! The next gale that sweeps from the North will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms!