A History of the American Revolution; Comprehending All the Principal Events Both in the Field and in the Cabinet, المجلد 1F. Betts, 1822 |
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... officers , appointed by the King , sensible of the precarious ten- ure by which their authority was held , were more anx- ious to conciliate the royal favour , than the confidence of the people . They laboured hard , therefore , to ...
... officers , appointed by the King , sensible of the precarious ten- ure by which their authority was held , were more anx- ious to conciliate the royal favour , than the confidence of the people . They laboured hard , therefore , to ...
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... officers , all of whom were willing and competent to give him much useful advice and infor- mation , respecting the mode of conducting warfare in American woods and morasses . He accepted the ̄of- fered services of Colonel Washington ...
... officers , all of whom were willing and competent to give him much useful advice and infor- mation , respecting the mode of conducting warfare in American woods and morasses . He accepted the ̄of- fered services of Colonel Washington ...
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... officer was not long in deter- mining to seek an engagement . He saw that the fate of the city depended upon the issue of ... officers , he continued to be more con- cerned for the issue of the battle than for his own fate , inquiring at ...
... officer was not long in deter- mining to seek an engagement . He saw that the fate of the city depended upon the issue of ... officers , he continued to be more con- cerned for the issue of the battle than for his own fate , inquiring at ...
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... Officers declared they would never distribute a single Stamp - and what was of the most alarming importance to Great Britain , the merchants entered in- to a solemn engagement to import no more goods un- til the act was repealed . A ...
... Officers declared they would never distribute a single Stamp - and what was of the most alarming importance to Great Britain , the merchants entered in- to a solemn engagement to import no more goods un- til the act was repealed . A ...
الصفحة 87
... officers , and break out , I might almost say , into open rebellion . " Thus weak and laboured was Mr. Grenville's vin- dication of himself and his measures . His whole speech was but a repetition of what had been urged by Mr. Charles ...
... officers , and break out , I might almost say , into open rebellion . " Thus weak and laboured was Mr. Grenville's vin- dication of himself and his measures . His whole speech was but a repetition of what had been urged by Mr. Charles ...
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الصفحة 213 - An act to discontinue in such manner and for such time as are therein mentioned, the landing and discharging, lading, or shipping of goods, wares, and merchandise, at the town, and within the harbour of Boston, in the province of Massachusetts Bay in North America...
الصفحة 354 - He has endeavoured to prevent the Population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners ; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
الصفحة 260 - 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 259 - ' Though I am truly sensible of the high honor done me in this appointment, yet, I feel great distress from a consciousness, that my abilities and military experience may not be equal to the extensive and important trust...
الصفحة 91 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
الصفحة 217 - That the respective colonies are entitled to the common law of England, and more especially to the great and inestimable privilege of being tried by their peers of the vicinage, according to the course of that law.
الصفحة 356 - He has excited Domestic Insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
الصفحة 74 - Resolved, therefore, That the general assembly of this colony have the sole right and power to lay taxes and impositions upon the inhabitants of this colony ; and that every attempt to vest such power in any person or persons whatsoever, other than the general assembly aforesaid, has a manifest tendency to destroy British as well as American freedom.
الصفحة 223 - ... whose business it shall be attentively to observe the conduct of all persons touching this association ; and when it shall be made to appear, to the satisfaction of a majority of...
الصفحة 87 - It is my opinion, that this kingdom has no right to lay a tax upon the colonies. At the same time, I assert the authority of this kingdom over the colonies to be sovereign and supreme, in every circumstance of government and legislation whatsoever.