Biographia Americana: Or, A Historical and Critical Account of the Lives, Actions, and Writings of the Most Distinguished Persons in North America; from the First Settlement to the Present Time...D. Mallory, 1825 - 356 من الصفحات |
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... manners , there was added a suavity of temper , which concili- ated the affection of his acquaintance . Among his friends he was cheerful and companionable , a lover of chaste wit , and remarkably fond of anecdote . His mind was early ...
... manners , there was added a suavity of temper , which concili- ated the affection of his acquaintance . Among his friends he was cheerful and companionable , a lover of chaste wit , and remarkably fond of anecdote . His mind was early ...
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... manners towards his friends he was easy and elegant , affable and warm , inviting confi- dence , and inspiring affection ; in his intercourse with the world , polite , yet dignified , modest and well bred ; thus to the qualifications of ...
... manners towards his friends he was easy and elegant , affable and warm , inviting confi- dence , and inspiring affection ; in his intercourse with the world , polite , yet dignified , modest and well bred ; thus to the qualifications of ...
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... manner in communicating his sentiments . In the pulpit he shone with supe- rior lustre ; he was fluent , copious , sublime , and persuasive . He was distinguished for his public spirit ; he had a high sense of English liberty , and ...
... manner in communicating his sentiments . In the pulpit he shone with supe- rior lustre ; he was fluent , copious , sublime , and persuasive . He was distinguished for his public spirit ; he had a high sense of English liberty , and ...
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... manners of the American people . The American Biography , in two volumes , a monu- ment of his talents , industry , and knowledge . It is much to be regretted he did not live to complete this work , for which the public voice pronounced ...
... manners of the American people . The American Biography , in two volumes , a monu- ment of his talents , industry , and knowledge . It is much to be regretted he did not live to complete this work , for which the public voice pronounced ...
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... manner , associ- ating on the most familiar terms with the president and other distinguished characters . His leisure hours he devoted to literature and science , and in preparing for the press the " Co- lumbiad , " which he afterwards ...
... manner , associ- ating on the most familiar terms with the president and other distinguished characters . His leisure hours he devoted to literature and science , and in preparing for the press the " Co- lumbiad , " which he afterwards ...
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الصفحة 140 - ... we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight ; I repeat it, sir, we must fight. An appeal to arms, and to the God of Hosts, is all that is left us.
الصفحة 274 - 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 140 - There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free — if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending — if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained — we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us! They tell...
الصفحة 141 - He took his seat. No murmur of applause was heard. The effect was too deep. After the trance of a moment, several members started from their seats. The cry, "to arms!
الصفحة 138 - Upon offering them to the house, violent debates ensued. Many threats were uttered, and much abuse cast on me, by the party for submission. After a long and warm contest, the resolutions passed by a very small majority, perhaps of one or two only. The alarm spread throughout America with astonishing quickness, and the ministerial party were overwhelmed. The great point of resistance to British taxation was universally established in the colonies. This brought on the war, which finally separated the...
الصفحة 196 - I was struck with the manliness of his person, the breadth of his chest, the openness of his countenance, and the inquietude of his eye.
الصفحة 337 - No man ever left behind him a character more venerated than George Wythe. His virtue was of the purest tint; his integrity inflexible, and his justice exact; of warm patriotism, and, devoted as he was to liberty, and the natural and equal rights of man, he might truly be called the Cato of his country, without the avarice of the Roman; for a more disinterested person never lived.
الصفحة 216 - Quebec, in 1759, on the very spot, where he was doomed to fall, when fighting against her, under the banners of freedom. After his return to England, he quitted his regiment, in 1772, though in a fair way to preferment. He had imbibed an attachment to America, viewing it as the rising seat of arts and freedom. After his arrival in this country, he purchased an estate in New York, about...
الصفحة 139 - The meeting was awfully solemn. The object which had called them together was of incalculable magnitude. The liberties of no less than three millions of people, with that of all their posterity, were staked on the wisdom and energy of their councils.