The History of England, المجلد 2A. J. Valpy, 1835 |
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الصفحة viii
... Washington as commander in chief - His arrival at Boston , and disposition of the army - General Gage's inactivity he is recalled , and the command devolves on general Howe - Armed cruisers fitted out by the provincials ; capture of ...
... Washington as commander in chief - His arrival at Boston , and disposition of the army - General Gage's inactivity he is recalled , and the command devolves on general Howe - Armed cruisers fitted out by the provincials ; capture of ...
الصفحة ix
... Washington's situation - Fortification of Dorchester heights - Evacuation of Boston by the British - Important advan- tages resulting from it to the insurgents - Mission of Indian chiefs - Affairs of Canada - Franklin's letter to M ...
... Washington's situation - Fortification of Dorchester heights - Evacuation of Boston by the British - Important advan- tages resulting from it to the insurgents - Mission of Indian chiefs - Affairs of Canada - Franklin's letter to M ...
الصفحة x
... Washington , and correspondence with Franklin --Defeat of the Americans on Long Island - Their retreat to New York ... Washington's retreat - Action at White Plains - Capture of Fort Washington - Washington retreats behind the Delaware ...
... Washington , and correspondence with Franklin --Defeat of the Americans on Long Island - Their retreat to New York ... Washington's retreat - Action at White Plains - Capture of Fort Washington - Washington retreats behind the Delaware ...
الصفحة xi
... Washington takes up a position at White Marsh- Removes to Valley Forge for winter - quarters - Suffering of the army Representations of Washington to congress - Plan of general Burgoyne's expedition from Canada - His advance and ...
... Washington takes up a position at White Marsh- Removes to Valley Forge for winter - quarters - Suffering of the army Representations of Washington to congress - Plan of general Burgoyne's expedition from Canada - His advance and ...
الصفحة 196
... Washington as commander in chief - His arrival at Boston , and disposition of the army- General Gage's inactivity he is recalled , and the command devolves on general Howe - Armed cruisers fitted out by the provincials ; capture of ...
... Washington as commander in chief - His arrival at Boston , and disposition of the army- General Gage's inactivity he is recalled , and the command devolves on general Howe - Armed cruisers fitted out by the provincials ; capture of ...
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acknowleged administration affairs American appointed arms army arrived assembly attack attempt authority bill Boston Britain British British army brought cabinet charge civil colonel colonies colonists commander committee conduct congress constitution contest council court crown debate declared defended duke of Grafton duty earl effect election enemy England expedition force France Franklin governor honor house of commons house of lords India jury justice king king's legislature letter liberty lord Camden lord Chatham lord Clive lord Cornwallis lord John Cavendish lord Mansfield lord North lordship Louis XV majesty Massachussetts means measures ment military ministers ministry motion nation officers opinion opposed opposition parliament party passed peace persons petition possession present principles proceedings proposed province received refused repeal resistance resolution revenue Rohillas royal sent session ships soon speech spirit taxation tion took treaty troops vote Washington whilst Wilkes
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الصفحة 192 - We ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of that trust to which the order of Providence has called us. By adverting to the dignity of this high calling, our ancestors have turned a savage wilderness into a glorious empire; and have made the most extensive, and the only honorable conquests; not by destroying, but by promoting the wealth, the number, the happiness, of the human race.
الصفحة 339 - He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
الصفحة 338 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions to cause others to be elected ; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise ; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
الصفحة 192 - Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom, and a great empire and little minds go ill together.
الصفحة 43 - Majesty's servants, at the desire of several persons of quality, for the benefit of Mr. Wilkes and at the expense of the Constitution...
الصفحة 190 - Brusa and Smyrna. Despotism itself is obliged to truck and huckster. The Sultan gets such obedience as he can. He governs with a loose rein, that he may govern at all; and the whole of the force and vigor of his authority in his centre, is derived from a prudent relaxation in all his borders.
الصفحة 191 - My idea, therefore, without considering whether we yield as matter of right or grant as matter of favor, is, to admit the people of our colonies into an interest in the Constitution, and, by recording that admission in the...
الصفحة 177 - Their situation is truly unworthy, penned up— pining in inglorious inactivity. They are an army of impotence. You may call them an army of safety and of guard; but they are in truth an army of impotence and contempt; and, to make the folly equal to the disgrace, they are an army of irritation and vexation.
الصفحة 134 - I know of no line that can be drawn between the supreme authority of Parliament and the total independence of the colonies...
الصفحة 180 - A Provisional Act, for settling the Troubles in America, and for asserting the Supreme Legislative Authority and Superintending Power of Great Britain over the Colonies.