The History of the United States of North America: From the Plantation of the British Colonies Till Their Assumption of National Independence, المجلد 4Lea and Blanchard, 1845 |
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... already sufficiently confuted the reasoning of the provincials , he was prepared to adopt more vigorous meas- ures for obtaining their obedience , and preventing the whole continent from being thrown into confusion by their factious ob ...
... already sufficiently confuted the reasoning of the provincials , he was prepared to adopt more vigorous meas- ures for obtaining their obedience , and preventing the whole continent from being thrown into confusion by their factious ob ...
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... , who had filled high official situations in Massa- chusetts for several years , and has already been introduced to - our notice , which he will farther engage in circumstances 10 [ BOOK X. HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA .
... , who had filled high official situations in Massa- chusetts for several years , and has already been introduced to - our notice , which he will farther engage in circumstances 10 [ BOOK X. HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA .
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... already noticed , possessed none of that taste for disputation which characterized his predecessor , Governor Morris . He was ex- ceedingly desirous to enjoy an easy , quiet administration ; but , unfortunately , the attainment of this ...
... already noticed , possessed none of that taste for disputation which characterized his predecessor , Governor Morris . He was ex- ceedingly desirous to enjoy an easy , quiet administration ; but , unfortunately , the attainment of this ...
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... already produced by interested individuals against the equitable claims of the inhabitants of a colonial settlement in a distant part of the world . Franklin's ardor , nevertheless , was animated rather than depressed by the prospect of ...
... already produced by interested individuals against the equitable claims of the inhabitants of a colonial settlement in a distant part of the world . Franklin's ardor , nevertheless , was animated rather than depressed by the prospect of ...
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... already more than one practi- cable breach in the works was produced by their batteries . The governor now judged the place no longer defensible , and offered to capitulate ; but his propositions were refused ; and it was required that ...
... already more than one practi- cable breach in the works was produced by their batteries . The governor now judged the place no longer defensible , and offered to capitulate ; but his propositions were refused ; and it was required that ...
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الصفحة 393 - Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged ; their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace; but there is no peace.
الصفحة 209 - ... may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it...
الصفحة 239 - 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 501 - His mind was great and powerful, without being of the very first order ; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke ; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention or imagination, but sure in conclusion.
الصفحة 500 - midst the roar Of cataracts, where nursing Nature smiled On infant Washington ? Has Earth no more Such seeds within her breast, or Europe no such shore ? XCVII.
الصفحة 384 - 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.
الصفحة 465 - But a reverence for our great Creator, principles of humanity, and the dictates of common sense, must convince all those who reflect upon the subject, that government was instituted to promote the welfare of mankind, and ought to be administered for the attainment of that end.
الصفحة 198 - LIBERTY to recoil within them: men promoted to the highest seats of justice, some who, to my knowledge, were glad, by going to a foreign country, to escape being brought to the bar of a Court of Justice in their own.
الصفحة 393 - Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.
الصفحة 142 - Lord Bishop of London and that no other person now there or that shall come from other parts shall be admitted to keep school in North Carolina without your license first obtained.