History of the War of the Independence of the United States of America, Volume 1Brainard, 1840 - United States |
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... receiving the second volume of the translation , expressed himself in the words following : I unite with many other gentlemen in the opinion that the work has great merit , has raised a monument to your name , and performed a valuable ...
... receiving the second volume of the translation , expressed himself in the words following : I unite with many other gentlemen in the opinion that the work has great merit , has raised a monument to your name , and performed a valuable ...
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... received by the American people . Grateful for such high approbation , and content with having been the first to present his countrymen , at his own peril , with however imperfect a copy of so inimitable an original , the translator ...
... received by the American people . Grateful for such high approbation , and content with having been the first to present his countrymen , at his own peril , with however imperfect a copy of so inimitable an original , the translator ...
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... received , at various times , as into a place of asylum , the men whom political or religious dis- turbances had driven from their own countries in Europe . The security which these distant and desert regions presented to their minds ...
... received , at various times , as into a place of asylum , the men whom political or religious dis- turbances had driven from their own countries in Europe . The security which these distant and desert regions presented to their minds ...
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... received the news of the victories of the republicans in England ; with what grief they heard of the resto- ration of the monarchy , in the person of Charles II . Thus their incli- nations and principles were equally contrary to the ...
... received the news of the victories of the republicans in England ; with what grief they heard of the resto- ration of the monarchy , in the person of Charles II . Thus their incli- nations and principles were equally contrary to the ...
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... received birth and education . And what toils , what fatigues , what perils , had they not encountered , upon these unknown and savage shores ? All had opposed them ; their bodies had not been accustomed to the extremes of cold in ...
... received birth and education . And what toils , what fatigues , what perils , had they not encountered , upon these unknown and savage shores ? All had opposed them ; their bodies had not been accustomed to the extremes of cold in ...
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Page 95 - At the same time let the sovereign authority of this country over the colonies be asserted in as strong terms as can be devised, and be made to extend to every point of legislation whatsoever. That we may bind their trade, confine their manufactures, and exercise every power whatsoever, except that of taking their money out of their pockets without their consent.
Page 54 - I claim to know more of America than most of you, having seen and been conversant in that country. The people, I believe, are as truly loyal as any subjects the king has ; but a people jealous of their liberties, and who will vindicate them, if ever they should be violated. But the subject is too delicate ; I will say no more.
Page 359 - STEPHEN HOPKINS, WILLIAM ELLERY. CONNECTICUT. ROGER SHERMAN, SAMUEL HUNTINGTON, WILLIAM WILLIAMS, OLIVER WOLCOTT. NEW YORK. WILLIAM FLOYD, PHILIP LIVINGSTON, FRANCIS LEWIS, LEWIS MORRIS. NEW JERSEY. RICHARD STOCKTON, JOHN WITHERSPOON, FRANCIS HOPKINSON, JOHN HART, ABRAHAM CLARK. PENNSYLVANIA. ROBERT MORRIS, BENJAMIN RUSH, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, JOHN MORTON, GEORGE CLYMER, JAMES SMITH, GEORGE TAYLOR, JAMES WILSON, GEORGE Ross.
Page 230 - With hearts fortified with these animating reflections, we most solemnly, before God and the world, declare, that, exerting the utmost energy of those powers, which our beneficent Creator hath graciously bestowed upon us, the arms we have been compelled by our enemies to assume, we will, in defiance of every hazard, with unabating firmness and perseverence, employ for the preservation of our liberties ; being with one mind resolved to die freemen rather than to live slaves.
Page 230 - In our own native land, in defence of the freedom that is our birth-right, and which we ever enjoyed till the late violation of it; for the protection of our property, acquired solely by the honest industry of our forefathers and ourselves, against violence actually offered, we have taken up arms. We shall lay them down when hostilities shall cease on the part of the aggressors, and all danger of their being renewed shall be removed, and not before. With an humble confidence in the mercies of the...
Page 146 - ... on a revision of them, restore us to that state in which both countries found happiness and prosperity, we have for the present only resolved to pursue the following peaceable measures: 1.
Page 146 - When a nation led to greatness by the hand of liberty, and possessed of all the glory that heroism, munificence, and humanity can bestow, descends to the ungrateful task of forging chains for her friends and children, and instead of giving support to freedom, turns advocate for slavery and oppression, there is reason to suspect she has either ceased to be virtuous or been extremely negligent in the appointment of her rulers.
Page 229 - We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.
Page 163 - The cause of Government was ably vindicated by Lord North, a statesman of spotless integrity, a consummate master of debate, who could wield with equal dexterity the arms of reason and of ridicule.
Page 51 - A member of parliament, chosen for any borough, represents not only the constituents and inhabitants of that particular place, but he represents the inhabitants of every other borough in Great Britain. He represents the city of London, and all...