Historical View of the American RevolutionFields, Osgood & Company, successors to Ticknor and Fields, 1895 - 459 Seiten |
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... meet that the signal of battle should come from men who saw distinctly for what they were contending , and were prepared to stake their all upon the issue . As a chapter of English and American history , the American Revolution is but ...
... meet that the signal of battle should come from men who saw distinctly for what they were contending , and were prepared to stake their all upon the issue . As a chapter of English and American history , the American Revolution is but ...
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... to . England took her ground , arrogant and menacing , with a threat on her lips , and her sword half drawn . America took hers , indignant and resolute , prepared to meet threats with defi- ance PHASES OF THE REVOLUTION . 53.
... to . England took her ground , arrogant and menacing , with a threat on her lips , and her sword half drawn . America took hers , indignant and resolute , prepared to meet threats with defi- ance PHASES OF THE REVOLUTION . 53.
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George Washington Greene. and resolute , prepared to meet threats with defi- ance , and the sword with the sword . Resistance was organized ; — no longer an ebul- lition of popular feeling , easily aroused by the pres- ence of an object ...
George Washington Greene. and resolute , prepared to meet threats with defi- ance , and the sword with the sword . Resistance was organized ; — no longer an ebul- lition of popular feeling , easily aroused by the pres- ence of an object ...
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... meet , were not set down , but which contained , nevertheless , in bold and accurate lines , the course they were to steer , and the haven in which they might hope for rest . Resistance first took the form of retaliation . England ...
... meet , were not set down , but which contained , nevertheless , in bold and accurate lines , the course they were to steer , and the haven in which they might hope for rest . Resistance first took the form of retaliation . England ...
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... currency was chief- ly a depreciated and depreciating paper ; and even of that there was not enough to meet the daily de- mands of the civil and military service . We won . der less that some should have doubted , than that 64 LECTURE II .
... currency was chief- ly a depreciated and depreciating paper ; and even of that there was not enough to meet the daily de- mands of the civil and military service . We won . der less that some should have doubted , than that 64 LECTURE II .
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Seite 442 - UNION, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate! We know what Master laid thy keel, What Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope!
Seite 364 - This was to teach me method in the arrangement of the thoughts. By comparing my work with the original, I discovered many faults, and corrected them; but I sometimes had the pleasure to fancy that, in certain particulars of small consequence, I had been fortunate enough to improve the method or the language, and this encouraged me to think that I might in time come to be a tolerable English writer, of which I was extremely ambitious.
Seite 87 - When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Seite 342 - I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country...
Seite 254 - ... with the deepest concern, I am obliged to confess my want of confidence in the generality of the troops.
Seite 442 - Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great ! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate...
Seite 121 - ... to call a full and free representation of the people, and that the said representatives, if they think it necessary, establish such a form of government as, in their judgment, will best produce the happiness of the people and most effectually secure peace and good order in the colony during the continuance of the present dispute between Great Britain and the colonies.
Seite 99 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Seite 122 - Hampshire, to call a full and free representation of the people, and that the representatives, if they think it necessary, establish such a form of government, as in their judgment will best produce the happiness of the people, and most effectually secure peace and good order in the Province, during the continuance of the present dispute between Great Britain and the Colonies.
Seite 363 - I had gone on making verses ; since the continual occasion for words of the same import, but of different length, to suit the measure, or of different sound for the rhyme, would have laid me under a constant necessity of searching for variety, and also have tended to fix that variety in my mind and make me master of it.