Historical View of the American RevolutionFields, Osgood & Company, successors to Ticknor and Fields, 1895 - 459 Seiten |
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... looked to it with full confidence ; and with an exception in favor of rice , to propitiate South Carolina , it received the official signature of every member . Negotiation , suspension of com- merce , and war , are the only three ...
... looked to it with full confidence ; and with an exception in favor of rice , to propitiate South Carolina , it received the official signature of every member . Negotiation , suspension of com- merce , and war , are the only three ...
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... looked upon prompt action as the wisest course , de- liberately threw another apple of discord into the assembly ; nothing less than a proposition to build a navy . It was received almost with derision . Nobody out of the little phalanx ...
... looked upon prompt action as the wisest course , de- liberately threw another apple of discord into the assembly ; nothing less than a proposition to build a navy . It was received almost with derision . Nobody out of the little phalanx ...
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... looked upon himself as individually merged in the state ; but at brief and regular intervals that state had to be made over again , and he had an equal voice , and an equal hand , in doing it . And thus was estab- lished the dependence ...
... looked upon himself as individually merged in the state ; but at brief and regular intervals that state had to be made over again , and he had an equal voice , and an equal hand , in doing it . And thus was estab- lished the dependence ...
Seite 117
... looked upon as equally essential to the peace of the one and the prosperity of the other . The first of these rights was the right to partici- pate directly in the government ; to have a voice in the making of their laws , in the ...
... looked upon as equally essential to the peace of the one and the prosperity of the other . The first of these rights was the right to partici- pate directly in the government ; to have a voice in the making of their laws , in the ...
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... looked grave . It was an interpretation of his iconoclastic labors which had not occurred to him . Other men looked grave , and felt anxious too . They saw that the hour of pulling down was past , and that , if they would build up again ...
... looked grave . It was an interpretation of his iconoclastic labors which had not occurred to him . Other men looked grave , and felt anxious too . They saw that the hour of pulling down was past , and that , if they would build up again ...
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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.