Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Том 9R. W. Pomeroy, 1822 |
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... attention devoted , free from the restrictions which professional duties impose . Ethics , in its most extensive meaning , and the phi- losophy of history were his favourite pursuits ; the manuscript systems of which , compiled from his ...
... attention devoted , free from the restrictions which professional duties impose . Ethics , in its most extensive meaning , and the phi- losophy of history were his favourite pursuits ; the manuscript systems of which , compiled from his ...
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... . For such employments , and for the cultivation of his mind , his independent fortune af- forded him sufficient leisure , till in 1757 , the voice of the people attracted the attention of the government , and 12 RICHARD HENRY LEE .
... . For such employments , and for the cultivation of his mind , his independent fortune af- forded him sufficient leisure , till in 1757 , the voice of the people attracted the attention of the government , and 12 RICHARD HENRY LEE .
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... attention to the interests of his constituents . With the resources and revenues of the colony , and the state of the treasury , he became thoroughly acquainted in the first session after his election , and the result of his ...
... attention to the interests of his constituents . With the resources and revenues of the colony , and the state of the treasury , he became thoroughly acquainted in the first session after his election , and the result of his ...
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... attention . If this be bestowed , it will appear both from reason and experi- ence , that the importation of slaves into this colony , has been and will be attended with effects dangerous to our political and moral interest . When it is ...
... attention . If this be bestowed , it will appear both from reason and experi- ence , that the importation of slaves into this colony , has been and will be attended with effects dangerous to our political and moral interest . When it is ...
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... attention of the house of burgesses of Virginia to the late acts of the British parliament ; his resolutions in opposition to the assumed right to bind the colo- nies , were characterized by some , as the overflowings of a seditious and ...
... attention of the house of burgesses of Virginia to the late acts of the British parliament ; his resolutions in opposition to the assumed right to bind the colo- nies , were characterized by some , as the overflowings of a seditious and ...
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Страница 29 - 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.
Страница 34 - And that this assemblage of horrors might want no fact of distinguished die, he is now exciting those very people to rise in arms among us, and to purchase that liberty of which he has deprived them, by murdering the people on whom he also obtruded them ; thus paying off former crimes committed against the LIBERTIES of one people with crimes which he urges them to commit against the LIVES of another.
Страница 22 - Correspondence, that they communicate, with their several Corresponding Committees, on the expediency of appointing Deputies from the several Colonies of British America, to meet in general Congress, at such place annually as shall be thought most convenient: there to deliberate on those general measures which the united interests of America may from time to time require.
Страница 184 - And that this regulation shall be an article of compact, and remain a fundamental principle of the constitutions, between the thirteen original States, and each of the States described in the resolve.
Страница 161 - ... firmly to unite in the abhorrence of all such writings, and measures, as evidence a desire and design to break off the happy connection we have hitherto enjoyed with the kingdom of Great Britain, and our just and necessary subordination to the king, and those who are lawfully placed in authority under him.
Страница 161 - But, if you exert the means of defence which God and nature have given you, the time will soon arrive when every man shall sit under his own vine and under his own fig-tree, and there shall be none to make him afraid.
Страница 134 - States, in framing such further confederation between them, in making foreign alliances, and in adopting such other measures as shall be judged necessary for the preservation of their...
Страница 184 - That there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the States described in the resolve of Congress of the 23d of April, 1784, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been personally guilty...