Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Том 9R. W. Pomeroy, 1822 |
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... manner . Not to mention , that the county courts of Virginia were then without limit to their jurisdiction , both in law and equity , might induce some to undervalue this appointment , but to develop their powers would be to digress ...
... manner . Not to mention , that the county courts of Virginia were then without limit to their jurisdiction , both in law and equity , might induce some to undervalue this appointment , but to develop their powers would be to digress ...
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... manners , his frankness and liberality , had much endeared him . With a convic- tion of the necessity , men shrunk nevertheless from the responsibility , of calling for and conducting an in- vestigation into the state of the treasury ...
... manners , his frankness and liberality , had much endeared him . With a convic- tion of the necessity , men shrunk nevertheless from the responsibility , of calling for and conducting an in- vestigation into the state of the treasury ...
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... manner , perhaps time and much reflection only can show . But well to understand each other , and timely to be informed of what passes both here and in Great Britain , it would seem that not only select committees should be appointed by ...
... manner , perhaps time and much reflection only can show . But well to understand each other , and timely to be informed of what passes both here and in Great Britain , it would seem that not only select committees should be appointed by ...
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... manner , as a reward for ten days delay , and as a bribe to re- nounce the authority of the people . If such were his motive , bitter disappointment was the fruit of his crafty scheme ; for he saw the most distinguished men in the ...
... manner , as a reward for ten days delay , and as a bribe to re- nounce the authority of the people . If such were his motive , bitter disappointment was the fruit of his crafty scheme ; for he saw the most distinguished men in the ...
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... manners was united with the strictest honour , and unshaken fidel- ity ; that he was proof against temptation ; firm , up- right and void of ambition ; that with great ardour of feeling , the boldness of his spirit was under the curb of ...
... manners was united with the strictest honour , and unshaken fidel- ity ; that he was proof against temptation ; firm , up- right and void of ambition ; that with great ardour of feeling , the boldness of his spirit was under the curb of ...
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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...