The Life of George Washington: First President, and Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States of America |
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The ministry now resolved to enforce their authority , and as Boston had been the
principal scene of outrage , it was determined to punish that town in an
exemplary manner . On the 25th March , 1774 , an act was passed , called the
Boston ...
The ministry now resolved to enforce their authority , and as Boston had been the
principal scene of outrage , it was determined to punish that town in an
exemplary manner . On the 25th March , 1774 , an act was passed , called the
Boston ...
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They effected their retreat to Boston , with the loss of two hundred and fifty killed
and wounded ; the loss of the provincials was about forty . This victory animated
the courage of the Americans to the highest degree , insomuch that in a few days
...
They effected their retreat to Boston , with the loss of two hundred and fifty killed
and wounded ; the loss of the provincials was about forty . This victory animated
the courage of the Americans to the highest degree , insomuch that in a few days
...
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cial Assembly of Massachusetts had appointed him President ; and afterwards ,
when he was proscribed by a proclamation issued at Boston in the month of June
, the General Congress , in order to shew the world that they were not to be ...
cial Assembly of Massachusetts had appointed him President ; and afterwards ,
when he was proscribed by a proclamation issued at Boston in the month of June
, the General Congress , in order to shew the world that they were not to be ...
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5 , the whole of the British colonies , except the town of Boston , were united
against the mother country . The British troops at Boston had endured a tedious
blockade with their characteristic fortitude . All communication with the conntry
was ...
5 , the whole of the British colonies , except the town of Boston , were united
against the mother country . The British troops at Boston had endured a tedious
blockade with their characteristic fortitude . All communication with the conntry
was ...
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Washington exerted his skill and activity in order to compel the British army ,
either to surrender or evacuate Boston before any succours could arrive from
England . On the 2d of March , 1776 , he opened a battery on the west side of the
town ...
Washington exerted his skill and activity in order to compel the British army ,
either to surrender or evacuate Boston before any succours could arrive from
England . On the 2d of March , 1776 , he opened a battery on the west side of the
town ...
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Страница 205 - In all the changes to which you may be invited, remember that time and habit are at least as necessary to fix the true character of governments as of other human institutions — that experience is the surest standard by which to test the real tendency of the existing constitution of a country — that facility in changes upon the credit of mere hypothesis and opinion exposes to perpetual change from the endless variety of hypothesis and opinion...
Страница 197 - Citizens, by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.
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Страница 218 - I could wish — that they will control the usual current of the passions or prevent our nation from running the course which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations. But if I may even flatter myself that they may be productive of some partial benefit, some occasional good — that they may now and then recur to moderate the fury of party spirit, to warn against the mischiefs of foreign intrigue, to guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism — this hope will be a full recompense for...
Страница 217 - ... establishing, with powers so disposed, in order to give trade a stable course, to define the rights of our merchants, and to enable the government to support them, conventional rules of intercourse, the best that present circumstances and mutual opinion will permit, but temporary, and liable to be from time to time abandoned or varied, as experience and circumstances shall dictate...
Страница 199 - ... the Atlantic side of the Union, directed by an indissoluble community of interest as one nation. Any other tenure by which the west can hold this essential advantage, whether derived from its own separate strength, or from an apostate and unnatural connection with any foreign power, must be intrinsically precarious.
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| Заглавие | The Life of George Washington: First President, and Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States of America |
| Автор | John Corry |
| Издание | ново |
| Издател | M'Carty & White, 1809 |
| Оригиналът е от | Нюйоркската обществена библиотека |
| Цифровизирана на | 23 юли 2007 |
| Брой страници | 239 страници |
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