The Political Writings of John Dickinson, Esquire: Late President of the State of Delaware, and of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Том 2Bonsal and Niles, 1801 |
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... force of arms , to ravish from us , and which we are , with one mind , resolved never to resign , but with our lives . THESE are the rights , you are intitled to , and ought at this moment in perfection to exercise . And what is offered ...
... force of arms , to ravish from us , and which we are , with one mind , resolved never to resign , but with our lives . THESE are the rights , you are intitled to , and ought at this moment in perfection to exercise . And what is offered ...
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... forces in North - America has , in time of peace , been appointed governor of a colony . THE charges of usual offices have been greatly increased ; and , new , expensive and oppressive offices have been multiplied . THE judges of ...
... forces in North - America has , in time of peace , been appointed governor of a colony . THE charges of usual offices have been greatly increased ; and , new , expensive and oppressive offices have been multiplied . THE judges of ...
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... compelled us , by the force of accumulated injuries , too severe to be any longer tolerable , to disturb your majesty's repose by our complaints . VOL . II . D THESE sentiments are extorted from hearts , that much more ( 25 )
... compelled us , by the force of accumulated injuries , too severe to be any longer tolerable , to disturb your majesty's repose by our complaints . VOL . II . D THESE sentiments are extorted from hearts , that much more ( 25 )
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... forces . Yielding to no British subjects in affectionate at- tachment to your majesty's person , family , and go- vernment , we too dearly prize the privilege of ex- pressing that attachment by those proofs , that are honourable to the ...
... forces . Yielding to no British subjects in affectionate at- tachment to your majesty's person , family , and go- vernment , we too dearly prize the privilege of ex- pressing that attachment by those proofs , that are honourable to the ...
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... force and animation , in many parts rising to a very high strain of eloquence . " It is difficult to conceive how this address could be read without exciting in the breasts , even of the most obdurate , strong emotions of compunction ...
... force and animation , in many parts rising to a very high strain of eloquence . " It is difficult to conceive how this address could be read without exciting in the breasts , even of the most obdurate , strong emotions of compunction ...
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Страница 68 - Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body;" is it therefore not of the body? And if the ear shall say, " Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body;" is it therefore not of the body?
Страница 132 - Called upon by your country to defend its invaded rights, you accepted the sacred charge before it had formed alliances, and whilst it was without friends or a government to support you. " You have conducted the great military contest with wisdom and fortitude, invariably regarding the rights of the civil power through all disasters and changes.
Страница 161 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Страница 29 - JUStice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations to that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them, if we basely entail hereditary bondage upon them.
Страница 29 - Creator hath graciously bestowed upon us, the arms we have been compelled by our enemies to assume, we will, in defiance of every hazard, with unabating firmness and perseverance, employ for the preservation of our liberties — being with one mind resolved to die FREEMEN rather than to live SLAVES.
Страница 29 - Our cause is just. Our union is perfect. Our internal resources are great, and, if necessary, foreign assistance is undoubtedly attainable. We gratefully acknowledge, as signal instances of the Divine...
Страница 31 - With an humble confidence in the mercies of the supreme and impartial Judge and Ruler of the Universe, we most devoutly implore his divine goodness to protect us happily through this great conflict, to dispose our adversaries to reconciliation on reasonable terms, and thereby to relieve the empire from the calamities of civil war.
Страница 30 - They boast of their privileges and civilization, and yet proffer no milder conditions than servitude or death. In our own native land, in defence of the freedom that is our birth-right, and which we ever enjoyed till the late violation of it; for the protection of our property, acquired solely by the honest industry of our forefathers and ourselves, against violence actually offered, we have taken up arms.