Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Том 9R. W. Pomeroy, 1822 |
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... hope , this our trust and refuge . " Another letter , written about the same time , concludes thus , " once more let me remind you that no confidence is to be reposed in the justice or mercy of Britain , and that American liberty must ...
... hope , this our trust and refuge . " Another letter , written about the same time , concludes thus , " once more let me remind you that no confidence is to be reposed in the justice or mercy of Britain , and that American liberty must ...
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... hope , which some of our countrymen permitted them- selves to enjoy , during the years 1770 and 1771. He persevered in the course which he had marked out for himself , and by widely extending his correspond- ence , spread that ...
... hope , which some of our countrymen permitted them- selves to enjoy , during the years 1770 and 1771. He persevered in the course which he had marked out for himself , and by widely extending his correspond- ence , spread that ...
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... hope for his country , and that was in the vigour of her re- sistance . In Wirt's life of Patrick Henry it is assumed , that Richard Henry Lee was unfitted for the details of bu- siness , and it seems to be inferred , that , when the ...
... hope for his country , and that was in the vigour of her re- sistance . In Wirt's life of Patrick Henry it is assumed , that Richard Henry Lee was unfitted for the details of bu- siness , and it seems to be inferred , that , when the ...
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... hope of peace and reconciliation , which the timid had hither- to cherished , fled ; and preparation for a vigorous re- sistance was seriously desired by all . Washington had been called to the command of the armies , by the unanimous ...
... hope of peace and reconciliation , which the timid had hither- to cherished , fled ; and preparation for a vigorous re- sistance was seriously desired by all . Washington had been called to the command of the armies , by the unanimous ...
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... hope that their father's head might soon be seen on Tower hill , " may serve to show the light in which he was viewed by the royalists of that day . The desire of the enemy to cut off by any means so able a supporter of the rights of ...
... hope that their father's head might soon be seen on Tower hill , " may serve to show the light in which he was viewed by the royalists of that day . The desire of the enemy to cut off by any means so able a supporter of the rights 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...