A History of the American Revolution; Comprehending All the Principal Events Both in the Field and in the Cabinet, Volume 1F. Betts, 1822 |
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... object of our devotion . In popular governments every man is an actor ; every man has a personal interest in po ... objects . And in republicks there is a wider scope for the operation of passion in all its varieties , than in more ...
... object of our devotion . In popular governments every man is an actor ; every man has a personal interest in po ... objects . And in republicks there is a wider scope for the operation of passion in all its varieties , than in more ...
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... philanthropist , accustomed as he is , from his cradle to his coffin , to the sight of such gaudy objects who thinks that these gradations in so- ciety are natural and inevitable , that they tend to 16 AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
... philanthropist , accustomed as he is , from his cradle to his coffin , to the sight of such gaudy objects who thinks that these gradations in so- ciety are natural and inevitable , that they tend to 16 AMERICAN REVOLUTION .
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... object of the Minis- try to monopolize the commerce of the Colonies . Our trade was subjected to oppressive and to various re- strictions - our natural enterprise was restrained to narrow and to vexatious limits , which we felt as a ...
... object of the Minis- try to monopolize the commerce of the Colonies . Our trade was subjected to oppressive and to various re- strictions - our natural enterprise was restrained to narrow and to vexatious limits , which we felt as a ...
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... objects of their idola- try - their miserable gods - their sanctified groves—— their immolation of human victims - their personal austerities - with an eye of doubt . Their old , heredit- ary prejudices and superstitions , are already ...
... objects of their idola- try - their miserable gods - their sanctified groves—— their immolation of human victims - their personal austerities - with an eye of doubt . Their old , heredit- ary prejudices and superstitions , are already ...
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... object of his embassy , the information which he had acquired of the country , the address with which he conciliated the Indians , and the steady perseverance which had been manifested in the whole execution of his task , gained him the ...
... object of his embassy , the information which he had acquired of the country , the address with which he conciliated the Indians , and the steady perseverance which had been manifested in the whole execution of his task , gained him the ...
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Halaman 344 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Halaman 252 - But lest some unlucky event should happen unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with.
Halaman 251 - MR. PRESIDENT: Though I am truly sensible of the high honor done me, in this appointment, yet I feel great distress, from a consciousness that my abilities and military experience may not be equal to the extensive and important trust.
Halaman 346 - We must therefore acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our separation, and hold them, as .we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.
Halaman 210 - That by such emigration they by no means forfeited, surrendered, or lost any of those rights, but that they were, and their descendants now are, entitled to the exercise and enjoyment of all such of them as their local and other circumstances enable them to exercise and enjoy. "Resolved, 4. That the foundation of English liberty, and of all free government, is a right in the people to participate in their legislative council...
Halaman 211 - That the respective colonies are entitled to the common law of England, and more especially to the great and inestimable privilege of being tried by their peers of the vicinage, according to the course of that law.
Halaman 275 - ... we mean not to dissolve that union which has so long and so happily subsisted between us, and which we sincerely wish to see restored. Necessity has not yet driven us into that desperate measure, or induced us to excite any other nation to war against them. We have not raised armies with ambitious designs of separating from Great Britain, and establishing independent states.
Halaman 70 - Resolved, That the taxation of the people by themselves, or by persons chosen by themselves to represent them, who can only know what taxes the people are able to bear, and the easiest mode of raising them, and are equally affected by such taxes themselves, is the distinguishing characteristic of British freedom, and without which the ancient constitution cannot subsist.
Halaman 83 - It is my opinion, that this kingdom has no right to lay a tax upon the colonies. At the same time, I assert the authority of this kingdom over the colonies to be sovereign and supreme, in every circumstance of government and legislation whatsoever.
Halaman 274 - Honour, 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.