History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Aix-la-Chaoelle (to the Peace of Versailles |
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... least it was asserted , that this was only the first step in a course of intended tyranny ; that England desired nothing so much as the oppression of her Colonies ; that if the local duty on the Teas should be quietly paid , other more ...
... least it was asserted , that this was only the first step in a course of intended tyranny ; that England desired nothing so much as the oppression of her Colonies ; that if the local duty on the Teas should be quietly paid , other more ...
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... least they were not like the former ones debarred by ignominy at home from influence abroad . Henceforth it was plain that France would not be a powerless , nor probably an unconcerned , spectator of whatever pretensions might be ...
... least they were not like the former ones debarred by ignominy at home from influence abroad . Henceforth it was plain that France would not be a powerless , nor probably an unconcerned , spectator of whatever pretensions might be ...
Sivu 11
... least once in every week . According to the terms of the recent Act of Parlia- ment thirty - six persons had been named by the Crown as members of the Council for this province , but only twenty - four would consent to take the oaths ...
... least once in every week . According to the terms of the recent Act of Parlia- ment thirty - six persons had been named by the Crown as members of the Council for this province , but only twenty - four would consent to take the oaths ...
Sivu 21
... least for that day ) of these celebrated speeches was taken by Hugh Boyd and first published in 1779. It was on this occasion that Dr. Franklin used the remarkable expressions of praise which I have elsewhere cited . ( vol . iii . p ...
... least for that day ) of these celebrated speeches was taken by Hugh Boyd and first published in 1779. It was on this occasion that Dr. Franklin used the remarkable expressions of praise which I have elsewhere cited . ( vol . iii . p ...
Sivu 23
... freely , I never had " heard in any conversation from any person , drunk or " sober , the least expression of a wish for a separation , or hint that such a thing would be advantageous to C 4 1775 . 23 CHATHAM AND FRANKLIN . 4.
... freely , I never had " heard in any conversation from any person , drunk or " sober , the least expression of a wish for a separation , or hint that such a thing would be advantageous to C 4 1775 . 23 CHATHAM AND FRANKLIN . 4.
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Acts Address afterwards American Archives appeared appointed arms army Arnold Assembly Britain British troops Bunker's Hill Burgoyne Burke called Canada Carleton civil Clinton Colonel Colonies Congress Correspondence Council Crown declared deemed defence delegates despatched Duke Earl enemy England English ensued Fayette feeling fire force France Franklin French friends Gage Government Governor Hist honour hope House of Commons ington Israel Putnam Jared Sparks John the Painter King King's La Fayette Lake Champlain land late least less letter liberty Lord Chatham Lord Dartmouth Lord John Cavendish Lord North Lord Rockingham Lord Shelburne Majesty March Massachusetts measure ment Militia mind Ministers months never occasion officers opposite Parliament party passed peace period Philadelphia President province rank Reed repeal Resolutions Royal says sent side Silas Deane soldiers Sparks Sparks's speech spirit supplies thousand tion town Virginia vote Washington whole words Writings York
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Sivu 61 - ... we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight ; I repeat it. sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms, and to the God of Hosts, is all that is left us ! They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary.
Sivu 198 - If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never — never — never.
Sivu 202 - ... against your Protestant brethren; to lay waste their country, to desolate their dwellings, and extirpate their race and name, with these horrible hell-hounds of savage war! — hell-hounds, I say, of savage war.
Sivu 49 - His violent prejudice against our West Indian and American settlers appeared whenever there was an opportunity. Towards the conclusion of his " Taxation no Tyranny," he says, " how is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?
Sivu 64 - MR. STRAHAN, You are a member of parliament, and one of that majority which has doomed my country to destruction. — You have begun to burn our towns, and murder our people. — Look upon your hands! — They are stained with the blood of your relations ! — You and I were long friends: — You are now my enemy, — and I am • Yours, B. FRANKLIN.
Sivu 290 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter,* that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Sivu 34 - If amidst these bright and happy scenes of domestic honour and prosperity, that angel should have drawn up the curtain, and unfolded the rising glories of his country, and whilst he was gazing with admiration on the then commercial grandeur of England, the genius should...
Sivu 201 - That God and nature put into our hands ! " I know not what ideas that lord may entertain of God and nature; but I know that such abominable principles are equally abhorrent to religion and humanity. What! to attribute the sacred sanction of God and nature to the massacres of the Indian scalping-knife — to the cannibal savage torturing, murdering...
Sivu 301 - My descriptions are all from nature ; not one of them second-handed. My delineations of the heart are from my own experience ; not one of them borrowed from books, or in the least degree conjectural.
Sivu 23 - We shall be forced ultimately to retract; let us retract while we can, not when we must. I say we must necessarily undo these violent oppressive acts: they must be repealed— you will repeal them; I pledge myself for it, that you will in the end repeal them; I stake my reputation on it: I will consent to be taken for an idiot if they are not finally repealed.