History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Aix-la-Chaoelle (to the Peace of Versailles |
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... Further Councils of War 282 ..... The Convention concluded 283 The British troops lay down their arms 284 Generosity of General Schuyler .............................. . 285 Numbers on both sides 286 General reflections ..... 287 ...
... Further Councils of War 282 ..... The Convention concluded 283 The British troops lay down their arms 284 Generosity of General Schuyler .............................. . 285 Numbers on both sides 286 General reflections ..... 287 ...
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... further against the Government ; but the rest of the inhabitants agreed to suspend all business on the 1st of June . In most other places the Virginia Resolution was adopted , and the day was set aside for fasting and prayer . To ...
... further against the Government ; but the rest of the inhabitants agreed to suspend all business on the 1st of June . In most other places the Virginia Resolution was adopted , and the day was set aside for fasting and prayer . To ...
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... further course of this General Congress the extreme Anti - English party gave way to the less forward . They wisely felt that all their * Mr. Reed to the Earl of Dartmouth , Sept. 25. 1774 . - LI . 1774 . hopes depended on united action ...
... further course of this General Congress the extreme Anti - English party gave way to the less forward . They wisely felt that all their * Mr. Reed to the Earl of Dartmouth , Sept. 25. 1774 . - LI . 1774 . hopes depended on united action ...
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... further removed from the Governor's control . There they voted themselves a provincial Congress , and began to administer the affairs of the colony as though they had been legally convened . They entrusted the principal power to a ...
... further removed from the Governor's control . There they voted themselves a provincial Congress , and began to administer the affairs of the colony as though they had been legally convened . They entrusted the principal power to a ...
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... further still , at this same period nomi- nated Wilkes as their Lord Mayor . Thus at length had Wilkes attained two high objects of ambition . In November he was in- stalled as Lord Mayor of London . In November also he was permitted to ...
... further still , at this same period nomi- nated Wilkes as their Lord Mayor . Thus at length had Wilkes attained two high objects of ambition . In November he was in- stalled as Lord Mayor of London . In November also he was permitted to ...
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Acts afterwards American Archives appeared appointed arms army Arnold Assembly Bill Boston Britain British troops Bunker's Hill Burgoyne Burke Canada CHAP chief Clinton Colonel colonies command Congress Correspondence Council Crown declared deemed defence despatched Duke Earl enemy England English ensued Fayette feeling fire force France Franklin French friends Gage Government Governor gress honour hope House of Commons House of Lords ington Israel Putnam Jared Sparks John the Painter King King's La Fayette land late less letter LIII Lord Camden Lord Chatham Lord Dartmouth Lord George Germaine Lord North LVII Majesty March Massachusetts measure ment Militia Ministers months never occasion officers Parliament party passed peace period Philadelphia prisoners province rank Reed repeal Resolutions says sent side Silas Deane soldiers Sparks Sparks's speech spirit tion town treaty vote Washington Washington's Writings whole words York СНАР
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Sivu 31 - I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people.
Sivu 72 - 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 74 - I should enjoy more real happiness in one month with you at home, than I have the most distant prospect of finding abroad, if my stay were to be seven times seven years. But as it has been a kind of destiny, that has thrown me upon this service, I shall hope that my undertaking it is designed to answer some good purpose.
Sivu 458 - 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 51 - England, the genius should point out to him a little speck, scarce visible in the mass of the national interest, a small seminal principle, rather than a formed body, and should tell him — " Young man, there is America — which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners ; yet shall, before you taste of death, shew itself equal to the whole of that commerce which now attracts the envy of the world.
Sivu 33 - 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.
Sivu 220 - Pounds, to be applied to the relief of the widows, orphans, and aged parents of our beloved American fellow-subjects, who, faithful to the character of Englishmen, preferring death to slavery, were, for that reason only, inhumanly murdered by the King's troops, at or near Lexington and Concord, in the Province of Massachusetts, on the 19th of last April.
Sivu 306 - 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...
Sivu 307 - I call upon the honour of your lordships, to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country, to vindicate the national character.
Sivu 51 - Whatever England has been growing to by a progressive increase of improvement, brought in by varieties of people, by succession of civilizing conquests and civilizing settlements in a series of seventeen hundred years, you shall see as much added to her by America in the course of a single life...