History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Aix-la-Chaoelle (to the Peace of Versailles |
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... hands , they pre- Mr. Nicholas , to Accordingly when the appointment of the sting and prayer passed Such a vote without the was deemed a daring inroad The Barl of Dunmore , who at the on the very next day Jerson , edited by Ran- • LI ...
... hands , they pre- Mr. Nicholas , to Accordingly when the appointment of the sting and prayer passed Such a vote without the was deemed a daring inroad The Barl of Dunmore , who at the on the very next day Jerson , edited by Ran- • LI ...
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... hand it proposed to enact no less explicitly that no tax or tallage or other charge for the revenue should be levied from any body of British freemen in America without the consent of its own representative assembly . It declared that ...
... hand it proposed to enact no less explicitly that no tax or tallage or other charge for the revenue should be levied from any body of British freemen in America without the consent of its own representative assembly . It declared that ...
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... hands . Who then can wonder " that you should put a negative on any measure " which must annihilate your power , deprive you " of your emoluments , and at once reduce you " to that state of insignificance for which God " and nature ...
... hands . Who then can wonder " that you should put a negative on any measure " which must annihilate your power , deprive you " of your emoluments , and at once reduce you " to that state of insignificance for which God " and nature ...
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... hands been carried through , — would the Americans have accepted the measure cheerfully and readily , -would it for a long time to come have closed the breach and cemented the union with the mother country ? From all the facts and ...
... hands been carried through , — would the Americans have accepted the measure cheerfully and readily , -would it for a long time to come have closed the breach and cemented the union with the mother country ? From all the facts and ...
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... hand of reconciliation stretched out by the Par- liament of England ! It may be true indeed that such feelings as these did not prevail in all , or nearly all , the colonies . It may be true especially that no amount of good government ...
... hand of reconciliation stretched out by the Par- liament of England ! It may be true indeed that such feelings as these did not prevail in all , or nearly all , the colonies . It may be true especially that no amount of good government ...
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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...