History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Aix-la-Chaoelle (to the Peace of Versailles |
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... month Lord North brought in the measure commonly known by the name of the Boston Port Bill . The preamble declared that in the present condition of the town and harbour of Boston the commerce of His Majesty's subjects could not be ...
... month Lord North brought in the measure commonly known by the name of the Boston Port Bill . The preamble declared that in the present condition of the town and harbour of Boston the commerce of His Majesty's subjects could not be ...
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... month of August preceding they had become acquainted , through the mediation of Lord Stanhope , who carried Dr. Franklin to Hayes . Lord Chatham had then referred to the idea which began to prevail in England that America aimed at ...
... month of August preceding they had become acquainted , through the mediation of Lord Stanhope , who carried Dr. Franklin to Hayes . Lord Chatham had then referred to the idea which began to prevail in England that America aimed at ...
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... months before presided at a meeting of Fairfax County in Virginia . That meeting , while claiming relief of grievances , had also at his in- stance adopted the following Resolve : " That it is " our greatest wish and inclination , as ...
... months before presided at a meeting of Fairfax County in Virginia . That meeting , while claiming relief of grievances , had also at his in- stance adopted the following Resolve : " That it is " our greatest wish and inclination , as ...
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... month of Civil War ? * Mark also how brightly the first forbearance of Washington combines with his subsequent determination , -how he who had been slow to come forward was mag- nanimous in persevering . When defeat had over- taken the ...
... month of Civil War ? * Mark also how brightly the first forbearance of Washington combines with his subsequent determination , -how he who had been slow to come forward was mag- nanimous in persevering . When defeat had over- taken the ...
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... month ; and under him were named four officers with the rank of Major - General , and eight with the rank of Brigadier . The inmost thoughts of Washington at this anxious period are shown in his letter to his wife † , * Memoirs and ...
... month ; and under him were named four officers with the rank of Major - General , and eight with the rank of Brigadier . The inmost thoughts of Washington at this anxious period are shown in his letter to his wife † , * Memoirs and ...
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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...