Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America, Or, An Attempt to Collect and Preserve Some of the Speeches, Orations, & Proceedings ; with Sketches and Remarks on Men and Things, and Other Fugitive Or Neglected Pieces, Belonging to the Men of the Revolutionary Period in the United States ... |
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... honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 13th instant , enclosing the title page of the " Principles and ... honored grandfather . In my opinion , there is no work connected with American history the republication of which ...
... honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 13th instant , enclosing the title page of the " Principles and ... honored grandfather . In my opinion , there is no work connected with American history the republication of which ...
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... honor the lieutenant governor and his majesty's coun- cil , with the consent of col . Dalrymple , to say that capt . Preston , and the men who had com- mitted the outrage , should be immediately delivered to the civil power , and ...
... honor the lieutenant governor and his majesty's coun- cil , with the consent of col . Dalrymple , to say that capt . Preston , and the men who had com- mitted the outrage , should be immediately delivered to the civil power , and ...
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... honor and authority : we searched in the field for the murdered son of a widow , and we found him , by the turf and the twig , buried on the brow of a hill , though not in a decent grave . And though we must again commit his body to the ...
... honor and authority : we searched in the field for the murdered son of a widow , and we found him , by the turf and the twig , buried on the brow of a hill , though not in a decent grave . And though we must again commit his body to the ...
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... honor of braving it . This was readily granted , for at such a time a man would proba- bly find but few rivals . Many who would spurn the thought of personal fear , might be appre- hensive that they would be so far disconcerted as to ...
... honor of braving it . This was readily granted , for at such a time a man would proba- bly find but few rivals . Many who would spurn the thought of personal fear , might be appre- hensive that they would be so far disconcerted as to ...
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... honors are not due to him , who , undismayed , bearded the British lion , to show the world what his countrymen ... honor , the hope of your country : see this illustrious hero , pierced with wounds and bathed in his own blood . But ...
... honors are not due to him , who , undismayed , bearded the British lion , to show the world what his countrymen ... honor , the hope of your country : see this illustrious hero , pierced with wounds and bathed in his own blood . But ...
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