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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... grant , without a previous oath from of placing such an order in free cities - fatal indeed ! the military officer , a warrant to break open any Athens once was free ; a citizen , a favorite of the ( freeman's ) house , upon pretence of ...
... grant , without a previous oath from of placing such an order in free cities - fatal indeed ! the military officer , a warrant to break open any Athens once was free ; a citizen , a favorite of the ( freeman's ) house , upon pretence of ...
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... grant it true , Seneca would prefer the lance's of France , Spain , or any other power , to the Bow . STRING , though applied by the fair hand of Bri . tannia . In our infancy , when not an over tempting jewel for the Bourbon crown ...
... grant it true , Seneca would prefer the lance's of France , Spain , or any other power , to the Bow . STRING , though applied by the fair hand of Bri . tannia . In our infancy , when not an over tempting jewel for the Bourbon crown ...
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... grant he may attend murderers , redoubles our resentment , and makes . to the reiterated prayer , instead of the murmur of revenge a virtue . discontent , and the frown of louring disaffection ; we would universally hail him with those ...
... grant he may attend murderers , redoubles our resentment , and makes . to the reiterated prayer , instead of the murmur of revenge a virtue . discontent , and the frown of louring disaffection ; we would universally hail him with those ...
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... grant them ; and if they did not make this declara instruments of his ambition , and whom they regard tion , that it would be the duty of the house to im- only as the daily dispenser of the scanty pittance peach them . of bread and ...
... grant them ; and if they did not make this declara instruments of his ambition , and whom they regard tion , that it would be the duty of the house to im- only as the daily dispenser of the scanty pittance peach them . of bread and ...
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... grant of certain lands in North America . Our fathers having nobly resolved never to wear enemies , for it cannot be doubted , but they de- This they probably did to silence the cavils of their the yoke of despotism , and seeing the ...
... grant of certain lands in North America . Our fathers having nobly resolved never to wear enemies , for it cannot be doubted , but they de- This they probably did to silence the cavils of their the yoke of despotism , and seeing the ...
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Page 294 - I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the house? Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received? Trust it not, sir. It will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss.
Page 294 - No, Sir, she has none. They are meant for us : they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains, which the British ministry have been so long forging. And what have we to oppose to them ? Shall we try argument ? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years.
Page 338 - ... fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose providential aids can supply every human defect, that his benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness of the people of the United States a government instituted by themselves for these essential purposes, and may enable every instrument employed in its administration to execute with success the functions allotted to his charge.
Page 369 - The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of Hosts. The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of Hosts : and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of Hosts.
Page 295 - Peace, peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle...
Page 107 - That government is, or ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community ; of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best, which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety, and is most effectually secured against the danger of mal-administration...
Page 338 - I dwell on this prospect with every satisfaction which an ardent love for my country can inspire: since there is no truth more thoroughly established, than that there exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness, between duty and advantage, between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity...
Page 337 - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action ; and, bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Page 337 - On the one hand, I was summoned by my country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love, from a retreat which I had chosen with the fondest predilection, and, in my flattering hopes, with an immutable decision, as the asylum of my declining years, a retreat which was rendered every day more necessary as well as more dear to me by the addition of habit to inclination, and of frequent interruptions in my health, to the gradual waste committed on it by time.
Page 338 - No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of Providential agency...