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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... persons proscribed at , " Boston orations " -in commemoration of the 5th of March , 1770 , when a number of citizens were killed by a party of British troops , viz . by James Lovell , Joseph Warren , ( two ) , Benj . Church , Jno ...
... persons proscribed at , " Boston orations " -in commemoration of the 5th of March , 1770 , when a number of citizens were killed by a party of British troops , viz . by James Lovell , Joseph Warren , ( two ) , Benj . Church , Jno ...
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... persons ( see ' speeches ' ) : on the ci- vil government of Massachusetts 194 to 198 ; examination of gov . Penn , in the house of lords 249 ; speech of John Wilkes 345 ; of capt . Harvey Reed , gen . Joseph , to H. W. esq . 1780 ...
... persons ( see ' speeches ' ) : on the ci- vil government of Massachusetts 194 to 198 ; examination of gov . Penn , in the house of lords 249 ; speech of John Wilkes 345 ; of capt . Harvey Reed , gen . Joseph , to H. W. esq . 1780 ...
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... persons and properties of the governed , is who knew the errand they were sent upon , would so obviously the design and end of civil govern- treat the people whom they were to subjugate , ment , that to attempt a logical proof of it ...
... persons and properties of the governed , is who knew the errand they were sent upon , would so obviously the design and end of civil govern- treat the people whom they were to subjugate , ment , that to attempt a logical proof of it ...
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... persons who have rendered themselves a hope to taste the pleasures of returning health ! unfit to live in civil society ; who have no other yet Monk , thou livest not in vain ; thou livest al motives of conduct than those which a desire ...
... persons who have rendered themselves a hope to taste the pleasures of returning health ! unfit to live in civil society ; who have no other yet Monk , thou livest not in vain ; thou livest al motives of conduct than those which a desire ...
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... persons had none to make him afraid : he knew indeed , that of the colonists , it is because the lands and people by purchasing the manufactures of Great Britain , in the colonies are , bona fide , owned by , and justly he contributed ...
... persons had none to make him afraid : he knew indeed , that of the colonists , it is because the lands and people by purchasing the manufactures of Great Britain , in the colonies are , bona fide , owned by , and justly he contributed ...
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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...