History of the Siege of Boston, and of the Battles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill: Also an Account of the Bunker Hill Monument |
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... tion of justice in said Province . " The first law provided that the councillors , which were chosen by the representatives annually , should be appointed by the king , and should serve according to his majesty's pleasure ; that the ...
... tion of justice in said Province . " The first law provided that the councillors , which were chosen by the representatives annually , should be appointed by the king , and should serve according to his majesty's pleasure ; that the ...
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... tion , of uncommon urbanity of manner and integrity of char- acter , at this time in mercantile life , though subsequently a judge , was one of the selectmen and one of the committee of correspondence . John Pitts , of large wealth and ...
... tion , of uncommon urbanity of manner and integrity of char- acter , at this time in mercantile life , though subsequently a judge , was one of the selectmen and one of the committee of correspondence . John Pitts , of large wealth and ...
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... tion , had just died . Paul Revere , an ingenious goldsmith , as ready to engrave a lampoon as to rally a caucus , was the great confidential messenger of the patriots and the great leader of the mechanics . Benjamin Austin , a long ...
... tion , had just died . Paul Revere , an ingenious goldsmith , as ready to engrave a lampoon as to rally a caucus , was the great confidential messenger of the patriots and the great leader of the mechanics . Benjamin Austin , a long ...
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... tion wantonly opened the sources of civil discord " were equally severe . They were called " the faction , " consisting of " calves , knaves , and fools , " and not numbering " a fourth part of the inhabitants . " Their motives were ...
... tion wantonly opened the sources of civil discord " were equally severe . They were called " the faction , " consisting of " calves , knaves , and fools , " and not numbering " a fourth part of the inhabitants . " Their motives were ...
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... tion of the other colonies . General Gage , for more than three months , put this policy to a severe test . He had tried every means " to spirit up every friend to the government , " and yet his plans had been most adroitly thwarted ...
... tion of the other colonies . General Gage , for more than three months , put this policy to a severe test . He had tried every means " to spirit up every friend to the government , " and yet his plans had been most adroitly thwarted ...
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History of the Siege of Boston, and of the Battles of Lexington, Concord ... Richard Frothingham No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 76 - were so much exhausted with fatigue that they were obliged to lie down for rest on the ground, their tongues hanging out of their mouths, like those of dogs after a chase.
Page 241 - You affect, sir, to despise all rank not derived from the same source with your own. I cannot conceive one more honorable, than that which flows from the uncorrupted choice of a brave and free people, the purest source and original fountain of all power.
Page 352 - It is itself the orator of this occasion. It is not from my lips, it could not be from any human lips, that that strain of eloquence is this day to flow most competent to move and excite the vast multitudes around me. The powerful speaker stands motionless before us.
Page 240 - Britons, ever pre-eminent in mercy, have outgone common examples, and overlooked the criminal in the captive. Upon these principles your prisoners, whose lives by the law of the land are destined to the cord, have hitherto been treated with care and kindness, and more comfortably lodged than the King's troops in the hospitals ; indiscriminately it is true, for I acknowledge no rank that is not derived from the King.
Page 144 - And now ensued one of the greatest scenes of war that can be conceived: if we look to the height, Howe's corps, ascending the hill in the face of intrenchments, and in a very disadvantageous ground, was much engaged; to the left the enemy pouring in fresh troops by thousands, over the land; and in the arm of the sea our ships and floating batteries cannonading them; straight...
Page 30 - I suppose, and there they choose a moderator, who puts questions to the vote regularly ; and selectmen, assessors, collectors, wardens, firewards, and representatives, are regularly chosen before they are chosen in the town. Uncle Fairfield, Story, Ruddock, Adams, Cooper, and a rudis indigestaque moles of others are members. They send committees to wait on the merchant's club, and to propose and join in the choice of men and measures.
Page 243 - In a chariot of light, from the regions of day, The Goddess of Liberty came ; Ten thousand celestials directed the way, And hither conducted the Dame. A fair budding branch from the gardens above, Where millions with millions agree, She brought in her hand, as a pledge of her love, And the plant she named LIBERTY TREE.
Page 339 - Charlestown, 1783, In memory of MAJOR-GENERAL JOSEPH WARREN, and his ASSOCIATES, who were slain on this memorable spot, June 17, 1775. " None but they who set a just value upon the blessings of LIBERTY are worthy to enjoy her. In vain we toiled; in vain we fought ; we bled in vain; if you, our offspring, want valor to repel the assaults of her invaders.
Page 345 - Let it rise! let it rise till it meet the sun in his coming; let the earliest light of the morning gild it, and parting day linger and play on its summit.
Page 8 - ... done by them in the execution of the law, or for the suppression of riots and tumults, in the province of Massachusetts Bay, in New England.