Memoirs of the Reign of George III to the Session of Parliament Ending A.D. 1793, Volume 2G.G. and J. Robinson, 1795 |
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... Washington retreats across the Delawar 259 .... Reverse of Fortune at Trenton ... 263 The Jerseys evacuated . 266 Spirited Proceedings of the Congress ...... 269 Session of Parliament in 1776 - Memorable Speech of the King ...
... Washington retreats across the Delawar 259 .... Reverse of Fortune at Trenton ... 263 The Jerseys evacuated . 266 Spirited Proceedings of the Congress ...... 269 Session of Parliament in 1776 - Memorable Speech of the King ...
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... Washington retreats across the Delawar 259 ..... Reverse of Fortune at Trenton .... 263 The Jerseys evacuated ...... 266 Spirited Proceedings of the Congress ............. Session of Parliament in 1776 - Memorable Speech of the 269 King ...
... Washington retreats across the Delawar 259 ..... Reverse of Fortune at Trenton .... 263 The Jerseys evacuated ...... 266 Spirited Proceedings of the Congress ............. Session of Parliament in 1776 - Memorable Speech of the 269 King ...
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... WASHINGTON , esq . was unanimously chosen general and commander in chief of the continental army . This gentleman had distinguished himself early in life by his gal- lant exertions in the late war , particularly on the memorable day of ...
... WASHINGTON , esq . was unanimously chosen general and commander in chief of the continental army . This gentleman had distinguished himself early in life by his gal- lant exertions in the late war , particularly on the memorable day of ...
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... Washington arrived at the head - quarters near Boston : he was received with all civic and military honors , and an addresss of congratulation was presented to him by the assembly of Massachusetts ; in return for which he declared ...
... Washington arrived at the head - quarters near Boston : he was received with all civic and military honors , and an addresss of congratulation was presented to him by the assembly of Massachusetts ; in return for which he declared ...
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... Washington to take possession of the heights of Dorchester , situated in a peninsula stretching into the bay to the south of Boston . All the previous preparations being made , a party of two thousand men , on the evening of the 4th of ...
... Washington to take possession of the heights of Dorchester , situated in a peninsula stretching into the bay to the south of Boston . All the previous preparations being made , a party of two thousand men , on the evening of the 4th of ...
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Page 295 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!
Page 120 - We ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of that trust to which the order of Providence has called us. By adverting to the dignity of this high calling, our ancestors have turned a savage wilderness into a glorious empire; and have made the most extensive, and the only honorable conquests; not by destroying, but by promoting the wealth, the number, the happiness, of the human race.
Page 293 - I cannot, my lords, I will not, join in congratulation on misfortune and disgrace. This, my lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment : it is not a time for adulation ; the smoothness of flattery cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It is now necessary to instruct the throne in the language of truth.
Page 299 - 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. I invoke the genius of the constitution. From the tapestry that adorns these walls, the immortal ancestor of this noble lord* frowns with indignation at the disgrace of his country.
Page 115 - Brusa and Smyrna. Despotism itself is obliged to truck and huckster. The Sultan gets such obedience as he can. He governs with a loose rein, that he may govern at all ; and the whole of the force and vigor of his authority in his centre, is derived from a prudent relaxation, in all his borders.
Page 115 - Nothing worse happens to you than does to all nations who have extensive empire, and it happens in all the forms into which empire can be thrown. In large bodies the circulation of power must be less vigorous at the extremities.
Page 139 - We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.
Page 88 - This glorious spirit of Whiggism animates three millions in America ; who prefer poverty with liberty to gilded chains and sordid affluence ; and who will die in defence of their rights as men, as freemen.
Page 60 - ... a tesselated pavement without cement, — here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white, patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans, whigs and tories, treacherous friends and open enemies, — that it was indeed a very curious show, but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on.
Page 118 - My idea, therefore, without considering whether we yield as matter of right or grant as matter of favor, is, to admit the people of our colonies into an interest in the Constitution, and, by recording that admission in the...