A New American Biographical Dictionary: Or, Rememberancer of the Departed Heroes, Sages, and Statesmen, of America ; Confined Exclusively to Those who Have Signalized Themselves in Either Capacity, in the Revolutionary War ; with Important Alteratons and AdditionsT.J. Rogers, 1824 - 504 páginas |
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... body , and that Mr. Adams was one of the patriotic conclave . This confed- eracy came to a determination to resist every infringement of their rights . The stamp act was a flagrant violation of them , and to suffer it quietly to be ...
... body , and that Mr. Adams was one of the patriotic conclave . This confed- eracy came to a determination to resist every infringement of their rights . The stamp act was a flagrant violation of them , and to suffer it quietly to be ...
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... body was chosen to consider and report the state of the province . Mr. Adams , it is said , observed , that some of the committee were for mild measures , which he judged no way suited to the present emergency . He conferred with Mr ...
... body was chosen to consider and report the state of the province . Mr. Adams , it is said , observed , that some of the committee were for mild measures , which he judged no way suited to the present emergency . He conferred with Mr ...
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... body was washed on a neighbor- ing island , and was found by some of his friends . They re- quested of the captain of a British vessel some boards to make a coffin , but could not procure them . Mr. Allen , notwithstanding his clerical ...
... body was washed on a neighbor- ing island , and was found by some of his friends . They re- quested of the captain of a British vessel some boards to make a coffin , but could not procure them . Mr. Allen , notwithstanding his clerical ...
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... body of troops , and kept up so severe and well directed a fire , that the British were soon compelled to give way . They retired and took the position which Lee had before occupied . Washington re- solved to attack them , and ordered ...
... body of troops , and kept up so severe and well directed a fire , that the British were soon compelled to give way . They retired and took the position which Lee had before occupied . Washington re- solved to attack them , and ordered ...
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... body to examine and settle the business . The committee confirmed the report of the commissioners , and thought they had allowed him more than he had any right to expect or demand . By these disappointments he became irritated , and he ...
... body to examine and settle the business . The committee confirmed the report of the commissioners , and thought they had allowed him more than he had any right to expect or demand . By these disappointments he became irritated , and he ...
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Página 237 - forged ! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable ; and let it come !! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! ! ! " It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace ; but there is no peace. The war is actually begun ! The next gale that sweeps from
Página 235 - it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth; and listen to the song of that syren, till she. transforms us into beasts. Is this," he asked, •' the part of \vise men, engaged in a great and arduous
Página 483 - Abraham Clark. Pennsylvania. Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross. Delaware. Cesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas M'Kean. Maryland. Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll, of Carrollton. Virginia. George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr. Francis Lightfoot
Página 499 - dooms the former to be the satellite of the latter. Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be CONSTANTLY awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of
Página 495 - government; destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion. I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the state, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn
Página 2 - of the said District, hath deposited in this office the Title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit: "A new American Biographical Dictionary; or Remembrancer of the departed Heroes, Sages, and Statesmen, of America. Confined exclusively to those who have
Página 233 - decisive of character. Henry faltered not for an instant; but rising to a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye of the most determined fire, he finished his sentence with the firmest emphasis) may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." In August, 1774, the Virginia convention assembled in
Página 236 - is coming on. We have petitioned ; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult;
Página 493 - love of the one ought to endear to you the preservation of the other. These considerations speak a persuasive language to every reflecting and virtuous mind, and exhibit the continuance of the UNION as a primary object of patriotic desire. Is there a doubt, whether a common government can embrace so
Página 500 - understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy. I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But in my opinion it is unnecessary, and would be unwise to