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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... interest is manifested for the history and events of the revolutionary war , and more veneration is paid to the memory of those illustrious statesmen and soldiers , who laid the foundation of the American republic . Those venerable men ...
... interest is manifested for the history and events of the revolutionary war , and more veneration is paid to the memory of those illustrious statesmen and soldiers , who laid the foundation of the American republic . Those venerable men ...
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... interest to this recital . He asked colonel Fenton if he would truly deliver his reply as it should be given . After some hesitation he assented . Mr. Adams required his word of honour , which he pledged . Then rising from his chair ...
... interest to this recital . He asked colonel Fenton if he would truly deliver his reply as it should be given . After some hesitation he assented . Mr. Adams required his word of honour , which he pledged . Then rising from his chair ...
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... interest of their country at heart , and who are determined to be no longer the tools and dupes of congress or of France . " To induce the American officers and soldiers to desert the cause , which they had embraced , he re- presented ...
... interest of their country at heart , and who are determined to be no longer the tools and dupes of congress or of France . " To induce the American officers and soldiers to desert the cause , which they had embraced , he re- presented ...
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... interest and feeling , from the circumstance that Arnold was the only instance of an American officer basely turning against his coun- try in that doubtful contest , and the contrast so striking , be- tween Arnold and those virtuous ...
... interest and feeling , from the circumstance that Arnold was the only instance of an American officer basely turning against his coun- try in that doubtful contest , and the contrast so striking , be- tween Arnold and those virtuous ...
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... interest to get him promoted . His ar- dent mind , however , could not rest satisfied with the inactivity of his situation , which he was impatient to change for one more suited to his disposition . In the year 1773 , a voyage of ...
... interest to get him promoted . His ar- dent mind , however , could not rest satisfied with the inactivity of his situation , which he was impatient to change for one more suited to his disposition . In the year 1773 , a voyage of ...
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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