The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution ; Or, Illustrations, by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence, Volumen2Harper & Bros., 1852 - 30 páginas |
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... given , including the speeches of Sir Robert Walpole , Lord Ches- ers . Some of the most striking of Junius's let- ters are also presented , with critical remarks on his style . The Editor , who has devoted many years to the preparation ...
... given , including the speeches of Sir Robert Walpole , Lord Ches- ers . Some of the most striking of Junius's let- ters are also presented , with critical remarks on his style . The Editor , who has devoted many years to the preparation ...
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... given with the full sanction of many patriots who owned much property in the city . John Hancock , who was probably the largest property holder in Boston , wrote to Washington , that , notwithstanding such a measure would injure him ...
... given with the full sanction of many patriots who owned much property in the city . John Hancock , who was probably the largest property holder in Boston , wrote to Washington , that , notwithstanding such a measure would injure him ...
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... given to Lord Dartmouth , and the office of that nobleman was filled by his opponent , Lord George Germaine- " the proud , imperious , unpopular Sackville . " Germaine had taken an active part in favor of all the late coercive measures ...
... given to Lord Dartmouth , and the office of that nobleman was filled by his opponent , Lord George Germaine- " the proud , imperious , unpopular Sackville . " Germaine had taken an active part in favor of all the late coercive measures ...
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... given to newspaper in- formation ) refuse to engage . More odious still would it appear for a people to take a part therein who were themselves once slaves , bore that hateful name , but at last had spirit to fight themselves free . But ...
... given to newspaper in- formation ) refuse to engage . More odious still would it appear for a people to take a part therein who were themselves once slaves , bore that hateful name , but at last had spirit to fight themselves free . But ...
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... given in a letter from Mrs. Winthrop to Mrs. Warren , printed on page 82. Speaking of the British portion of the captive army , the same writer says : Their baggage - wagons were drawn by poor half - starved horses ; but to bring up the ...
... given in a letter from Mrs. Winthrop to Mrs. Warren , printed on page 82. Speaking of the British portion of the captive army , the same writer says : Their baggage - wagons were drawn by poor half - starved horses ; but to bring up the ...
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Página 496 - 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.
Página 497 - Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Página 272 - Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions to cause others to be elected ; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise ; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Página 496 - ... we must fight! I repeat it, Sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms, and to the God of hosts, is all that is left us.
Página 496 - There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone: it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Página 272 - He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitutions, and unacknowledged by our laws ; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation : For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us . For protecting them, by a mock trial, from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these states ; For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world...
Página 273 - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither.
Página 273 - For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world; For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent; For depriving us in many cases of the benefits of Trial by Jury; For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offenses...
Página 280 - He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy, scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
Página 280 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected ; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large, for their exercise, the state remaining, in the mean time, exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.