The American Manual, Or, New English Reader: Consisting of Exercises in Reading and Speaking, Both in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers : to which are Added a Succinct History of the Colonies, from the Discovery of North America to the Close of the War of the Revolution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United StatesS.H. Henry & Company, 1835 - 300 páginas |
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Página 247
... troops to victory , fell before the walls of Quebec , in the moment of success . In 1762 , hostilities hav- ing raged nearly eight years , a general peace was concluded : France ceded Canada , and Spain relinquished , as the price of ...
... troops to victory , fell before the walls of Quebec , in the moment of success . In 1762 , hostilities hav- ing raged nearly eight years , a general peace was concluded : France ceded Canada , and Spain relinquished , as the price of ...
Página 249
... troops who fired , were after- wards tried for murder , and acquitted . 11. Things continued in this mode of partial irritation un- til 1773 , when the British East India Company were au- thorized to export their tea to all places ...
... troops who fired , were after- wards tried for murder , and acquitted . 11. Things continued in this mode of partial irritation un- til 1773 , when the British East India Company were au- thorized to export their tea to all places ...
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... troops , with the avowed intention of dragooning the refrac tory Bostonians into compliance . A general sympathy was excited for the suffering inhabitants of Boston : addresses poured in from all quarters ; Marblehead offered to the Bos ...
... troops , with the avowed intention of dragooning the refrac tory Bostonians into compliance . A general sympathy was excited for the suffering inhabitants of Boston : addresses poured in from all quarters ; Marblehead offered to the Bos ...
Página 252
... troops from Boston , to take possession of some can- non at Salem . But the people had intelligence of the design- took up the drawbridge in that town , and prevented the troops from passing , until the cannon were secured ; so that the ...
... troops from Boston , to take possession of some can- non at Salem . But the people had intelligence of the design- took up the drawbridge in that town , and prevented the troops from passing , until the cannon were secured ; so that the ...
Página 253
... troops , under the command of General Montgomery , besieged and took the garrison at St. John's , which commands the entrance into Canada . prisoners amounted to about seven hundred . General Mont- gomery pursued his success , and took ...
... troops , under the command of General Montgomery , besieged and took the garrison at St. John's , which commands the entrance into Canada . prisoners amounted to about seven hundred . General Mont- gomery pursued his success , and took ...
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Página 293 - Legislature so next chosen, as aforesaid, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each house, then it shall be the duty of the Legislature to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people, in such manner and at such time as the Legislature shall prescribe...
Página 269 - To establish post offices and post roads; To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries...
Página 291 - In all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the jury, that the matter charged as libelous, is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted ; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.
Página 269 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased, by the consent of the legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful 'buildings.
Página 202 - The priest-like father reads the sacred page; How Abram was the friend of God on high; Or Moses bade eternal warfare wage With Amalek's ungracious progeny; Or how the royal bard did groaning lie Beneath the stroke of Heaven's avenging ire; Or Job's pathetic plaint and wailing cry; Or rapt Isaiah's wild, seraphic fire; Or other holy seers that tune the sacred lyre.
Página 264 - Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here.
Página 263 - He has constrained our fellow citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
Página 109 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house...
Página 153 - ... fountains, or resting on beds of flowers; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge.
Página 181 - The primal duties shine aloft — like stars ; The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of Man — like flowers.