A History of the American Revolution; Comprehending All the Principal Events Both in the Field and in the Cabinet, Volume 1F. Betts, 1822 - United States |
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... friend of liberty deplores the enor- mities , the pander of arbitrary power rejoices in the history , of the French revolution . It furnishes the lat- ter with a pretext to prove his favourite position , that no nation is to be ...
... friend of liberty deplores the enor- mities , the pander of arbitrary power rejoices in the history , of the French revolution . It furnishes the lat- ter with a pretext to prove his favourite position , that no nation is to be ...
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... friends , without whose kind assistance it is probable that he should have never been able to have complied with his obligations to the publick : an assistance , so important that he is confident the reader will have abundant PREFACE .
... friends , without whose kind assistance it is probable that he should have never been able to have complied with his obligations to the publick : an assistance , so important that he is confident the reader will have abundant PREFACE .
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... friends of America to the Ministry ... Lord North suc- ceeds the Duke of Grafton as First Lord of the Treasury ... His motion for the partial repeal of the Port Duties ... Debates thereon ... Riot at Boston between the soldiers and ...
... friends of America to the Ministry ... Lord North suc- ceeds the Duke of Grafton as First Lord of the Treasury ... His motion for the partial repeal of the Port Duties ... Debates thereon ... Riot at Boston between the soldiers and ...
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... friends and foes of the supreme power ; and during the existence of that power , it would be vain to look for a correct and faithful history of passing events . The writer , under such circumstances , must , more or less , be wrought ...
... friends and foes of the supreme power ; and during the existence of that power , it would be vain to look for a correct and faithful history of passing events . The writer , under such circumstances , must , more or less , be wrought ...
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... friends at Court on the other , was able either to elude all inquiry or to paralyze the arm of justice - So cold , so comfortless , so ungracious , was the prospect afforded of a Parliamenta- ry redress of our grievances either national ...
... friends at Court on the other , was able either to elude all inquiry or to paralyze the arm of justice - So cold , so comfortless , so ungracious , was the prospect afforded of a Parliamenta- ry redress of our grievances either national ...
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Page 344 - 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.
Page 252 - But lest some unlucky event should happen unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with.
Page 251 - MR. PRESIDENT: Though I am truly sensible of the high honor done me, in this appointment, yet I feel great distress, from a consciousness that my abilities and military experience may not be equal to the extensive and important trust.
Page 346 - We must therefore acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our separation, and hold them, as .we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.
Page 210 - That by such emigration they by no means forfeited, surrendered, or lost any of those rights, but that they were, and their descendants now are, entitled to the exercise and enjoyment of all such of them as their local and other circumstances enable them to exercise and enjoy. "Resolved, 4. That the foundation of English liberty, and of all free government, is a right in the people to participate in their legislative council...
Page 211 - That the respective colonies are entitled to the common law of England, and more especially to the great and inestimable privilege of being tried by their peers of the vicinage, according to the course of that law.
Page 275 - ... we mean not to dissolve that union which has so long and so happily subsisted between us, and which we sincerely wish to see restored. Necessity has not yet driven us into that desperate measure, or induced us to excite any other nation to war against them. We have not raised armies with ambitious designs of separating from Great Britain, and establishing independent states.
Page 70 - Resolved, That the taxation of the people by themselves, or by persons chosen by themselves to represent them, who can only know what taxes the people are able to bear, and the easiest mode of raising them, and are equally affected by such taxes themselves, is the distinguishing characteristic of British freedom, and without which the ancient constitution cannot subsist.
Page 83 - It is my opinion, that this kingdom has no right to lay a tax upon the colonies. At the same time, I assert the authority of this kingdom over the colonies to be sovereign and supreme, in every circumstance of government and legislation whatsoever.
Page 274 - Honour, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations to that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them, if we basely entail hereditary bondage upon them.