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... formed the daring design of giving them battle in the open field - an attempt which had ended disastrously to the French when confronted by Wolfe , and for which Murray was in a less ad- vantageous position than Montcalm . The little ...
... formed the daring design of giving them battle in the open field - an attempt which had ended disastrously to the French when confronted by Wolfe , and for which Murray was in a less ad- vantageous position than Montcalm . The little ...
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... formed , were carried out , or at least pursued , with an obstinate pertinacity which was often productive of great mischief . He was un- doubtedly honest and sincere in all his convictions and all his acts ; he was certainly courageous ...
... formed , were carried out , or at least pursued , with an obstinate pertinacity which was often productive of great mischief . He was un- doubtedly honest and sincere in all his convictions and all his acts ; he was certainly courageous ...
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... the proffered terms with scorn . The negotiations for peace were then broken off by the English Government , and Pitt immediately formed the design of declaring war against Spain . The extraordinary energy and soaring genius.
... the proffered terms with scorn . The negotiations for peace were then broken off by the English Government , and Pitt immediately formed the design of declaring war against Spain . The extraordinary energy and soaring genius.
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... formed by the events of the last few years , to whom active service in the army was very acceptable . The provincial Governments offered bounties to encourage the enlistment of Americans into the regular forces of England ; and in this ...
... formed by the events of the last few years , to whom active service in the army was very acceptable . The provincial Governments offered bounties to encourage the enlistment of Americans into the regular forces of England ; and in this ...
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... formed a different judgment of the peace . When the preliminaries were laid before the House of Commons , in the December of the previous year , Pitt vehemently denounced most of the stipulations ; but the House affirmed the ...
... formed a different judgment of the peace . When the preliminaries were laid before the House of Commons , in the December of the previous year , Pitt vehemently denounced most of the stipulations ; but the House affirmed the ...
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Page 136 - Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pushed by this recent people; a people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.
Page 545 - ... palladium of your political safety and prosperity, watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Page 257 - All charges of war and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury...
Page 545 - ... a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it ; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity, watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned...
Page 136 - ... through a wise and salutary neglect, a generous nature has been suffered to take her own way to perfection ; when I reflect upon these effects, when I see how profitable they have been to us. I feel all the pride of power sink, and all presumption in the wisdom of human contrivances melt and die away within me. My rigour relents. I pardon something to the spirit of liberty.
Page 545 - The disorders and miseries which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual ; and sooner or later, the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty.
Page 501 - All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties; that of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; in fine, that of seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness.
Page 546 - The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Page 136 - Pass by the other parts, and look at the manner in which the people of New England have of late carried on the whale fishery.
Page 545 - The unity of government which constitutes you one people, is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize.