History of England: From the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles, 1713-1783, Količina 6B. Tauchnitz, 1854 |
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Stran 15
... opposite parties in presence . The first , and as I believe by far the smaller , though comprising a large part of Virginia and nearly the whole of Massachusetts , was already ripe for civil war . To the other party belonged such men as ...
... opposite parties in presence . The first , and as I believe by far the smaller , though comprising a large part of Virginia and nearly the whole of Massachusetts , was already ripe for civil war . To the other party belonged such men as ...
Stran 20
... opposite shores of the Atlantic , like the two Knights in the old legend , would look only to the colour on their own side of the shield . The result of these Elections therefore was not only to confirm but to increase the general ...
... opposite shores of the Atlantic , like the two Knights in the old legend , would look only to the colour on their own side of the shield . The result of these Elections therefore was not only to confirm but to increase the general ...
Stran 24
... opposite effect ; it has opened " their eyes ! " Far from being daunted by the late division , and re- solved to leave no effort untried to avert a civil war , Chatham with characteristic energy forthwith applied him- self to prepare ...
... opposite effect ; it has opened " their eyes ! " Far from being daunted by the late division , and re- solved to leave no effort untried to avert a civil war , Chatham with characteristic energy forthwith applied him- self to prepare ...
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... opposite authority , a new Provincial Congress , had assembled , with the popular feeling in their favour , and with several thou- sands of Militia or Minute - men under their command . No pains were spared by them both to increase and ...
... opposite authority , a new Provincial Congress , had assembled , with the popular feeling in their favour , and with several thou- sands of Militia or Minute - men under their command . No pains were spared by them both to increase and ...
Stran 38
... opposite shore . The utmost pains had been taken to keep the expedition secret ; nevertheless the men had advanced only a few miles inland when it was perceived from the firing of guns and the ringing of bells that their purpose was ...
... opposite shore . The utmost pains had been taken to keep the expedition secret ; nevertheless the men had advanced only a few miles inland when it was perceived from the firing of guns and the ringing of bells that their purpose was ...
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Stran 213 - ... against your Protestant brethren; to lay waste their country, to desolate their dwellings, and extirpate their race and name, with these horrible hell-hounds of savage war! — hell-hounds, I say, of savage war.
Stran 51 - His violent prejudice against our West Indian and American settlers appeared whenever there was an opportunity. Towards the conclusion of his " Taxation no Tyranny," he says, " how is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?
Stran 322 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter,* that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Stran 24 - We shall be forced -ultimately to retract ; let us retract while we can, not when we must. I say we must necessarily undo these violent, oppressive acts ; they must be repealed — you will repeal them ; I pledge myself for it, that you will in the end repeal them ; I stake my reputation on it, I will consent to be taken for an idiot if they are not finally repealed.
Stran 24 - Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation, or body of men, can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia.
Stran 82 - If Lord Chatham's son should be in Canada, and in any way fall into your power, you are enjoined to treat him with all possible deference and respect. You cannot err in paying too much honor to the son of so illustrious a character and so true a friend to America.
Stran 53 - You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that, so far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family, but from a consciousness of its being a trust too great for my capacity...
Stran 64 - If we wish to be free; if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending: if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in...
Stran 209 - German despot ; your attempts will be for ever vain and impotent — doubly so, indeed, from this mercenary aid on which you rely; for it irritates, to an incurable resentment, the minds of your adversaries, to overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder, devoting them and their possessions to the rapacity of hireling cruelty. If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms : Never, never, never...
Stran 52 - The benevolence of your heart, my dear Marquis, is so conspicuous upon all occasions, that I never wonder at any fresh proofs of it ; but your late purchase of an estate in the colony of Cayenne, with a view of emancipating the slaves on it, is a generous and noble proof of your humanity. Would to God a like spirit might diffuse itself generally into the minds of the people of this country ! But I despair of seeing it.