 When I look back to the year 1761, and recollect the argument concerning writs of assistance in the superior court, which I have hitherto considered as the commencement of the controversy between Great Britain and America, and run through the whole period,...  Life of George Washington - Stran 284avtor: Washington Irving - 1885Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Hezekiah Niles - 1822 - 526 strani
...recollect the series of political ev«nts, the ! firell> and be tluls indueed to submit. Others really chain of causes and effects, I am surprised at the suddenness as well as greatness of this revolution. wished to defeat the expedition to Canada, lest the conquest of it should... | |
 | John Adams - 1841 - 334 strani
...writs of assistance in the superior court, which I have hitherto considered as the commencement of this controversy between Great Britain and America, and...effects, I am surprised at the suddenness, as well as greatness of this revolution. Britain has been filled with folly, and America with wisdom ; at least,... | |
 | 1842 - 432 strani
...court, which I have hitherto considered as the commencement of this controversy between Great Britian and America, and run through the whole period, from...effects, I am surprised at the suddenness, as well as greatness of this revolution. Britain has been filled with folly, and America with wisdom ; at least,... | |
 | Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware - 1842 - 438 strani
...court, which I have hitherto considered as the commencement of this controversy between Great Britian and America, and run through the whole period, from...effects, I am surprised at the suddenness, as well as greatness of this revolution. Britain has been filled with folly, and America with wisdom; at least,... | |
 | Elias Lyman Magoon - 1848 - 536 strani
...Writs of Assistance in the Superior Court, which I have hitherto considered as the commencement of this controversy between Great Britain and America, and...effects, I am surprised at the suddenness as well as greatness of this Revolution. Britain has been filled with folly, and America with wisdom ; at least,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 752 strani
...writs of assistance in the superior court, which I have hitherto considered as the commencement of this controversy between Great Britain and America, and...effects, I am surprised at the suddenness, as well as greatness of this revolution. Britain has been filled with folly, and America with wisdom ; at least,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 812 strani
...writs of assistance in the superior court, which I have hitherto considered as the commencement of this controversy between Great Britain and America, and...effects, I am surprised at the suddenness as well as greatness of this revolution. Britain has been filled with folly, and America with wisdom ; at least,... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1860 - 490 strani
...greater, perhaps, never was nor will be decided among men. When I look back to 1761, and run through the series of political events, the chain of causes...effects, I am surprised at the suddenness as well as greatness of this revolution. Britain has been filled with folly, and America with wisdom. It is the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1861 - 656 strani
...excluded the populace. They awaited, in throngs, an appointed signal. In the steeple of the state-house was a bell, imported twenty-three years previously...; I am surprised at the suddenness, as well as the great 1776.] DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. 25? ness of this revolution ; Great Britain has been filled... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1862 - 512 strani
...the portentous text from scripture : " Proclaim liberty throughout all the land, unto VOL. ir. — 11 all the inhabitants thereof." A joyous peal from that...at the suddenness, as well as the greatness of this Eevolution ; Great Britain has been filled with folly, America with wisdom." His only regret was, that... | |
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