 It was too strong for Mr. Dickinson. He still retained the hope of reconciliation with the mother country, and was unwilling it should be lessened by offensive statements. He was so honest a man, and so able a one, that he was greatly indulged even by...  Journals of the Continental Congress 1774-1789 - Stran 508avtor: United States. Continental Congress - 1905Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1853 - 642 strani
...man, and so able a one, that he was greatly indulged even by those who could not feel his scruples. We therefore requested him to take the paper, and...approved and reported it to Congress, who accepted it. Congress gave a signal proof of their indulgence to Mr. Dickinson, and of their great desire not to... | |
 | Henry Flanders - 1855 - 682 strani
...feel his scruples. 1 Ante, p. 142. • Adams' Letters, vol. i., p. 77 ; Dec. 3, 1775. VOL. I.— 33 We therefore requested him to take the paper, and put it into a form he could approve. He did BO, preparing an entire new statement, and preserving of the former only the last four paragraphs,... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 698 strani
...man, and so able a one, that he was greatly indulged even by those who coul'l not feel his scruples. We therefore requested him to take the paper, and...approved and reported it to Congress, who accepted it" Mr. Dickinson had been, from the outset, the leader of the conservative party in Congress — its leader... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 726 strani
...man, and so able a one, that he was greatly indulged even by those who could not feel his scruples. We therefore requested him to take the paper, and...approved and reported it to Congress, who accepted it." Mr. Dickinson had been, from the outset, the leader of the conservative party in Congress — its leader... | |
 | Cornelis Henri de Witt - 1862 - 496 strani
...man, and so able a one, that he was greatly indulged even by those who could not feel his scruples. We therefore requested him to take the paper, and...the last four paragraphs, and half of the preceding one.'f * After Parliament's rejection of the plan of reconciliation prepared by Lord Chatham and Franklin... | |
 | François Guizot - 1863 - 162 strani
...man, and so able a one, that he was greatly indulged, even by those who could not feel his scruples. We therefore requested him to take the paper, and...approved and reported it to Congress, who accepted it. Congress gave a signal proof of their indulgence to Mr. Dickinson, and of their great desire not to... | |
 | William Thompson Read - 1870 - 590 strani
...man, and so able a one, that he was greatly indulged, even by those who could not feel his scruples. We therefore requested him to take the paper, and...approve. He did so, preparing an entire new statement, preserving of the former the last four paragraphs, and the last of the preceding one. We approved,... | |
 | William Thompson Read - 1870 - 596 strani
...indulged, even by those who could not feel his scruples. AVe therefore requested him to take the pnper, and put it into a form he could approve. He did so, preparing an entire new statement, preserving of the former the last four paragraphs, and the last of the preceding one. We approved,... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1871 - 704 strani
...man, and BO able a one, that he was greatly indulged even by those who could not feel his scruples. We therefore requested him to take the paper, and put it into a form he could approve. lie did so, preparing an entire new statement, and preserving of the former only the lust four paragraphs... | |
 | Henry Flanders - 1874 - 666 strani
...those who could not feel his scruples. 1 Ante, p. 142. 2 Adams' Letters, vol. i., p. 77 ; Dec. 3, 1775. We therefore requested him to take the paper, and...approved and reported it to Congress, who accepted it.' 1 We cannot claim for Rutledge the honors of written eloquence ; the art of composition he seems never... | |
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