Historical View of the American RevolutionTicknor & Fields, 1865 - 459 pages |
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... minds of thoughtful partisans of monarchy , was there not enough in her profane philosophy , in her infidelity under the garb of formal devotion , and her insane trifling with all that was venerable and sacred in human as well as in ...
... minds of thoughtful partisans of monarchy , was there not enough in her profane philosophy , in her infidelity under the garb of formal devotion , and her insane trifling with all that was venerable and sacred in human as well as in ...
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... minds and of their bodies accord- ing to their own conception of what was best for them here and hereafter . Hence , the ideas awakened by the mention of plantations were not ideas of brotherhood and sym- pathy , but of investment and ...
... minds and of their bodies accord- ing to their own conception of what was best for them here and hereafter . Hence , the ideas awakened by the mention of plantations were not ideas of brotherhood and sym- pathy , but of investment and ...
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... minds seemed hard- ly less heinous , that men too poor to pay their pas- sage across the ocean had often sold themselves into temporary servitude , in the hope of finding a home in which they might eat in security the bread which they ...
... minds seemed hard- ly less heinous , that men too poor to pay their pas- sage across the ocean had often sold themselves into temporary servitude , in the hope of finding a home in which they might eat in security the bread which they ...
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... mind elevated by the examples of Eng- lish history and the precepts of English philosophy , he was received with the ... minds of England would have seen that America had soon produced minds fully able to cope with theirs on their ...
... mind elevated by the examples of Eng- lish history and the precepts of English philosophy , he was received with the ... minds of England would have seen that America had soon produced minds fully able to cope with theirs on their ...
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... mind and the heart of the people . But by far the greater part have cost long and bitter contests , convulsions some of them , and some of them blood . And in them all the spirit of the constitution has been pre- served , although the ...
... mind and the heart of the people . But by far the greater part have cost long and bitter contests , convulsions some of them , and some of them blood . And in them all the spirit of the constitution has been pre- served , although the ...
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Page 442 - O UNION, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate! We know what Master laid thy keel, What Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge, and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope!
Page 121 - Hampshire to call a full and free representation of the people, and that the representatives, if they think it necessary, establish such a form of government as, in their judgment, will best produce the happiness of the people, and most effectually secure peace and good order in the province, during the continuance of the present dispute between Great Britain and the colonies.
Page 87 - When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Page 427 - No rogue e'er felt the halter draw with good opinion of the law.
Page 342 - I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country...
Page 99 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Page 442 - Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate...
Page 363 - I thought the writing excellent, and wished if possible to imitate it. With that view, I took some of the papers, and making short hints of the sentiments in each sentence, laid them by a few days, and then, without looking at the book, tried to complete the papers again, by expressing each hinted sentiment at length, and as fully as it had been expressed before, in any suitable words that should occur to me. Then I compared my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected...
Page 73 - British colonies on this continent, to consult together on the present circumstances of the colonies, and the difficulties to which they are, and must be, reduced by the operation of the acts of Parliament for levying duties and taxes on the colonies ; and to consider of a general and united, dutiful, loyal, and humble representation of their condition to his majesty and to the Parliament, and to implore relief.
Page 435 - The brave captain heard it, and thought of his home In a cot by the brook; in a cot by the brook. With mother and sister and memories dear, He so gayly forsook; he so gayly forsook.