Niles' Weekly Register, Volumes 1-75H. Niles, 1811 |
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... enemy , but she is like- both , and judge whether Britain had committed an wise required to resign those maritime rights which unjust aggression . Should the " fatal catastrophe " she has so long exercised and enjoyed . Insulting of war ...
... enemy , but she is like- both , and judge whether Britain had committed an wise required to resign those maritime rights which unjust aggression . Should the " fatal catastrophe " she has so long exercised and enjoyed . Insulting of war ...
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... enemy . After the burning of the Philadelphia through the valor of the brave lieutenant Decatur , under the mouths of the enemy's cannon , he made This first general attack ; and the attacks which he made on the city and fortifications ...
... enemy . After the burning of the Philadelphia through the valor of the brave lieutenant Decatur , under the mouths of the enemy's cannon , he made This first general attack ; and the attacks which he made on the city and fortifications ...
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... enemy - propositions should be discussed in committee of sooner , in fine , than degrade and disgrace the na - the whole- tion , I believe it would be better for us to take the Mr. M'Kim moved to recommit the resolution , whole draught ...
... enemy - propositions should be discussed in committee of sooner , in fine , than degrade and disgrace the na - the whole- tion , I believe it would be better for us to take the Mr. M'Kim moved to recommit the resolution , whole draught ...
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... enemies waters rull . Our money has heretofore been of great service to us ; persons and properties of the governed , is ... enemy , but assist a band of hold in the countenances of so many in this great assembly , the solemnity of the ...
... enemies waters rull . Our money has heretofore been of great service to us ; persons and properties of the governed , is ... enemy , but assist a band of hold in the countenances of so many in this great assembly , the solemnity of the ...
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Common enemies . oil and wine into these wounds ; and to assuage , at substitute , some other means of rendering us se- cure against the incursions of a foreign enemy . → least , what it cannot beal . Patriotisin is ever united with ...
Common enemies . oil and wine into these wounds ; and to assuage , at substitute , some other means of rendering us se- cure against the incursions of a foreign enemy . → least , what it cannot beal . Patriotisin is ever united with ...
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Page 6 - ... unsullied sanctity of their lawn ; upon the learned judges, to interpose the purity of their ermine, to save us from this pollution. I call upon the honour of your lordships, to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country, to vindicate the national character. I invoke the genius of the constitution.
Page 6 - to use all the means which God and nature have put into our hands." I am astonished, I am shocked, to hear such principles confessed ; to hear them avowed in this house, or in this country.
Page 131 - ... that the rebels should not know that they had a man in their army who could die with so much firmness.
Page 12 - Alike essential to th' amazing whole, The least confusion but in one, not all That system only but the whole must fall.
Page 343 - That all supplies to the Crown being free gifts of the people, it is unreasonable and inconsistent with the principles and spirit of the British Constitution, for the people of Great Britain to grant to His Majesty the property of the colonists.
Page 19 - States, and that they have leave to report, by bill or otherwise.
Page 6 - I again call upon your Lordships, and the united powers of the state, to examine it thoroughly and decisively, and to stamp upon it an indelible stigma of the public abhorrence. And I again implore...
Page 6 - Spanish cruelty : we turn loose these savage hell-hounds against our brethren and countrymen in America, of the same language, laws, liberties, and religion ; endeared to us by every tie that should sanctify humanity.
Page 360 - The United States offer you peace, liberty, and security. Your choice lies between these and war, slavery and destruction. Choose then ; but choose wisely...
Page 343 - That his majesty's subjects in these colonies, owe the same allegiance to the crown of Great Britain, that is owing from his subjects born within the realm, and all due subordination to that august body, the parliament of Great Britain.