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" It would give you a fever, were I to name to you the apostates who have gone over to these heresies, men who were Samsons in the field and Solomons in the council, but who have had their heads shorn by the harlot England. "
Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989 - Page 26
by Michael R. Beschloss - 2007 - 400 pages
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The Life and Writings of ...

Thomas Jefferson - 1900 - 498 pages
...merchants and Americans trading on British capitals, speculators and holders in the banks and public funds. It would give you a fever were I to name to you the...have had their heads shorn by the harlot England. In short, we are likely to preserve the liberty we have obtained only by unremitting labors and perils....
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A Century of American Diplomacy: Being a Brief Review of the Foreign ...

John Watson Foster - 1900 - 548 pages
...as wholly under British influence. The following sentence will indicate the spirit of the epistle: " It would give you a fever were I to name to you the...have had their heads shorn by the harlot England." Although challenged to declare whether he was the author of the letter, Jefferson held his peace. Writing...
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A Century of American Diplomacy: Being a Brief Review of the Foreign ...

John Watson Foster - 1900 - 548 pages
...you the apostates who have gone over to these heresies ; men 1 7 Writings of Jefferson, 68. 2 H>. 72. who were Samsons in the field and Solomons in the...have had their heads shorn by the harlot England." Although challenged to declare whether he was the author of the letter, Jefferson held his peace. Writing...
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A Century of American Diplomacy: Being a Brief Review of the Foreign ...

John Watson Foster - 1900 - 556 pages
...wholly under British influence. The following sentence will indicate the spirit of the epistle : " It would give you a fever were I to name to you the...apostates who have gone over to these heresies ; men * 7 Writings of Jefferson, 68. * Ib. 72. who were Samsons in the field and Solomons in the council,...
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George Washington

Norman Hapgood - 1901 - 492 pages
...the support of the Federalists " had made him all their own." The same brilliant Democrat wrote, " It would give you a fever were I to name to you the...have had their heads shorn by the harlot England." In the National Gazette of Philadelphia, edited by Philip Freneau, and supported by friends of Jefferson...
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Harper's Encyclopædia of United States History from 458 A.D. to 1902, Volume 6

Benson John Lossing - 1901 - 530 pages
...rotten as well as the sound parts of the British model." " It would give you a fever," he continued, " were I to name to you the apostates who have gone...who were Samsons in the field and Solomons in the eoupcil, but who have had their heads shorn by the harlot of England." 'This letter was dated April...
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A Commenment Address Before the [Phi Beta Kappa] Society of Vassar College ...

Whitelaw Reid - 1903 - 234 pages
...and for assimilating us in all things to the rotten as well as the sound parts of the British model. It would give you a fever were I to name to you the...who have gone over to these heresies, men who were Samson's in the field and Solomons in the council, but who have had their heads shorn by the harlot...
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The Formation and Development of the Constitution

Thomas Francis Moran - 1904 - 580 pages
...and for assimilating us in all things to the rotten as well as the sound parts of the British model. It would give you a fever were I to name to you the...have had their heads shorn by the harlot, England. In short, we are likely to preserve the liberty we have obtained only by unremitting labors and perils....
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The History of North America, Volume 7

1904 - 584 pages
...and for assimilating us in all things to the rotten as well as the sound parts of the British model. It would give you a fever were I to name to you the...have had their heads shorn by the harlot, England. In short, we are likely to preserve the liberty we have obtained only by unremitting labors and perils....
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The Works of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 8

Thomas Jefferson - 1904 - 532 pages
...& for assimilating us in all things to the rotten as well as the sound parts of the British model. It would give you a fever were I to name to you the...these heresies, men who were Samsons in the field & Solomons in the council, but who have had their heads shorn by the And yet it seems hardly possible...
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