Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, 第 8 巻R. W. Pomeroy, 1827 |
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... never for a moment wavered to protect the independence and maintain the freedom of his country at every hazard . To the amelioration and protection of its safeguard , the army , his zealous , his unwearied efforts were constantly ...
... never for a moment wavered to protect the independence and maintain the freedom of his country at every hazard . To the amelioration and protection of its safeguard , the army , his zealous , his unwearied efforts were constantly ...
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... never hazard consequences so perilous and alarming ; and in all circumstances rely on the wisdom , temper and virtue of their constituents , which ( guided by an all wise Providence ) have ever interposed to avert impend- ing evils and ...
... never hazard consequences so perilous and alarming ; and in all circumstances rely on the wisdom , temper and virtue of their constituents , which ( guided by an all wise Providence ) have ever interposed to avert impend- ing evils and ...
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... never command reciprocal ad- vantages in trade ; and without these , our foreign com- merce must decline , and eventually be annihilated . Hence it is necessary that the states should be explicit , and fix on some effectual mode by ...
... never command reciprocal ad- vantages in trade ; and without these , our foreign com- merce must decline , and eventually be annihilated . Hence it is necessary that the states should be explicit , and fix on some effectual mode by ...
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... Never , perhaps , were a people called on to decide a question of greater magnitude . Should the citizens of America adopt the plan as it now stands , their liberties may be lost . Or should they reject it altogether , anarchy may ensue ...
... Never , perhaps , were a people called on to decide a question of greater magnitude . Should the citizens of America adopt the plan as it now stands , their liberties may be lost . Or should they reject it altogether , anarchy may ensue ...
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... never allowed an occasion to pass unused in which he could aid them in their difficulties , or redress their grievances . Fully sensible of the necessity and duty of mutual co - operation , he united cheerfully in carrying into effect ...
... never allowed an occasion to pass unused in which he could aid them in their difficulties , or redress their grievances . Fully sensible of the necessity and duty of mutual co - operation , he united cheerfully in carrying into effect ...
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301 ページ - Congress shall earnestly recommend it to the legislatures of the respective States, to provide for the restitution of all estates, rights and properties which have been confiscated, belonging to real British subjects...
266 ページ - The graces taught in the schools, the costly ornaments and studied contrivances of speech, shock and disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then, words have lost their power, rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible.
51 ページ - Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the...
211 ページ - England, sir, is a nation, which still I hope respects, and formerly adored, her freedom. The colonists emigrated from you, when this part of your character was most predominant ; and they took this bias and direction the moment they parted from your hands. They are therefore not only devoted to liberty, but to liberty according to English ideas, and on English principles.
38 ページ - STATES, and to consist of one delegate from each state; and to appoint such other committees and civil officers as may be necessary for managing the general affairs of the United States under their direction...
266 ページ - True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshalled in every way, but they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion.
263 ページ - Britain, and it is necessary that the exercise of every kind of authority under the said Crown should be totally suppressed, and all the powers of government exerted under the authority of the people of the Colonies, for the preservation of internal peace, virtue, and good order, as well as for the defence of their lives, liberties, and properties, against the hostile invasions and cruel depredations of their enemies.
307 ページ - The king replied, as quick as lightning, " An honest man will never have any other.
307 ページ - The King then asked me whether I came last from France, and upon my answering in the affirmative, he put on an air of familiarity, and smiling, or rather laughing, said : " There is an opinion among some people that you are not the most attached of all your countrymen to the manners of France.