Biographia Americana: Or, A Historical and Critical Account of the Lives, Actions, and Writings of the Most Distinguished Persons in North America; from the First Settlement to the Present Time...D. Mallory, 1825 - 356 ページ |
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... never can be con- ciliated by any office or gift whatever . " To a majestic countenance and dignified manners , there was added a suavity of temper , which concili- ated the affection of his acquaintance . Among his friends he was ...
... never can be con- ciliated by any office or gift whatever . " To a majestic countenance and dignified manners , there was added a suavity of temper , which concili- ated the affection of his acquaintance . Among his friends he was ...
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... never cease to reflect their effulgence on the nations of the world , he uniformly stood in the first rank , and bore a distinguished and conspicuous part in all the discussions of that eventful period , which finally ended in a ...
... never cease to reflect their effulgence on the nations of the world , he uniformly stood in the first rank , and bore a distinguished and conspicuous part in all the discussions of that eventful period , which finally ended in a ...
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... one certain truth , " says he , " to be collected from the history of all ages , it is this : that the people's rights and liberties , and the democratical mixture in a constitution , can never be preserved without a 5.
... one certain truth , " says he , " to be collected from the history of all ages , it is this : that the people's rights and liberties , and the democratical mixture in a constitution , can never be preserved without a 5.
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... never be preserved without a strong executive ; or in other words , without sepa- rating the executive power from the legislative . " Mr. Adams , after having twice filled the office of vice - president of the United States , was , in ...
... never be preserved without a strong executive ; or in other words , without sepa- rating the executive power from the legislative . " Mr. Adams , after having twice filled the office of vice - president of the United States , was , in ...
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... never submit . As soon as the acts had passed , and was known in America , a spirit of re- sentment was roused which menaced every man in power , and alienated the affections of the colonists from a country , to which they had hitherto ...
... never submit . As soon as the acts had passed , and was known in America , a spirit of re- sentment was roused which menaced every man in power , and alienated the affections of the colonists from a country , to which they had hitherto ...
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140 ページ - ... we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight ; I repeat it, sir, we must fight. An appeal to arms, and to the God of Hosts, is all that is left us.
274 ページ - If you speak of eloquence, Mr. Rutledge, of South Carolina, is by far the greatest orator; but if you speak of solid information and sound judgment, Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on that floor.
140 ページ - There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free — if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending — if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained — we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us! They tell...
141 ページ - He took his seat. No murmur of applause was heard. The effect was too deep. After the trance of a moment, several members started from their seats. The cry, "to arms!
138 ページ - Upon offering them to the house, violent debates ensued. Many threats were uttered, and much abuse cast on me, by the party for submission. After a long and warm contest, the resolutions passed by a very small majority, perhaps of one or two only. The alarm spread throughout America with astonishing quickness, and the ministerial party were overwhelmed. The great point of resistance to British taxation was universally established in the colonies. This brought on the war, which finally separated the...
196 ページ - I was struck with the manliness of his person, the breadth of his chest, the openness of his countenance, and the inquietude of his eye.
337 ページ - No man ever left behind him a character more venerated than George Wythe. His virtue was of the purest tint; his integrity inflexible, and his justice exact; of warm patriotism, and, devoted as he was to liberty, and the natural and equal rights of man, he might truly be called the Cato of his country, without the avarice of the Roman; for a more disinterested person never lived.
216 ページ - Quebec, in 1759, on the very spot, where he was doomed to fall, when fighting against her, under the banners of freedom. After his return to England, he quitted his regiment, in 1772, though in a fair way to preferment. He had imbibed an attachment to America, viewing it as the rising seat of arts and freedom. After his arrival in this country, he purchased an estate in New York, about...
139 ページ - The meeting was awfully solemn. The object which had called them together was of incalculable magnitude. The liberties of no less than three millions of people, with that of all their posterity, were staked on the wisdom and energy of their councils.