Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick HenryMcElrath, Bangs, & Company, 1834 - 443 ページ |
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... passed in his own presence , or had been related to him by Mr. Henry himself . The writer is indebted to Judge Tucker for two or three of his best incidents ; one of them will probably be pronounced the most interesting B passage of the ...
... passed in his own presence , or had been related to him by Mr. Henry himself . The writer is indebted to Judge Tucker for two or three of his best incidents ; one of them will probably be pronounced the most interesting B passage of the ...
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... passing game , and indulge himself , meanwhile , in the luxury of thinking . Not that he was averse to society ; on the contrary , he had , at times , a very high zest for it . But even in society , his enjoyments while young , were of ...
... passing game , and indulge himself , meanwhile , in the luxury of thinking . Not that he was averse to society ; on the contrary , he had , at times , a very high zest for it . But even in society , his enjoyments while young , were of ...
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... it seems he had a natural taste , and he learned to play well on the violin and on the flute . From music he passed to books , and , having procured a few light and elegant authors , acquired , for the first time 26 WIRT'S LIFE OF.
... it seems he had a natural taste , and he learned to play well on the violin and on the flute . From music he passed to books , and , having procured a few light and elegant authors , acquired , for the first time 26 WIRT'S LIFE OF.
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... passed the Christmas holydays at Col. Dandridge's in Hanover , to whom Mr. Henry was a near neighbour . During the festivity of the season , I met him in society every day , and we became well acquainted , although I was much his junior ...
... passed the Christmas holydays at Col. Dandridge's in Hanover , to whom Mr. Henry was a near neighbour . During the festivity of the season , I met him in society every day , and we became well acquainted , although I was much his junior ...
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... passed with two of the examiners , I have no intelligence ; but he himself used to relate his inter- view with the third . This was no other than Mr. John Ran- dolph , who was afterward the king's attorney - general for the colony ; a ...
... passed with two of the examiners , I have no intelligence ; but he himself used to relate his inter- view with the third . This was no other than Mr. John Ran- dolph , who was afterward the king's attorney - general for the colony ; a ...
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294 ページ - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection and security of the people, nation or community; of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best, which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety...
335 ページ - It is agreed that creditors on either side shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.
83 ページ - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the first, his Cromwell — and George the third — ('Treason,' cried the speaker — ' treason, treason/ echoed from every part of the house.
75 ページ - .Resolved, therefore, That the general assembly of this colony have the sole right and power to lay taxes and impositions upon the inhabitants of this colony; and that every attempt to vest such power in any person or persons whatsoever, other than the general assembly aforesaid, has a manifest tendency to destroy British as well as American freedom.
141 ページ - There is no retreat, but in submission and slavery. Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable, and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace ! but there is no peace.
138 ページ - Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty?
198 ページ - And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress...
139 ページ - What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves longer. Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned, we have remonstrated, we have supplicated, we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and parliament. Our petitions...
138 ページ - Are we disposed to be of the number of those who having eyes see not, and having ears hear not the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and to provide for it.
375 ページ - States, that creditors on either side should meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money of all bona fide debts...