Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick HenryMack, Andrus & Company, 1847 - 306 стор. |
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... happy . If they are of a contrary character , they will be miserable . Righteousness alone can exalt them as a anation . " Reader ! whoever thou art , remember this ; and in thy sphere , practise virtue thyself , and encourage it in ...
... happy . If they are of a contrary character , they will be miserable . Righteousness alone can exalt them as a anation . " Reader ! whoever thou art , remember this ; and in thy sphere , practise virtue thyself , and encourage it in ...
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... happy phrase , burning from the soul ; some image fresh from Nature's mint , and bearing her own beautiful and genuine impress , struck them with delight- ful surprise , and melted them into conciliation ; and concilia- tion toward Mr ...
... happy phrase , burning from the soul ; some image fresh from Nature's mint , and bearing her own beautiful and genuine impress , struck them with delight- ful surprise , and melted them into conciliation ; and concilia- tion toward Mr ...
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... happy , we are their affectionate friends , the late representatives of Virginia . " The 27th day of May , 1774. " To give effect to the recommendation of a congress on the part of this colony , delegates were shortly after elected by ...
... happy , we are their affectionate friends , the late representatives of Virginia . " The 27th day of May , 1774. " To give effect to the recommendation of a congress on the part of this colony , delegates were shortly after elected by ...
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... happy , they are willing to undergo the great inconvenience that will be de- rived to them , from stopping all imports whatsoever from Great Britain , after the first day of November next , and also to cease exporting any commodity ...
... happy , they are willing to undergo the great inconvenience that will be de- rived to them , from stopping all imports whatsoever from Great Britain , after the first day of November next , and also to cease exporting any commodity ...
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... happy rash- ness , what perhaps had been lost by a better regulated mind . " But to resume our narrative : congress arose in October , and Mr. Henry returned to his native county . Here , as was nat ural , he was surrounded by his ...
... happy rash- ness , what perhaps had been lost by a better regulated mind . " But to resume our narrative : congress arose in October , and Mr. Henry returned to his native county . Here , as was nat ural , he was surrounded by his ...
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Сторінка 92 - 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!
Сторінка 91 - No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us; they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging.
Сторінка 91 - Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? 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...
Сторінка 195 - ... a majority of the community hath an indubitable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner as shall be judged most conducive to the public weal.
Сторінка 92 - Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot?
Сторінка 92 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak — unable to cope with so formidable an adversary; but when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house ! Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction?
Сторінка 91 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the house? Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received?
Сторінка 90 - 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.
Сторінка 182 - O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Сторінка 195 - 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, and is most effectually secured against the danger of maladministration...