A New American Biographical Dictionary: Or, Rememberancer of the Departed Heroes, Sages, and Statesmen, of America ; Confined Exclusively to Those who Have Signalized Themselves in Either Capacity, in the Revolutionary War ; with Important Alteratons and AdditionsT.J. Rogers, 1824 - 504 стор. |
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... more time in talking against Great Britain than in collecting the sums due to the town . He grew embarrassed in his circumstances , and was assisted , not only Mr. by private friends , but by many others who knew 10 ADAMS .
... more time in talking against Great Britain than in collecting the sums due to the town . He grew embarrassed in his circumstances , and was assisted , not only Mr. by private friends , but by many others who knew 10 ADAMS .
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... friends , but by many others who knew him only as a spirited partisan in the cause of liberty . From this time , the whigs were determined to support him to the utmost of their power . He had been always on their side , was firm and ...
... friends , but by many others who knew him only as a spirited partisan in the cause of liberty . From this time , the whigs were determined to support him to the utmost of their power . He had been always on their side , was firm and ...
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... friends of American freedom . The Massachusetts house of Assembly was then in session at Salem . A committee of that body was chosen to consider and report the state of the province . Mr. Adams , it is said , observed , that some of the ...
... friends of American freedom . The Massachusetts house of Assembly was then in session at Salem . A committee of that body was chosen to consider and report the state of the province . Mr. Adams , it is said , observed , that some of the ...
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... friend of that measure , and supported it with great zeal . In the year 1777 , our patriots encountered many ... friends were strongly marked with the desponding feelings of their hearts . The conversation naturally turned upon ...
... friend of that measure , and supported it with great zeal . In the year 1777 , our patriots encountered many ... friends were strongly marked with the desponding feelings of their hearts . The conversation naturally turned upon ...
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... friends and supporters were fearful that it would not be accepted . Mr. Adams had not then given his sentiments upon it in the convention , but regularly attended the debates . Some of the leading advocates waited upon Mr. Adams to ...
... friends and supporters were fearful that it would not be accepted . Mr. Adams had not then given his sentiments upon it in the convention , but regularly attended the debates . Some of the leading advocates waited upon Mr. Adams to ...
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Сторінка 237 - 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. The war is actually begun ! The next gale that sweeps from
Сторінка 235 - 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 syren, till she. transforms us into beasts. Is this," he asked, •' the part of \vise men, engaged in a great and arduous
Сторінка 483 - Abraham Clark. Pennsylvania. Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross. Delaware. Cesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas M'Kean. Maryland. Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll, of Carrollton. Virginia. George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr. Francis Lightfoot
Сторінка 499 - dooms the former to be the satellite of the latter. Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be CONSTANTLY awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of
Сторінка 495 - government; destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion. I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the state, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn
Сторінка 2 - of the said District, hath deposited in this office the Title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit: "A new American Biographical Dictionary; or Remembrancer of the departed Heroes, Sages, and Statesmen, of America. Confined exclusively to those who have
Сторінка 233 - decisive of character. Henry faltered not for an instant; but rising to a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye of the most determined fire, he finished his sentence with the firmest emphasis) may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it." In August, 1774, the Virginia convention assembled in
Сторінка 236 - is 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 have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult;
Сторінка 493 - love of the one ought to endear to you the preservation of the other. These considerations speak a persuasive language to every reflecting and virtuous mind, and exhibit the continuance of the UNION as a primary object of patriotic desire. Is there a doubt, whether a common government can embrace so
Сторінка 500 - understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy. I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But in my opinion it is unnecessary, and would be unwise to