The American Nation: Its Executive, Legislative, Political, Financial, Judicial and Industrial History : Embracing Sketches of the Lives of Its Chief Magistrates, Its Eminent Statesmen, Financiers, Soldiers and Jurists, with Monographs on Subjects of Peculiar Historical Interest, 第 1 卷James Harrison Kennedy Williams Publishing Company, 1888 |
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... whole body of the people and the representatives by the settlements ' as such . " The early prejudices in favor of rank and title quickly disappeared , perfect equality was arrived at , and even such titles as those of Esquire and Mr ...
... whole body of the people and the representatives by the settlements ' as such . " The early prejudices in favor of rank and title quickly disappeared , perfect equality was arrived at , and even such titles as those of Esquire and Mr ...
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... whole sea coast had been wrested from them , and now there was to be a war , to determine which of their despoilers was to possess other lands to which only they had claim . There is little doubt that the Half King and his colleagues ...
... whole sea coast had been wrested from them , and now there was to be a war , to determine which of their despoilers was to possess other lands to which only they had claim . There is little doubt that the Half King and his colleagues ...
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... whole of that day and the next , the party was detained at Venango , by solicitations of Joncaire , directed at the Indians , and when , on the morning of December 7th , they set out , it was only to find themselves accompanied by a ...
... whole of that day and the next , the party was detained at Venango , by solicitations of Joncaire , directed at the Indians , and when , on the morning of December 7th , they set out , it was only to find themselves accompanied by a ...
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... whole region was desolate . ment . The coming of Lord Loudoun , who was at once Governor of Virginia . and commander in chief of all military forces in the colonies , did not , as Washington had hoped , improve the condition of affairs ...
... whole region was desolate . ment . The coming of Lord Loudoun , who was at once Governor of Virginia . and commander in chief of all military forces in the colonies , did not , as Washington had hoped , improve the condition of affairs ...
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... whole army would have done in one month . " What a position for Howe , the chosen officer of the King ! He had but shortly before written to his superiors , at home , that nothing was to be feared from the rebel army ; that he would be ...
... whole army would have done in one month . " What a position for Howe , the chosen officer of the King ! He had but shortly before written to his superiors , at home , that nothing was to be feared from the rebel army ; that he would be ...
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第 529 頁 - Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities.
第 264 頁 - And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.
第 371 頁 - Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free. Nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same government.
第 346 頁 - That if any person shall write, print, utter or publish, or shall cause or procure to be written, printed, uttered or published, or shall knowingly and willingly assist or aid in writing, printing, uttering or publishing any false, scandalous and malicious writing or writings against the government of the United States...
第 228 頁 - I am much at a loss to conceive what part of my conduct could have given encouragement to an address, which, to me, seems big with the greatest mischiefs that can befall my country.
第 155 頁 - Sir ; A letter, which I received last night, contained the following paragraph; " In a letter from General Conway to General Gates he says, ' Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak General and bad counsellors would have ruined it.
第 261 頁 - I never mean, unless some particular circumstances should compel me to it, to possess another slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes to see some plan adopted by which slavery in this country may be abolished by law.
第 228 頁 - Let me conjure you, then, if you have any regard for your country, concern for yourself, or posterity, or respect for me, to banish these thoughts from your mind, and never communicate, as from yourself or any one else, a sentiment of the like nature.
第 88 頁 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore.
第 119 頁 - Entre nous, a certain great man is most damnably deficient. He has thrown me into a situation where I have my choice of difficulties : if I stay in this province, I risk myself and army ; and if I do not stay, the province is lost forever.