A History of the United States of America: From the First Discovery to the Fourth of March 1825R. Robbins, 1825 - 422 頁 |
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第 10 頁
... important duties , either by his vote , or ey the administration of office , it is the business of all to be more or ... importance , indeed , but still they are not to be disregarded . It chastens the imagination ; improves the taste ...
... important duties , either by his vote , or ey the administration of office , it is the business of all to be more or ... importance , indeed , but still they are not to be disregarded . It chastens the imagination ; improves the taste ...
第 20 頁
... important to summon these to our aid ; and by their means , ma- ny useful objects may be accomplished , which , without them , would be unattained . But , while we thus press forward in the career of usefulness -while we aim to ...
... important to summon these to our aid ; and by their means , ma- ny useful objects may be accomplished , which , without them , would be unattained . But , while we thus press forward in the career of usefulness -while we aim to ...
第 26 頁
... important aid to the infant colony . Continuing to assert his innocence , and to demand a trial , the time at length arrived when his enemies could postpone it no longer . After a fair hearing of the case , he was honourably acquitted ...
... important aid to the infant colony . Continuing to assert his innocence , and to demand a trial , the time at length arrived when his enemies could postpone it no longer . After a fair hearing of the case , he was honourably acquitted ...
第 42 頁
... importance in our history is the union of the colonies of Massachusetts , Plymouth , Connecticut , and New- Haven , by the name of THE UNITED COLONIES OF NEW - ENGLAND . The articles of this confede- ration , which had been agitated for ...
... importance in our history is the union of the colonies of Massachusetts , Plymouth , Connecticut , and New- Haven , by the name of THE UNITED COLONIES OF NEW - ENGLAND . The articles of this confede- ration , which had been agitated for ...
第 75 頁
... important provincial offices were conferred on papists . Such was the state of things , when intelligence of the seizure of Andross arrived . This gave a spring to the general dissatis- faction , which burst forth into open resistance ...
... important provincial offices were conferred on papists . Such was the state of things , when intelligence of the seizure of Andross arrived . This gave a spring to the general dissatis- faction , which burst forth into open resistance ...
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American Andross appointed arms army arrived attack battle bill Boston Britain British calash called Canada Capt captain charter colonies command commenced Commodore congress Connecticut constitution continued council crown Crown Point declared despatched dollars duke of York enemy England English expedition exports favour fire five hundred fleet force France French frigate George Prevost governour guns honour important Indians inhabitants Jamestown killed king land Lord Lord Rawdon loss Louisiana March Massachusetts ment miles militia millions minister nation nearly New-England New-Hampshire New-York North officers party passed peace period port pounds pounds sterling president prisoners proceeded province province of Maine publick Quebec received retired retreat revolution Rhode-Island river sailed Section sent settlement ships soldiers soon South Carolina Spain spirit surrender taken territory thousand three hundred tion took town trade treaty tribes troops United vessels victory Virginia Washington William wounded
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第 297 頁 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
第 166 頁 - As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge; and that is all I desire.
第 154 頁 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
第 242 頁 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping.
第 297 頁 - ... a well-disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority...
第 287 頁 - First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," was originally used in the resolutions presented to Congress on the death of Washington, December, 1799.
第 222 頁 - Let me hope, Sir, that if aught in my character impresses you with esteem towards me, if aught in my misfortunes marks me as the victim of policy and not of resentment, I shall experience the operation of these feelings in your breast, by being informed that I am not to die on a gibbet.
第 80 頁 - God would not impute the guilt of it to ourselves nor others; and we also pray that we may be considered candidly and aright by the living sufferers, as being then under the power of a strong and general delusion, utterly unacquainted with, and not experienced in , matters of that nature.
第 152 頁 - 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.
第 294 頁 - ... any false, scandalous, and malicious writing or writings against the government of the United States, or either house of the Congress of the United States...