Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, An Attempt to Collect and Preserve Some of the Speeches, Orations, & Proceedings, with Sketches and Remarks on Men and Things, and Other Fugitive Or Neglected Pieces, Belonging to the Men of the Revolutionary Period in the United States ...Printed and pub. for the editor, by W.O. Niles, 1822 - 495 頁 |
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第 12 頁
... troops , in populous cities , in times of van tenants of the grave still shriek for vengeance on their remorseless butchers : forgive us heaven ! should we mingle involuntary execrations , while hovering in idea over the guiltless dead ...
... troops , in populous cities , in times of van tenants of the grave still shriek for vengeance on their remorseless butchers : forgive us heaven ! should we mingle involuntary execrations , while hovering in idea over the guiltless dead ...
第 13 頁
... troops of I find my only support , in assuring myself that a George the III . have crossed the wide Atlantic , not generous people will not severely censure what to engage an enemy , but to assist a band of TRAITORS they know was well ...
... troops of I find my only support , in assuring myself that a George the III . have crossed the wide Atlantic , not generous people will not severely censure what to engage an enemy , but to assist a band of TRAITORS they know was well ...
第 15 頁
... troops that ever trod the earth . Surely our folly has devised ; and you , however you may have hearts flutter no more at the sound of war , than screened yourselves from human eyes , must be ar- did those of the immortal band of Persia ...
... troops that ever trod the earth . Surely our folly has devised ; and you , however you may have hearts flutter no more at the sound of war , than screened yourselves from human eyes , must be ar- did those of the immortal band of Persia ...
第 20 頁
... troops But pity , grief , astonishment , with all the softer in populous cities ; frequent disputes must neces- movements of the soul , must now give way to sarily arise between the citizen and the soldier , stronger passions . Say ...
... troops But pity , grief , astonishment , with all the softer in populous cities ; frequent disputes must neces- movements of the soul , must now give way to sarily arise between the citizen and the soldier , stronger passions . Say ...
第 21 頁
... troops have reaped the laurels of the field : her fleets have road triumphant on the sea and when , or where , did you , my countrymen , depart inglorious from the field of fight ? * you too can shew the trophies of your forefather's ...
... troops have reaped the laurels of the field : her fleets have road triumphant on the sea and when , or where , did you , my countrymen , depart inglorious from the field of fight ? * you too can shew the trophies of your forefather's ...
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第 311 頁 - There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone: it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
第 84 頁 - That King James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the Constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and, by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws; and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.
第 389 頁 - The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of Hosts. The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of Hosts : and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of Hosts.
第 310 頁 - And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? 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?
第 360 頁 - No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand, which conducts the affairs of men, more than the people of the United States. Every step, by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation, seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency.
第 310 頁 - In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. 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...
第 107 頁 - No state shall engage in any war without the consent of the united states in congress assembled, unless such state be actually invaded by enemies, or shall have received certain advice of a resolution being formed by some nation of Indians to invade such state, and the danger is so imminent as not to admit of a delay, till the united states in congress assembled can be consulted...
第 310 頁 - These are the implements of war and subjugation, the last arguments to which kings resort. I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it? Has Great Britain any enemy in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies?
第 244 頁 - All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
第 360 頁 - States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency ; and in the important revolution just accomplished in the system of their united government, the tranquil deliberations and voluntary consent of so many distinct communities, from which the event has resulted...