History of the United States: From Their First Settlement as Colonies, to the Cession of Florida, in Eighteen Hundred and Twenty-one: Comprising, Every Important Political Event; with a Progressive View of the Aborigines; Population, Religion, Agriculture, and Commerce ... and a Copious Alphabetical IndexBenjamin Warne, 1821 - 271 էջ |
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... gun - powder , this generous hero , at once the Fabius and Marcellus , the shield and sword , of the infant colony , had been so dreadfully mangled , that he was incapable of moving , and was under the necessity , of being carried to ...
... gun - powder , this generous hero , at once the Fabius and Marcellus , the shield and sword , of the infant colony , had been so dreadfully mangled , that he was incapable of moving , and was under the necessity , of being carried to ...
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... guns towards the floors of the little huts , that were covered with their inhabitants asleep . Roused from their dreams by the unremitting discharges of musketry , if they came forth , they rushed against the sur- Founding swords ; if ...
... guns towards the floors of the little huts , that were covered with their inhabitants asleep . Roused from their dreams by the unremitting discharges of musketry , if they came forth , they rushed against the sur- Founding swords ; if ...
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... gun - smith , formerly of Bristol , in England . His mother had twenty - six children , twenty - one of whom were sons . William , one of the young- est , remained with her when a widow , tending sheep , until arrived at the age of ...
... gun - smith , formerly of Bristol , in England . His mother had twenty - six children , twenty - one of whom were sons . William , one of the young- est , remained with her when a widow , tending sheep , until arrived at the age of ...
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... guns , this enterprising American arrived in his na- tive country . Many years were spent in fruitless endeavours to ascer- tain the position of the wreck ; many dangers surmounted , with a degree of patience and presence of mind ...
... guns , this enterprising American arrived in his na- tive country . Many years were spent in fruitless endeavours to ascer- tain the position of the wreck ; many dangers surmounted , with a degree of patience and presence of mind ...
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... guns to bear on every part of the tent , and signified his intention of abandoning his atro- cious crew to the fate which they had prepared for him . Ter- ' rified now by the appréhension of immediate destruction from the guns , or , at ...
... guns to bear on every part of the tent , and signified his intention of abandoning his atro- cious crew to the fate which they had prepared for him . Ter- ' rified now by the appréhension of immediate destruction from the guns , or , at ...
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Էջ 168 - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action ; and, bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Էջ 108 - He has constrained our fellow-citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
Էջ 101 - We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We, have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.
Էջ 103 - But lest some unlucky event should happen unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with.
Էջ 87 - 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.
Էջ 167 - It was impossible the choice of confidential officers to compose my family should have been more fortunate. Permit me, sir, to recommend in particular, those who have continued in the service to the present moment, as worthy of the favorable notice and patronage of Congress.
Էջ 108 - In every stage of these oppressions, we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Էջ 166 - With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Էջ 108 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Էջ 84 - God knows I do not at this time speak from motives of party heat ; what I deliver are the genuine sentiments of my heart. However superior to me in general. knowledge and experience the respectable body of this house may be, yet I claim to know more of America than most of you, having seen and been conversant in that country.