The History of Virginia: From Its First Settlement to the Present Day, Հատոր 4author, 1816 |
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... Congress General Assembly meet -- General reflections- Assembly meet - The Governor addresses them in a speech -Assembly return an answer - The assembly request in- formation with respect to the expenditure on the Indian expedition ...
... Congress General Assembly meet -- General reflections- Assembly meet - The Governor addresses them in a speech -Assembly return an answer - The assembly request in- formation with respect to the expenditure on the Indian expedition ...
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... congress , composed of deputies from all the states , whose union , they trusted , had been so strongly cemented , that no partial application could pro- duce the slightest departure from the common cause.- They considered themselves as ...
... congress , composed of deputies from all the states , whose union , they trusted , had been so strongly cemented , that no partial application could pro- duce the slightest departure from the common cause.- They considered themselves as ...
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... Congress : They consi- dered that body as instituted upon principles of public necessity , and did not hesitate to acknowledge that they entertained a proper respect for them . They had learn- ed they said , from good authority , that ...
... Congress : They consi- dered that body as instituted upon principles of public necessity , and did not hesitate to acknowledge that they entertained a proper respect for them . They had learn- ed they said , from good authority , that ...
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... Congress ; from holding a seat in the State conven- tion ; in the General Committee of Safety ; or , in any of the County Committees . They then proceeded to appoint deputies to represent them in the General Congress of the United ...
... Congress ; from holding a seat in the State conven- tion ; in the General Committee of Safety ; or , in any of the County Committees . They then proceeded to appoint deputies to represent them in the General Congress of the United ...
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... Congress , the convention , observing with great concern , that he was much indisposed , recommended to him to re- tire for the present from the fatigues of public duty , ten- dering to him , at the same time , their unfeigned thanks ...
... Congress , the convention , observing with great concern , that he was much indisposed , recommended to him to re- tire for the present from the fatigues of public duty , ten- dering to him , at the same time , their unfeigned thanks ...
Common terms and phrases
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Էջ 129 - They nourished up ~by YOUR indulgence ! They grew by your neglect of them. As soon as you began to care about them, that care was exercised in sending persons to rule them...
Էջ 170 - Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warned them, from time to time, of attempts made by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice...
Էջ 241 - I call upon the honour of your lordships to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country to vindicate the national character.
Էջ 240 - My Lords, we are called upon as members of this House, as men, as Christians, to protest against such horrible barbarity ! — " That God and nature have put into our hands !" What ideas of God and nature, that noble Lord may entertain, I know not; but I know, that such detestable principles are equally abhorrent to religion and humanity.
Էջ 129 - They protected by your arms ! They have nobly taken up arms in your defence ; have exerted a valour amidst their constant and laborious industry, for the defence of a country whose frontier was drenched in blood, while its interior parts yielded all its little savings to your emolument.
Էջ 349 - ... little republics, with a warden at the head of each, for all those concerns which, being under their eye, they would better manage than the larger republics of the county or State.
Էջ 139 - Forasmuch as all the endeavours of the United Colonies, by the most decent representations and petitions to the king and parliament of Great Britain, to restore peace and security to America under the British government, and a reunion with that people upon just and liberal terms, instead of a redress of grievances, have produced, from an imperious and vindictive administration, increased insult, oppression, and a vigorous attempt to effect our total destruction.
Էջ 140 - Congress, be instructed to propose to that respectable body to declare the United Colonies free and independent States, absolved from all allegiance to, or dependence upon, the Crown or Parliament of Great Britain ; and that they give the assent of this Colony to such declaration, and to whatever measures may be thought proper and necessary by the Congress for forming foreign alliances, and a confederation of the Colonies, at such time, and in...
Էջ 241 - My Lords, I am old and weak, and at present unable to say more; but my feelings and indignation were too strong- to have said less. I could not have slept this night in my bed, nor reposed my head on my pillow, without giving this vent to my eternal abhorrence of such preposterous and enormous principles.
Էջ 170 - He is, at this time, transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the work of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun, with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy, scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.