American Patriots and Statesmen, from Washington to Lincoln: Patriotism of the revolution and Constitution, 1775-1789Albert Bushnell Hart Printed at the Collier Press, 1916 |
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... able to set bounds to the progress of the enemy , and , thank GOD ! they are again assembling . I always considered a militia as the best troops in the world for a sudden exertion , but they will not do for a long campaign . Thomas ...
... able to set bounds to the progress of the enemy , and , thank GOD ! they are again assembling . I always considered a militia as the best troops in the world for a sudden exertion , but they will not do for a long campaign . Thomas ...
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... able machinations . But nothing less than abso- lute proof has convinced us , that in carrying on the conspiracy against the rights of humanity , the tyranny is capable of attempting to perpetrate whatever is infamous . ... .. Oh ...
... able machinations . But nothing less than abso- lute proof has convinced us , that in carrying on the conspiracy against the rights of humanity , the tyranny is capable of attempting to perpetrate whatever is infamous . ... .. Oh ...
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... I believe similar to those of N England . I forbear to say any thing of New York , for I confess I am not able to form any opinion of them . I lately recd a Letter from a Friend in that Colony informing me 24 Independence.
... I believe similar to those of N England . I forbear to say any thing of New York , for I confess I am not able to form any opinion of them . I lately recd a Letter from a Friend in that Colony informing me 24 Independence.
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... able political builders , would have been raised a pile , composed of all our colonies and dependencies , whose strength , beauty , and mag- nificence , would be the envy and admiration of the world ; these wise and virtuous patriots ...
... able political builders , would have been raised a pile , composed of all our colonies and dependencies , whose strength , beauty , and mag- nificence , would be the envy and admiration of the world ; these wise and virtuous patriots ...
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... able to collect , must inevi- tably have followed . And that we were not at one time obliged to dispute these lines , under disad- vantageous circumstances , proceeding from the same cause , to wit , the troops disbanding of themselves ...
... able to collect , must inevi- tably have followed . And that we were not at one time obliged to dispute these lines , under disad- vantageous circumstances , proceeding from the same cause , to wit , the troops disbanding of themselves ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 15 - These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot, will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country, but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Seite 43 - That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
Seite 239 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other.
Seite 40 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the people, nation, or community...
Seite 33 - They will celebrate it with thanksgiving, with festivity, with bonfires, and illuminations. On its annual return they will shed tears, — copious, gushing tears ; not of subjection and slavery, not of agony and distress, but of exultation, of gratitude, and of joy.
Seite 316 - In these sentiments, Sir, I agree to this Constitution with all its faults, if they are such; because I think a general Government necessary for us, and there is no form of Government but what may be a blessing to the people if well administered...
Seite 29 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.
Seite 40 - ... of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety, and is most effectually secured against the danger of maladministration ; and that, when...
Seite 39 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity, namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property...
Seite 365 - Heaven itself has ordained ; and since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people.