The Battle of Lexington as Looked at in London: Before Chief-Justice Mansfield and a Jury in the Trial of John Horne, Esq., for Libel on the British Government1897 - 39 Seiten |
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... gentlemen met in the Astor House , in New York City , and took the prelimi- nary formal steps toward the formation of the Order . On the 16th day of March , 1896 , nine of those persons , namely : Edward N. G. Greene , Howard S. Robbins ...
... gentlemen met in the Astor House , in New York City , and took the prelimi- nary formal steps toward the formation of the Order . On the 16th day of March , 1896 , nine of those persons , namely : Edward N. G. Greene , Howard S. Robbins ...
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... gentlemen , Samuel Adams and John Hancock , who were with Rev. Jonas Clark at Lexington , and were members of the Provincial Congress at Concord which had adjourned four days before the battle . The intended seizure was a failure . The ...
... gentlemen , Samuel Adams and John Hancock , who were with Rev. Jonas Clark at Lexington , and were members of the Provincial Congress at Concord which had adjourned four days before the battle . The intended seizure was a failure . The ...
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... gentlemen , in addressing myself to you , and believe I shall be much more fortu- nate , as well as happy , than in addressing myself to the judge . " Abruptness between the bench and the bar seems to have been the style of that period ...
... gentlemen , in addressing myself to you , and believe I shall be much more fortu- nate , as well as happy , than in addressing myself to the judge . " Abruptness between the bench and the bar seems to have been the style of that period ...
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... gentlemen , " turning towards Lord Mansfield and Mr. Wilkes , " I have caused another laugh between the gentlemen . It gives me pleasure to think , if I am to come out of prison - if you are so kind as to put me there - I , too , may ...
... gentlemen , " turning towards Lord Mansfield and Mr. Wilkes , " I have caused another laugh between the gentlemen . It gives me pleasure to think , if I am to come out of prison - if you are so kind as to put me there - I , too , may ...
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... gentlemen , picture to yourself the Americans of Lexington and Concord , sleeping quietly in their beds , their wives and their infants by their sides , roused at the dead of night with an alarm that a numerous body of the King's troops ...
... gentlemen , picture to yourself the Americans of Lexington and Concord , sleeping quietly in their beds , their wives and their infants by their sides , roused at the dead of night with an alarm that a numerous body of the King's troops ...
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Seite 32 - So through the night rode Paul Revere; And so through the night went his cry of alarm To every Middlesex village and farm, — A cry of defiance, and not of fear, A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door, And a word that shall echo forevermore!
Seite 32 - You know the rest. In the books you have read, How the British Regulars fired and fled, — How the farmers gave them ball for ball, From behind each fence and farm-yard wall, Chasing the red-coats down the lane, Then crossing the fields to emerge again Under the trees at the turn of the road, And only pausing to fire and load.
Seite 6 - Parliament. Yes, he did make you his quarry, and you still bleed from the wounds of his talons. You crouched, and still crouch, beneath his rage. Nor has he dreaded the terrors of your brow, sir ; he has attacked even you — he has — and I believe you have no reason to triumph in the encounter. In short, after carrying away our royal eagle in his pounces,' and dashing him against a rock, he has laid you prostrate. King, lords, and commons, are but the sport of his fury.
Seite 6 - How comes this Junius to have broke through the cobwebs of the law, and to range uncontrolled, unpunished, through the land? The myrmidons of the court have been long, and are still, pursuing him in vain. They will not spend their time upon me or you, or you.
Seite 18 - ... to be applied to the relief of the widows, orphans, and aged parents of our beloved American fellow subjects, who, faithful to the character of Englishmen, preferring death to slavery, were for that reason only inhumanly murdered by the King's (meaning his said Majesty's) troops at or near Lexington and Concord...
Seite 16 - You are a Member of Parliament, and one of that Majority which has doomed my Country to Destruction. — You have begun to burn our Towns, and murder our People. — Look upon your Hands ! — They are stained with the Blood of your Relations ! You and I were long friends : — You are now my Enemy, — and ' I am, yours,
Seite 10 - In contempt of our said Lord the King, in open violation of the laws of this kingdom, to the evil and pernicious example of all others in the like case offending, and against the peace of our said Lord the King, his crown and dignity.
Seite 34 - Pollexfen, I know you well. I will set a mark on you. You are the patron of the faction. This is an old rogue, a schismatical knave, a hypocritical villain. He hates the Liturgy. He would have nothing but longwinded cant without book...
Seite 6 - How comes this Junius,' says he, ' to have broke through the cobwebs of the law, and to range uncontrolled, unpunished, through the land ? The myrmidons of the court have been long, and are still, pursuing him in vain.
Seite 14 - Body of provincials assembled; the light Infantry Companies were ordered up the Hill to disperse them; on our approach, they retreated towards Concord; the Grenadiers continued the Road under the Hill towards the Town. Six Companies of light Infantry were ordered down to take possession of the Bridge, which the provincials retreated over; the Company I commanded was one...