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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... pounds from his property . But , inasmuch as in the trial under consideration he was known as John Horne , Esq . , he will be so referred to in this paper . Horne , who was well known as a leader in politics , and a philologist , was ...
... pounds from his property . But , inasmuch as in the trial under consideration he was known as John Horne , Esq . , he will be so referred to in this paper . Horne , who was well known as a leader in politics , and a philologist , was ...
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... pounds , to be paid to Dr. Franklin for the American widows and orphans of the troops at Lexington and Concord . The standing of Horne as a political critic is seen in the fact that the name of John Horne Tooke appears in the long list ...
... pounds , to be paid to Dr. Franklin for the American widows and orphans of the troops at Lexington and Concord . The standing of Horne as a political critic is seen in the fact that the name of John Horne Tooke appears in the long list ...
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... pounds , 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 ...
... pounds , 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 ...
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... pounds and publishing the advertisement . Sir Theodore Stephen Jannsen , a subscriber to the fund , was called , and proved nothing but what Horne had already admitted to be true . A Mr. Wm . Lacey was called , who proved that the 100 ...
... pounds and publishing the advertisement . Sir Theodore Stephen Jannsen , a subscriber to the fund , was called , and proved nothing but what Horne had already admitted to be true . A Mr. Wm . Lacey was called , who proved that the 100 ...
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... pounds . " Our national Constitution provides that , " Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech , or of the press . " Our State Constitutions have similar pro- visions . We , who are thus protected by such safeguards ...
... pounds . " Our national Constitution provides that , " Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech , or of the press . " Our State Constitutions have similar pro- visions . We , who are thus protected by such safeguards ...
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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...