Washington, Or, Liberty Restored: A Poem, in Ten BooksJohn Vance, 1809 - 253 sider |
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... Camden and a Chatham † . It is true that lord North , and his associates stamped the Americans with the name of rebels , but " the term rebel ( as Mr. Fox ob- served in the House of Commons , March 11th , 1776 ) was no certain mark of ...
... Camden and a Chatham † . It is true that lord North , and his associates stamped the Americans with the name of rebels , but " the term rebel ( as Mr. Fox ob- served in the House of Commons , March 11th , 1776 ) was no certain mark of ...
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... Camden ( an . 1780 , ) where he was second in command under Gates ; and " the Congress re- solved that a monument should be erected to his memory in Annapolis with a very honourable inscription . " " While making a vigorous charge at ...
... Camden ( an . 1780 , ) where he was second in command under Gates ; and " the Congress re- solved that a monument should be erected to his memory in Annapolis with a very honourable inscription . " " While making a vigorous charge at ...
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... Camden's plains Congress , with an inscription expressive of his great and eminent services . See Life of W. ii . 400. 410-13 ; Ramsay , i . 230-235-240-2-4 ; Belsham , ii . 155–6 ; Almon's Parl . Deb . iii . 403-4 . an . 1776 . 314 ...
... Camden's plains Congress , with an inscription expressive of his great and eminent services . See Life of W. ii . 400. 410-13 ; Ramsay , i . 230-235-240-2-4 ; Belsham , ii . 155–6 ; Almon's Parl . Deb . iii . 403-4 . an . 1776 . 314 ...
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... Camden , which raised the confidence of ministers almost to presumption , the reader may consult Ramsay , ii . 167. 246 ; Life of W. iv . 576. 231 . 319. Georgia is ours ; and Lincoln's frustrate hopes - Gene- ral Lincoln surrendered ...
... Camden , which raised the confidence of ministers almost to presumption , the reader may consult Ramsay , ii . 167. 246 ; Life of W. iv . 576. 231 . 319. Georgia is ours ; and Lincoln's frustrate hopes - Gene- ral Lincoln surrendered ...
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... no part of the poet's duty to omit paying the debt of gratitude to those men whose exertions contributed so largely to the happiness of our transatlantick brethren . Camden and Barrè , Beckford , Burke and Fox , 38 BOOK I. WASHINGTON ,
... no part of the poet's duty to omit paying the debt of gratitude to those men whose exertions contributed so largely to the happiness of our transatlantick brethren . Camden and Barrè , Beckford , Burke and Fox , 38 BOOK I. WASHINGTON ,
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Almon Americans arm'd arms army Azazel battle of Camden Beelzebub Belsham blest blood brave breast Britain British Britons Bunker's hill call'd Camden cause celestial chief chieftain colonel colonies Columbia's command constitution Cornwallis corruption death Debrett deeds defend despot despotick dread duke e'en earth evil eyes fate fear fire force freedom friends Gauls glory hath haughty heart Heaven heavenly hell hero honour hopes horrours host human Indian infernal instant justice king laws LIBERTY RESTORED light lord Camden lord Chatham lord Cornwallis lord John Cavendish lord North lord Shelburne Mammon mankind mercy mighty mind ministers Moloch mortal noble numbers o'er patriot peace pour'd prince proud Ramsay rebellion rebels Satan scarce seraph sons soul spake speech spirit superiour terrour thee thou thro tion troops tyrants valour victory virtue voice warriours Washington wisdom York-town
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Side 19 - We next got it launched, then went on board of it and set off; but, before we were half way over, we were jammed in the ice in such a manner that we expected every moment our raft to sink, and ourselves to perish.
Side 114 - confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom; youth is the season of credulity; by comparing events with each other, reasoning from effects to causes, methinks I plainly discover the traces of an over-ruling influence.
Side 110 - Americans have not acted in all things with prudence and temper : they have been wronged : they have been driven to madness by injustice. Will you punish them for the madness you have occasioned ? Rather let prudence and temper come first from this side. I will undertake for America that she will follow the example. There are two lines in a ballad of...
Side 130 - We gratefully acknowledge, as signal instances of the divine favour towards us, that his providence would not permit us to be called into this severe controversy, until we were grown up to our present strength, had been previously exercised in warlike operation, and possessed of the means of defending ourselves.
Side 111 - That liberty was a plant that deserved to be cherished ; that he loved the tree, and wished well to every branch of it. That, like the vine in the Scripture, it had spread from east to west, had embraced whole nations with its branches, and sheltered them under its leaves. That the Americans had purchased their liberty at a dear rate, since they had quitted their native country, and gone in search of freedom to a desert.* * " They left their native land in search of freedom, and found it in a detert,
Side 14 - HANCOCK, whose offences are of too flagitious a nature to admit of any other consideration than that of condign punishment.
Side 19 - Town,) we fell in with a party of French Indians, who had lain in wait for us. One of them fired at Mr. Gist or me, not fifteen steps off, but fortunately missed. We took this fellow into custody...
Side 107 - Sorry I am to hear the liberty of speech in this House imputed as a crime. But the imputation shall not discourage me. It is a liberty I mean to exercise. No gentleman ought to be afraid to exercise it.
Side 127 - Directing pardons to be offered to the colonies, who are the very parties injured, expresses indeed that opinion of our ignorance, baseness, and insensibility, which your uninformed and proud nation has long been pleased to entertain of us; but it can have no other effect than that of encreasing our resentments.
Side 101 - ... is this — I repeat it — I will maintain it to my last hour, — taxation and representation are inseparable; — this position is founded on the laws of nature; it is more, it is itself an eternal law of nature; for whatever is a man's own, is absolutely his own; no man...