The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment, of the Independence of the United States of America: Including an Account of the Late War; and of the Thirteen Colonies, ... By William Gordon, D.D. In Four Volumes. ...author; and sold, 1788 |
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... present hif- tory can affure the public , that he has paid a facred regard to truth , confcious of his being anfwerable to a more awful tribunal than that of the public ; and has labored to diveft himfelf of all undue attachment to ...
... present hif- tory can affure the public , that he has paid a facred regard to truth , confcious of his being anfwerable to a more awful tribunal than that of the public ; and has labored to diveft himfelf of all undue attachment to ...
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... present ideal existence of past events might be produced in the mind , fimilar to what is felt when a well - executed hiftorical painting is examined . The better to secure this point , seve- ral parts are written in the prefent tenfe ...
... present ideal existence of past events might be produced in the mind , fimilar to what is felt when a well - executed hiftorical painting is examined . The better to secure this point , seve- ral parts are written in the prefent tenfe ...
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... present opportunity is embraced for acknow- ledging the benefit received from it , and for re- turning grateful thanks to the Doctor . Americans remarked , that Dodfley's Annual Re- gifter contained the beft foreign printed fum- mary ...
... present opportunity is embraced for acknow- ledging the benefit received from it , and for re- turning grateful thanks to the Doctor . Americans remarked , that Dodfley's Annual Re- gifter contained the beft foreign printed fum- mary ...
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... present or future knowledge , to walk in all the ways of God , according to their best abilities , whatever it cofts them * ' The affembly , owing to the distance of habitations , 1606 . was obliged to form itself into two diftinct ...
... present or future knowledge , to walk in all the ways of God , according to their best abilities , whatever it cofts them * ' The affembly , owing to the distance of habitations , 1606 . was obliged to form itself into two diftinct ...
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... present or ta come ; but such as fhall be made and impofed by confent , ac- cording to the free liberties of free born fubjects of the state and kingdom of ENGLAND , and no otherwife . " They meant to continue their allegiance to the ...
... present or ta come ; but such as fhall be made and impofed by confent , ac- cording to the free liberties of free born fubjects of the state and kingdom of ENGLAND , and no otherwife . " They meant to continue their allegiance to the ...
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Side 116 - They fled from your tyranny to a then uncultivated and inhospitable country, where they exposed themselves to almost all the hardships to which human nature is liable ; and among others, to the cruelties of a savage foe, the most subtle, and I will take...
Side 116 - And now will these Americans, children planted by our care, nourished up by our indulgence until they are grown to a degree of strength and opulence, and protected by our arms, will they grudge to contribute their mite to relieve us from the heavy weight of that burden which we lie under ?" Colonel Barre arose, and, echoing Townshend's words, thus commented :
Side 117 - However superior to me in general knowledge and experience the respectable body of this house may be, yet I claim to know more of America than most of you, having seen and been conversant in that country.
Side 17 - ... and safe government, both with respect to their spiritual and worldly property — that is, an uninterrupted liberty of conscience, and an inviolable possession of their civil rights and freedoms by a just and wise government — a mere wilderness would be no encouragement ; for it were a madness to leave a free, good, and improved country, to plant in a wilderness; and there adventure many thousands of pounds to give an absolute title to another person to tax us at will and pleasure.
Side 126 - Resolved, that the taxation of the people by themselves, or by persons chosen by themselves to represent them, who can only know what taxes the people are able to bear, and the easiest mode of raising them, and are equally affected by such taxes themselves, is the distinguishing characteristic of British freedom, and without which the ancient constitution cannot subsist.
Side 93 - The authority of all acts of parliament," they added, " which concern the colonies, and extend to them, is ever acknowledged in all the courts of law, and made the rule of all judicial proceedings in the province. There is not a member of the general court, and we know no inhabitant within the bounds of the government, that ever questioned this authority.
Side 84 - An Act to encourage the Importation of Pig and Bar Iron from his Majestie's Colonies in America, and to prevent the Erection of any Mill or other Engine for slitting or rolling of Iron, or any plating Forge to work with a Tilt Hammer, or any Furnace for making Steel...
Side 93 - Britain can the consumption of foreign superfluities) our whole wealth centers finally amongst the merchants and inhabitants of Britain, and if we make them richer, and enable them better to pay their taxes, it is nearly the same as being taxed ourselves, and equally beneficial to the crown.
Side 116 - ... of this house, sent to spy out their liberties, to misrepresent their actions, and to prey upon them ; men whose behavior on many occasions has caused the blood of those SONS OF LIBERTY...
Side 298 - By shutting up the port of Boston, some imagine that the course of trade might be turned hither, and to our benefit ; but nature, in the formation of our harbour, forbids our becoming rivals in commerce with that convenient mart.