The English in America, Том 2Colburn and Company, 1851 |
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... petition . As his speech discloses several curious facts , and presents a striking picture of the partizan zeal of the lawyers of that day , as well as a good specimen of the ability and eloquence of the Massachusetts bar , I insert ...
... petition . As his speech discloses several curious facts , and presents a striking picture of the partizan zeal of the lawyers of that day , as well as a good specimen of the ability and eloquence of the Massachusetts bar , I insert ...
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... petition , and out of regard to the liberties of the subject . And I take this opportunity to declare , that whether under a fee or not ( for in such a case I despise a fee ) , I will to my dying day oppose with all the powers and ...
... petition , and out of regard to the liberties of the subject . And I take this opportunity to declare , that whether under a fee or not ( for in such a case I despise a fee ) , I will to my dying day oppose with all the powers and ...
Стр. 135
... petition against a money bill . This practice was founded on the principle of the people , who were to pay the tax , being present by their delegates in Parliament , and evidently proved the absurdity of the case before them , wherein ...
... petition against a money bill . This practice was founded on the principle of the people , who were to pay the tax , being present by their delegates in Parliament , and evidently proved the absurdity of the case before them , wherein ...
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... petition to Parliament . The resistance of Massachusetts to the new Sugar Act was echoed from Pennsylvania and Connecticut ; while the address from the House of Representatives of New York was couched in such strong language , that no ...
... petition to Parliament . The resistance of Massachusetts to the new Sugar Act was echoed from Pennsylvania and Connecticut ; while the address from the House of Representatives of New York was couched in such strong language , that no ...
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... petition to the King , and memorials to each House of Parlia- ment , were also prepared , in which the cause of the Provincials was eloquently pleaded . To these proceedings , the several colonial assem- blies , at their earliest ...
... petition to the King , and memorials to each House of Parlia- ment , were also prepared , in which the cause of the Provincials was eloquently pleaded . To these proceedings , the several colonial assem- blies , at their earliest ...
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Стр. 160 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
Стр. 135 - Memorial to the House of Lords, and a Remonstrance to the House of Commons, on the subject of the proposed Stamp Act.
Стр. 266 - The concentrating these in the same hands is precisely the definition of despotic government. It will be no alleviation, that these powers will be exercised by a plurality of hands, and not by a single one. One hundred and seventy-three despots would surely be as oppressive as one.
Стр. 111 - In the next place, it is perpetual; there is no return. A man is accountable to no person for his doings. Every man may reign secure in his petty tyranny, and spread terror and desolation around him, until the trump of the archangel shall excite different emotions in his soul.
Стр. 204 - Colonies, do resolve, that a meeting of Committees, from the several Colonies on this Continent is highly expedient and necessary, to consult upon the present state of the Colonies, and the miseries, to which they are, and must be reduced, by the operation of certain Acts of Parliament respecting America...
Стр. 94 - Representatives that happen to be sitting within that time, or that shall be especially for that purpose convened, may and shall choose members for the Grand Council, in the following proportion, that is to say : Massachusetts Bay 7, New Hampshire 2, Connecticut 5, Rhode Island 2, New York 4, New Jersey 3, Pennsylvania 6, Maryland 4, Virginia 7, North Carolina 4, South Carolina 4...
Стр. 212 - ... for contributing their proportion to the common defence (such proportion to be raised under the authority of the general court or general assembly of such province or colony, and disposable by Parliament), and shall engage to make provision also for the support of the civil government and the administration of justice, in such province...
Стр. 94 - It is proposed — That humble application be made for an act of parliament of Great Britain, by virtue of which one general government may be formed in America, including all the said colonies, within and under which government each colony may retain its present constitution, except in the particulars wherein a change may be directed by the said act as hereafter follows...
Стр. 204 - America, and to deliberate and determine upon wise and proper measures, to be by them recommended to all the colonies, for the recovery and establishment of their just rights and liberties, civil and religious, and the restoration of union and harmony between Great Britain and the colonies, most ardently desired by all good men: Therefore, resolved, that the Hon.
Стр. 233 - The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise. How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and whose talk is of bullocks?