Popular History of England, Svazek 6Bradbury, Evans, 1860 |
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Strana vi
... Letter 237 Household of George , Prince of Wales 216 Heights of Abraham 238 Changes of Ministry . 217 Death of Wolfe 238 Newcastle retires . 217 Quebec surrendered 239 Administration of the Duke of Devonshire Hawke's Victory in Quiberon ...
... Letter 237 Household of George , Prince of Wales 216 Heights of Abraham 238 Changes of Ministry . 217 Death of Wolfe 238 Newcastle retires . 217 Quebec surrendered 239 Administration of the Duke of Devonshire Hawke's Victory in Quiberon ...
Strana viii
... Letter to Washington 369 • 338 The Letter refused 369 CONTENTS . ix The British on Long Island PAGE Battle.
... Letter to Washington 369 • 338 The Letter refused 369 CONTENTS . ix The British on Long Island PAGE Battle.
Strana 10
... letter to his new sovereign , in which , as one of his Secretaries of State , he congratulated him upon his happy accession ; set forth that his own sincerity and faithfulness were out of dispute , seeing the part he acted " in the ...
... letter to his new sovereign , in which , as one of his Secretaries of State , he congratulated him upon his happy accession ; set forth that his own sincerity and faithfulness were out of dispute , seeing the part he acted " in the ...
Strana 17
... letter wrote , " We shall be forced to burn and destroy a good deal of the country to prevent the enemy marching , which goes very much against the king's mind , as it does mine and more of us ; but there's an absolute necessity for it ...
... letter wrote , " We shall be forced to burn and destroy a good deal of the country to prevent the enemy marching , which goes very much against the king's mind , as it does mine and more of us ; but there's an absolute necessity for it ...
Strana 18
... letter to Argyle which we have mentioned , he sent a sum of money , desiring it to be given as a relief to those whose homes he had commanded to be destroyed . SIG MAG BR · FR : 1 HUB REXED PERJURII ULTRI AD DVNBLAINVM 13 NOV 1775 The ...
... letter to Argyle which we have mentioned , he sent a sum of money , desiring it to be given as a relief to those whose homes he had commanded to be destroyed . SIG MAG BR · FR : 1 HUB REXED PERJURII ULTRI AD DVNBLAINVM 13 NOV 1775 The ...
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Strana 337 - Thucydides and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia.
Strana 378 - These abominable principles, and this more abominable avowal of them, demand the most decisive indignation.
Strana 363 - He has endeavoured to prevent the Population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
Strana 458 - Filling a glass, he turned to them and said, "with a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy, as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Strana 440 - Upon the whole, there was in this man something that could create, subvert, or reform ; an understanding, a spirit, and an eloquence, to summon mankind to society, or to break the bonds of slavery asunder, and to rule the wilderness of free minds with unbounded authority ; something that could establish or overwhelm empire, and strike a blow in the world that should resound through the universe.
Strana 274 - I am one who will lift up my hands against it. In such a cause, your success would be hazardous. America, if she fell, would fall like the strong man. She would embrace the pillars of the state, and pull down the constitution along with her.
Strana 341 - England, the genius should point out to him a little speck, scarce visible in the mass of the national interest, a small seminal principle rather than a formed body...
Strana 443 - I am now to address a free people : ages have passed away, and this is the first moment in which you could be distinguished by that appellation.
Strana 295 - Power without right is the most odious and detestable object that can be offered to the human imagination. It is not only pernicious to those who are subject to it, but tends to its own destruction. It is what my noble friend (Lord Lyttleton) has truly described it,
Strana 379 - I am now convinced beyond a doubt, that, unless some great and capital change suddenly takes place in that line, this army must inevitably be reduced to one or other of these three things ; starve, dissolve, or disperse in order to obtain subsistence in the best manner they can.