The Great Republic, Volume 2Charles Morris Great Republic Publishing Company, 1913 - United States |
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... VIRGINIA ASSEMBLY RETREAT OF THE BRITISH FROM CONCORD • Frontispiece 32 48 THE FIGHT OF THE MINUTE - MEN AT THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL . 72 80 NEWS FROM LEXINGTON - PUTNAM LEAVING THE PLOUGH . ISRAEL PUTNAM 88 · 96 ...
... VIRGINIA ASSEMBLY RETREAT OF THE BRITISH FROM CONCORD • Frontispiece 32 48 THE FIGHT OF THE MINUTE - MEN AT THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL . 72 80 NEWS FROM LEXINGTON - PUTNAM LEAVING THE PLOUGH . ISRAEL PUTNAM 88 · 96 ...
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... Virginia , they caught such as they found running loose in the woods , not knowing that they be- longed to any individual in the province . The Virginians , instead of legally asserting their rights , fell on the unsus- picious warriors ...
... Virginia , they caught such as they found running loose in the woods , not knowing that they be- longed to any individual in the province . The Virginians , instead of legally asserting their rights , fell on the unsus- picious warriors ...
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... Virginia . They were not satis- fied barely with pillaging and destroying the inhabitants , but they wantoned in the most horrible acts of barbarity . Many who fled into the woods and escaped the scalping- knife perished with hunger ...
... Virginia . They were not satis- fied barely with pillaging and destroying the inhabitants , but they wantoned in the most horrible acts of barbarity . Many who fled into the woods and escaped the scalping- knife perished with hunger ...
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... Virginia was the work of a company of London mer- chants , that of New England of a body of Puritan refugees from persecution . Most of the other colonies were formed through the efforts of proprietors , to whom the king had made large ...
... Virginia was the work of a company of London mer- chants , that of New England of a body of Puritan refugees from persecution . Most of the other colonies were formed through the efforts of proprietors , to whom the king had made large ...
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... Virginia , was , by its first charter , under the supreme government of a council residing in England and appointed by the king , who likewise appointed a council of members of the colony , for its local administration . Thus all ex ...
... Virginia , was , by its first charter , under the supreme government of a council residing in England and appointed by the king , who likewise appointed a council of members of the colony , for its local administration . Thus all ex ...
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Page 129 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore.
Page 129 - You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of the toil, and blood and treasure, that it will cost...
Page 79 - The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable, and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace! peace!
Page 126 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Page 289 - It was impossible the choice of confidential officers to compose my family should have been more fortunate. Permit me, Sir, to recommend in particular those who have continued in the service to the present moment, as worthy of the favorable notice and patronage of Congress.
Page 299 - In these sentiments, sir, I agree to this Constitution, with all its faults, if they are such; because I think a general government necessary for us, and there is no form of government but what may be a blessing to the people if well administered...
Page 299 - Government necessary for us, and there is no form of government but what may be a blessing to the people if well administered; and believe further, that this is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in despotism, as other forms have done before it, when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other.
Page 298 - I confess that there are several parts of this Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them. For, having lived long...
Page 289 - Happy in the confirmation of our independence and sovereignty, and pleased with the opportunity afforded the United States, of becoming a respectable nation...
Page 45 - said Henry, " Charles I. his Cromwell, and George III.—" " Treason ! treason \" shouted the speaker, and the cry was re-echoed from the House. " George III.," said Henry, firmly, " may profit by their example. If that be treason, make the most of it!