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Page 15
I anticipate in my mind the moment of the final triumph of foreign military force .
When that hour arrives , ( for it may arrive , ) then it is , that all this mass of
weakness and violence will appear in its full light . If we should be expelled from
America ...
I anticipate in my mind the moment of the final triumph of foreign military force .
When that hour arrives , ( for it may arrive , ) then it is , that all this mass of
weakness and violence will appear in its full light . If we should be expelled from
America ...
Page 17
Declaiming on rebellion never added a bayonet , or a charge of powder , to your
military force ; but I am afraid that it has been the means of taking up many
muskets against you . This outrageous language , which has been encouraged
and ...
Declaiming on rebellion never added a bayonet , or a charge of powder , to your
military force ; but I am afraid that it has been the means of taking up many
muskets against you . This outrageous language , which has been encouraged
and ...
Page 19
Is it the force of the kingdom they call for ? They have it already ; and if they
choose to fight their battles in their own person , nobody prevents their setting sail
to America in the next transports . Do they think , that the service is stinted for
want of ...
Is it the force of the kingdom they call for ? They have it already ; and if they
choose to fight their battles in their own person , nobody prevents their setting sail
to America in the next transports . Do they think , that the service is stinted for
want of ...
Page 22
When they found that neither prayers nor menaces had any sort of weight , but
that a firm resolution was taken to reduce them to unconditional obedience by a
military force , they came to the last extremity . Despairing of us , they trusted in ...
When they found that neither prayers nor menaces had any sort of weight , but
that a firm resolution was taken to reduce them to unconditional obedience by a
military force , they came to the last extremity . Despairing of us , they trusted in ...
Page 24
The king ' s forces , it must be observed , had at that time been obliged to
evacuate Boston . The superiority of the former campaign rested wholly with the
colonists . If such powers of treaty were to be wished , whilst success was very
doubtful ...
The king ' s forces , it must be observed , had at that time been obliged to
evacuate Boston . The superiority of the former campaign rested wholly with the
colonists . If such powers of treaty were to be wished , whilst success was very
doubtful ...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Publisher | Henry G. Bohn, 1864 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2010 |
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