History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the Continent, Volume 3Little, 1876 - United States |
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... desired repose . To restore possessions as they had been , or were to have been , was accepted as the condition of peace ; and guarantees were devised to keep them safe against vicissitude . But the eternal flow of existence never rests ...
... desired repose . To restore possessions as they had been , or were to have been , was accepted as the condition of peace ; and guarantees were devised to keep them safe against vicissitude . But the eternal flow of existence never rests ...
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... desired this connection , appears from their willing homage to the adventurers , and to every people who have greatly enlarged the boundaries of the world , as known to civilization . The traditions of remotest antiquity cele- brate the ...
... desired this connection , appears from their willing homage to the adventurers , and to every people who have greatly enlarged the boundaries of the world , as known to civilization . The traditions of remotest antiquity cele- brate the ...
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... desired for the common defence of America , and to defray the civil list in the re- spective provinces . Could an independent income be obtained for either of these purposes , it might , by degrees , be applied to both . To the ...
... desired for the common defence of America , and to defray the civil list in the re- spective provinces . Could an independent income be obtained for either of these purposes , it might , by degrees , be applied to both . To the ...
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... desired . Knowing that Bedford , Dorset , and Halifax had espoused their cause , they convened the legislature ; but it was in vain . " The faithful representatives of the people , " thus spoke the assembly of New York in July , " can ...
... desired . Knowing that Bedford , Dorset , and Halifax had espoused their cause , they convened the legislature ; but it was in vain . " The faithful representatives of the people , " thus spoke the assembly of New York in July , " can ...
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... desired immediately to recover the town . He sought aid from Massachusetts ; but received for answer , that , by the constitution of that province , the assembly must first be convinced of the ne- cessity of raising supplies ; that , to ...
... desired immediately to recover the town . He sought aid from Massachusetts ; but received for answer , that , by the constitution of that province , the assembly must first be convinced of the ne- cessity of raising supplies ; that , to ...
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Page 359 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Page 547 - At the same time let the sovereign authority of this country over the colonies be asserted in as strong terms as can be devised, and be made to extend to every point of legislation, that we may bind their trade, confine their manufactures, and exercise every power whatsoever, except that of taking their money out of their pockets without their consent.
Page 425 - The hand that rounded Peter's dome And groined the aisles of Christian Rome Wrought in a sad sincerity; Himself from God he could not free; He builded better than he knew; The conscious stone to beauty grew.
Page 103 - Whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation. And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he doeth according to his will in the armies of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth...
Page 439 - I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in Providence for the illumination of the ignorant, and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.
Page 222 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Page 547 - Upon the whole, I will beg leave to tell the House what is really my opinion. It is that the Stamp Act be repealed absolutely, totally, and immediately; that the reason for the repeal be assigned, because it was founded upon an erroneous principle.
Page 296 - ... at plough. Secondly, These laws also ought to be designed for no other end ultimately, but the good of the people. Thirdly, They must not raise taxes on the property of the people, without the consent of the people, given by themselves or their deputies.
Page 309 - tis rough and narrow, And winds with short turns down the precipice ; And in its depth there is a mighty rock, Which has, from unimaginable years, Sustained itself with terror and with toil Over a gulf, and with the agony With which it clings seems slowly coming down...
Page 546 - I was at pains to collect, to digest, to consider them ; and I will be bold to affirm, that the profits to Great Britain from the trade of the colonies, through all its branches, is two millions a year. This is the fund that carried you triumphantly through the last war, The estates that were rented at two thousand pounds a year, threescore years ago, are at three thousand pounds at present. Those estates sold then from fifteen to eighteen years purchase; the same may now be sold for thirty.