The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ... to which is Prefixed, an Introduction, Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, Volume 2 |
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Page 133
The occasion seemed , in the 1769 . opinion of the neighbouring colonies , to
require measures of greater energy than had heretofore been adopted ; and an
association , similar to that which had been formed by their elder sister , was
entered ...
The occasion seemed , in the 1769 . opinion of the neighbouring colonies , to
require measures of greater energy than had heretofore been adopted ; and an
association , similar to that which had been formed by their elder sister , was
entered ...
Page 195
This haughty rejection had some tendency to convince such of that province , as
cherished the hope of producing accommodation by milder measures than had
been adopted by their sister colonies , that there was no medium between ...
This haughty rejection had some tendency to convince such of that province , as
cherished the hope of producing accommodation by milder measures than had
been adopted by their sister colonies , that there was no medium between ...
Page 219
... they determined on addressing once more an humble and dutiful petition to the
king , and on adopting measures for opening a negotiation in order to
accommodate the unhappy disputes subsisting between Great Britain and the
colonies .
... they determined on addressing once more an humble and dutiful petition to the
king , and on adopting measures for opening a negotiation in order to
accommodate the unhappy disputes subsisting between Great Britain and the
colonies .
Page 539
After stating several measures he had adopted , not within the powers conferred
on him by congress , and urging many ... It may be thought I am going a good
deal out of the line of my duty , to adopt these measures , or advise thus freely : a
...
After stating several measures he had adopted , not within the powers conferred
on him by congress , and urging many ... It may be thought I am going a good
deal out of the line of my duty , to adopt these measures , or advise thus freely : a
...
Page 42
Like other bodies , its composition includes numbers who act mechanically , as
they are pressed this way or that way by those who judge for them ; and divers of
the wicked , fitted for evil practices , when the adoption of them is thought ...
Like other bodies , its composition includes numbers who act mechanically , as
they are pressed this way or that way by those who judge for them ; and divers of
the wicked , fitted for evil practices , when the adoption of them is thought ...
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| Title | The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ... to which is ..., Volume 2 The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ... to which is Prefixed, an Introduction, Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, Bushrod Washington |
| Author | John Marshall |
| Publisher | C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Jul 2007 |
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