The Delaware Register and Farmers' Magazine, Volume 2William Huffington S. Kimmey., 1839 - Delaware |
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... England , is despised and disregarded . To this spirit , thanks to our great and good progenitors , of whom William Penn was among the chief , we have ever been strangers . Driven by persecution from their homes to this new world , they ...
... England , is despised and disregarded . To this spirit , thanks to our great and good progenitors , of whom William Penn was among the chief , we have ever been strangers . Driven by persecution from their homes to this new world , they ...
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... England , in 1686 , he employed himself with assiduity , by writing and personal applica- tions at court , to restore the lost rights of mankind , as it regarded freedom of opinion . His efforts produced , early in the year 1686 , the ...
... England , in 1686 , he employed himself with assiduity , by writing and personal applica- tions at court , to restore the lost rights of mankind , as it regarded freedom of opinion . His efforts produced , early in the year 1686 , the ...
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... England , his province , as before observed , needed his presence ; and Thomas Lloyd , who ever since the proprietary's de- parture , had chiefly presided in the public affairs , and sustained the weight and care of them , under the ...
... England , his province , as before observed , needed his presence ; and Thomas Lloyd , who ever since the proprietary's de- parture , had chiefly presided in the public affairs , and sustained the weight and care of them , under the ...
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... England , and from whom William Penn , by some of his letters , seems to have had a great esteem ) would accept of the go . vernment of Pennsylvania ? -She answered , ' He would . ' A commission was therefore sent him , with the ...
... England , and from whom William Penn , by some of his letters , seems to have had a great esteem ) would accept of the go . vernment of Pennsylvania ? -She answered , ' He would . ' A commission was therefore sent him , with the ...
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... England . ” Lieutenant governor Blackwell , met the assembly in March 1689 ; but there existed a misunderstanding between him and some of the members of the counsel , so that the affairs of the public were not managed with harmony and ...
... England . ” Lieutenant governor Blackwell , met the assembly in March 1689 ; but there existed a misunderstanding between him and some of the members of the counsel , so that the affairs of the public were not managed with harmony and ...
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Page 328 - Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace! — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms ! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Page 328 - There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free ; if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending; if we mean not basely to abandon...
Page 328 - If we wish to be free; if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending: if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us!
Page 327 - I have but one lamp, by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there .has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the house ? Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received ? Trust it not Sir; it will prove a snare to your feet.
Page 163 - The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan. Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown.
Page 328 - What terms shall we find, which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves longer. Sir, we have done every thing that could be done, to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned, we have remonstrated, we have supplicated, we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and parliament. Our petitions...
Page 149 - When but an idle boy I sought its grateful shade; In all their gushing joy Here, too, my sisters played. My mother kissed me here, My father pressed...
Page 327 - Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty?
Page 5 - ... a Liberty to Tender Consciences and that no man shall be disquieted or called in question for differences of opinion in matters of religion which do not disturb the peace of the kingdom...
Page 327 - Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received .? Trust it not, sir ; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation...