Patrick Henry and His WorldDoubleday, 1969 - 498 pages On May 29, 1765, a young backwoods lawyer named Patrick Henry rose in the House of Burgesses in Williamsburg, Virginia, and offered exciting resolutions that were the prelude to the American Declaration of Independence. This is an account of that young lawyer, the politics of his day, and his part in our early history. |
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... appeared in New York , where the document was handed about " with great privacy . " It was regarded as so seditious , if not treasonable , that no printer could be persuaded to put it in type , fearing to be fined or jailed , or maybe ...
... appeared in New York , where the document was handed about " with great privacy . " It was regarded as so seditious , if not treasonable , that no printer could be persuaded to put it in type , fearing to be fined or jailed , or maybe ...
Page 199
... appearance of anger or contempt suppressed , while his language and gesture ex- hibited nothing but what was perfectly decorous . Henry's manner and address to the court and the jury , said Tucker , " might be deemed the excess of ...
... appearance of anger or contempt suppressed , while his language and gesture ex- hibited nothing but what was perfectly decorous . Henry's manner and address to the court and the jury , said Tucker , " might be deemed the excess of ...
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... appeared before the Gen- eral Court to take up practice there , he was dressed “ in a black suit of clothes and ( as was the custom of the bar then ) a tie - wig , " tied behind , and " with a bag to it . " Henry affected a tie - wig ...
... appeared before the Gen- eral Court to take up practice there , he was dressed “ in a black suit of clothes and ( as was the custom of the bar then ) a tie - wig , " tied behind , and " with a bag to it . " Henry affected a tie - wig ...
Contents
A Day to Remember | 1 |
A Hard School | 11 |
At Sheltons Tavern | 29 |
Copyright | |
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