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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... hand , " which he kept cov- ered with a black silk bandage neatly fitted to the palm of hand , but leaving the thumb free . " But this disability was not noticed when he was speaking , and " his gesture was so graceful and so highly ...
... hand , " which he kept cov- ered with a black silk bandage neatly fitted to the palm of hand , but leaving the thumb free . " But this disability was not noticed when he was speaking , and " his gesture was so graceful and so highly ...
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... hand , getting out his gold pieces and counting them over and over , one by one , day after day . As remarked by one who was not unfriendly : " He seems to think his having done a thing today an unanswer- able reason for doing it ...
... hand , getting out his gold pieces and counting them over and over , one by one , day after day . As remarked by one who was not unfriendly : " He seems to think his having done a thing today an unanswer- able reason for doing it ...
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... hand , I should be unhappy if my non - acceptance of the shares should be considered as a slight of the favor ( the magni- tude of which I think very highly of ) or disrespectful to the generous intention of my country . On the other hand ...
... hand , I should be unhappy if my non - acceptance of the shares should be considered as a slight of the favor ( the magni- tude of which I think very highly of ) or disrespectful to the generous intention of my country . On the other hand ...
Contents
A Day to Remember | 1 |
A Hard School | 11 |
At Sheltons Tavern | 29 |
Copyright | |
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