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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... occasion . " To the King ! " was first , as tradition and etiquette required . Then , to the Queen and royal family . Next , " To the lord governor ! " There was no rancor here , no hardened enmity , no revolutionary spirit . It was a ...
... occasion . " To the King ! " was first , as tradition and etiquette required . Then , to the Queen and royal family . Next , " To the lord governor ! " There was no rancor here , no hardened enmity , no revolutionary spirit . It was a ...
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... occasion , he undertook a case dealing with admiralty law , and amazed everybody , judges and all , with his knowledge and argument in that field . No one suspected that he knew anything about admiralty law . Nor did he know until occasion ...
... occasion , he undertook a case dealing with admiralty law , and amazed everybody , judges and all , with his knowledge and argument in that field . No one suspected that he knew anything about admiralty law . Nor did he know until occasion ...
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... occasion and of Henry : I did not then know him . He was dressed in a suit of parson's gray , and from his appearance I took him for a Presbyterian clergyman , used to haranguing the people . He observed that we were met in a time and ...
... occasion and of Henry : I did not then know him . He was dressed in a suit of parson's gray , and from his appearance I took him for a Presbyterian clergyman , used to haranguing the people . He observed that we were met in a time and ...
Contents
A Day to Remember | 1 |
A Hard School | 11 |
At Sheltons Tavern | 29 |
Copyright | |
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