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, Tom 2C.P. Wayne, 1804 |
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... cause of their complaints was perhaps unavoid- able ; for it was always found extremely difficult to secure , on the part of these troublesome allies and formidable enemies , an observance of engagements . Great credit was given to ...
... cause of their complaints was perhaps unavoid- able ; for it was always found extremely difficult to secure , on the part of these troublesome allies and formidable enemies , an observance of engagements . Great credit was given to ...
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... cause the river La Bœuf , on which they must necessarily be brought to Venango , did not then afford water enough to admit of their por- tage down it . By a rapid movement therefore , it was extremely probable , that the fort might be ...
... cause the river La Bœuf , on which they must necessarily be brought to Venango , did not then afford water enough to admit of their por- tage down it . By a rapid movement therefore , it was extremely probable , that the fort might be ...
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... cause me to lament the hour that gave me a commission , and would induce me , at any other time than this of imminent danger , to resign , without one hesitating mo- ment , a command , from which I never expect to reap either honour or ...
... cause me to lament the hour that gave me a commission , and would induce me , at any other time than this of imminent danger , to resign , without one hesitating mo- ment , a command , from which I never expect to reap either honour or ...
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... cause ) they are obstinate , self - willed , perverse , of little or no service to the people , and very burdensome to the country . Every mean individual has his own crude notion of things , and must under- take to direct . If his ...
... cause ) they are obstinate , self - willed , perverse , of little or no service to the people , and very burdensome to the country . Every mean individual has his own crude notion of things , and must under- take to direct . If his ...
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... cause . " But in the event that the assembly should still indulge that favourite scheme of protecting the inhabitants by forts along the frontiers , he pre- sented to the governor a plan which he recom- mended for his approbation , and ...
... cause . " But in the event that the assembly should still indulge that favourite scheme of protecting the inhabitants by forts along the frontiers , he pre- sented to the governor a plan which he recom- mended for his approbation , and ...
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Strona 223 - Lest this declaration should disquiet the minds of our friends and fellow-subjects in any part of the empire, we assure them that we mean not to dissolve that union which has so long and so happily subsisted between us. and which we sincerely wish to see restored.
Strona 453 - Our situation is truly distressing. The check our detachment sustained on the 27th ultimo has dispirited too great a proportion of our troops and filled their minds with apprehension and despair. The militia, instead of calling forth their utmost efforts to a brave and manly opposition in order to repair our losses, are dismayed, intractable, and impatient to return. Great numbers of them have gone off — in some instances almost by whole regiments, by half ones, and by companies at a time.
Strona 31 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Strona 49 - That the keeping a standing army in these Colonies, in times of peace, without the consent of the legislature of that Colony in which such army is kept, is against law.
Strona 46 - That by such emigration they by no means forfeited, surrendered, or lost any of those rights, but that they were, and their descendants now are, entitled to the exercise and enjoyment of all such of them, as their local and other circumstances enable them to exercise and enjoy.
Strona 222 - Creator hath graciously bestowed upon us, the arms we have been compelled by our enemies to assume, we will, in defiance of every hazard, with unabating firmness and perseverance, employ for the preservation of our liberties ; being -with one mind resolved to die FREEMEN rather than to live SLAVES.
Strona 17 - ... jammed in the ice, in such a manner that we expected every moment our raft to sink, and ourselves to perish. I put out my setting-pole to try to stop the raft, that the ice might pass by, when the rapidity of the stream threw it with so much violence against the pole, that it jerked me out into ten feet water, but I fortunately saved myself by catching hold of one of the raft logs. Notwithstanding all our efforts we could not get the raft to either shore, but were obliged, as we were near an...
Strona 47 - That the respective colonies are entitled to the common law of England, and more especially to the great and inestimable privilege of being tried by their peers of the vicinage, according to the course of that law.
Strona 221 - But why should we enumerate our injuries in detail ? By one statute it is declared, that Parliament can " of right make laws to bind us in all cases whatsoever." What is to defend us against so enormous, so unlimited a power? Not a single man of those who assume it, is chosen by us ; or is subject to our...
Strona 48 - It is indispensably necessary to good government, and rendered essential by the English constitution, that the constituent branches of the legislature be independent of each other; that, therefore, the exercise of legislative power in several colonies, by a council appointed, during pleasure, by the crown, is unconstitutional, dangerous and destructive to the freedom of American legislation.