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... British Parliament , Jan. 20 , 1775 . 1. WHEN your lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America , -when you consider their decency , firm- ness , and wisdom , -you cannot but respect their cause , and wish to make it your ...
... British Parliament , Jan. 20 , 1775 . 1. WHEN your lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America , -when you consider their decency , firm- ness , and wisdom , -you cannot but respect their cause , and wish to make it your ...
Page 108
... British ministry , for the last ten years , to justify those hopes , with which gentlemen had been pleased to solace them- selves and the house ? Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received ? Trust it not ...
... British ministry , for the last ten years , to justify those hopes , with which gentlemen had been pleased to solace them- selves and the house ? Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received ? Trust it not ...
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... British guard shall be sta- tioned in every house ? Shall we gather strength by irreso- lution and inaction ? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs , and hugging the delusive phantom of hope ...
... British guard shall be sta- tioned in every house ? Shall we gather strength by irreso- lution and inaction ? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs , and hugging the delusive phantom of hope ...
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... British aggression is deep and settled in their hearts , and cannot be eradicated . Every colony , indeed , has ex- pressed its willingness to follow if we but take the lead . 14. " Sir , the declaration will inspire the people with in ...
... British aggression is deep and settled in their hearts , and cannot be eradicated . Every colony , indeed , has ex- pressed its willingness to follow if we but take the lead . 14. " Sir , the declaration will inspire the people with in ...
Page 115
... Ar ' - ro - gance , haughtiness . d In - vec ' - tive , a railing speech . e Warren Has ' - tings , governor of British India in 1786 . lines of character , and who , with all his CHAP . VII . 115 PUBLIC SPEECHES . Sheridan.
... Ar ' - ro - gance , haughtiness . d In - vec ' - tive , a railing speech . e Warren Has ' - tings , governor of British India in 1786 . lines of character , and who , with all his CHAP . VII . 115 PUBLIC SPEECHES . Sheridan.
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Page 109 - Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned with contempt from the foot of the throne. In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. 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...
Page 197 - Ah! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Page 201 - They chant their artless notes in simple guise; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim : Perhaps ' Dundee's ' wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive *• Martyrs...
Page 207 - Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger, slave or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts — not so thou Unchangeable, save to thy wild waves
Page 108 - No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us : they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains, which the British ministry have been so long forging.
Page 108 - I ask, gentlemen — sir — what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission ? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it ? Has Great Britain any enemy in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies?
Page 276 - Done in convention by the unanimous consent of the States present, the seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and of the independence of the United States of America the twelfth.
Page 109 - There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Page 108 - 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? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love ? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir.
Page 110 - 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!