Life and Correspondence of George Read: A Signer of the Declaration of Independence; with Notices of Some of His ContemporariesJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1870 - 567 Seiten |
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... town and from the battery at Light - house Point , on the northeast side of the entrance of the harbor . On the morning of June 12th , an hour before dawn , General Wolfe was detached with two thousand men ( light infantry and ...
... town and from the battery at Light - house Point , on the northeast side of the entrance of the harbor . On the morning of June 12th , an hour before dawn , General Wolfe was detached with two thousand men ( light infantry and ...
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... town . But I give you a small extract from it , by which you may judge of its importance . * " There are 173 questions , all answered with the same judgment , spirit , and independency . At Chester you will see the whole of them . In ...
... town . But I give you a small extract from it , by which you may judge of its importance . * " There are 173 questions , all answered with the same judgment , spirit , and independency . At Chester you will see the whole of them . In ...
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... town . " " When lawyers practised in the old court - house , lawyers Ross and Lawrence had their offices in the small alley called Chancery Lane , a name derived from them . It would now be deemed an ignoble place for such an honored ...
... town . " " When lawyers practised in the old court - house , lawyers Ross and Lawrence had their offices in the small alley called Chancery Lane , a name derived from them . It would now be deemed an ignoble place for such an honored ...
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... in wrong , injustice , and oppression . The great town of Boston remarkably punished without being heard . ' " - Works of John Adams , Diary , vol . ii . p . 429 . LETTERS OF DR . FRANKLIN TO JOHN ROSS . Mrs. OF GEORGE READ . 45.
... in wrong , injustice , and oppression . The great town of Boston remarkably punished without being heard . ' " - Works of John Adams , Diary , vol . ii . p . 429 . LETTERS OF DR . FRANKLIN TO JOHN ROSS . Mrs. OF GEORGE READ . 45.
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... town of Tain ] , about four or five miles [ from that part of ] the shire between two friths , the one the .Frith of Murray , the other the Frith of Dornoch . The land lying between the two friths terminates in a noted point called ...
... town of Tain ] , about four or five miles [ from that part of ] the shire between two friths , the one the .Frith of Murray , the other the Frith of Dornoch . The land lying between the two friths terminates in a noted point called ...
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Seite 246 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Seite 350 - ... shall take an oath, to be administered by one of the judges of the Supreme or Superior Court of the State where the cause shall be tried, "well and truly to hear and determine the matter in question, according to the best of his judgment, without favor, affection, or hope of reward:" provided also that no State shall be deprived of territory for the benefit of the United States.
Seite 350 - All bills of credit emitted, moneys borrowed, and debts contracted by or under the authority of Congress, before the assembling of the United States, in pursuance of the present Confederation, shall be deemed and considered as a charge against the United States, for payment and satisfaction whereof the said United States and the public faith are hereby solemnly pledged.
Seite 497 - This grew speedily to an excess; for men began to hunt more after words than matter; and more after the choiceness of the phrase, and the round and clean composition of the sentence, and the sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration of their works with tropes and figures, than after the weight of matter, worth of subject, soundness of argument, life of invention, or depth of judgment.
Seite 350 - States ; regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians not members of any of the States — provided that the legislative right of any State within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Seite 432 - Union, at a time and place to be agreed on, to take into consideration the trade of the United States, to examine the relative situations and trade of the said states, to consider how far a uniform system in their commercial regulations may be necessary to their common interest and their permanent harmony...
Seite 455 - The authorities and functions of the Executive to be as follows: to have a negative on all laws about to be passed, and the execution of all laws passed; to have the direction of war when authorized or begun; to have with the advice and approbation of the Senate the power of making...
Seite 349 - All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence, or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury, which shall be supplied by the several States in proportion to the value of all land within each State, granted to, or surveyed for, any person, as such land and the buildings and improvements thereon shall be estimated, according to such mode as the United States in Congress assembled shall,...
Seite 248 - Britain, has been, or is likely to be given, but the whole force of that kingdom, aided by foreign mercenaries, is to be exerted for the destruction of the good people of these colonies.
Seite 81 - At the same time let the sovereign authority of this country over the colonies be asserted in as strong terms as can be devised, and be made to extend to every point of legislation whatsoever. That we may bind their trade, confine their manufactures, and exercise every power whatsoever, except that of taking their money out of their pockets without their consent.
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