Biographia Americana: Or, A Historical and Critical Account of the Lives, Actions, and Writings of the Most Distinguished Persons in North America; from the First Settlement to the Present Time...D. Mallory, 1825 - 356 Seiten |
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... graduated at Har- vard college , and received the respective degrees of bachelor and master of arts . On the latter occasion , he proposed the following question for discussion : " Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme ma- gistrate ...
... graduated at Har- vard college , and received the respective degrees of bachelor and master of arts . On the latter occasion , he proposed the following question for discussion : " Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme ma- gistrate ...
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... graduated at Harvard college . He then entered on the study of the law , and in a few years rose to distinguished eminence in his profession . His first publication was " An Essay on Canon and Feudal Law , " a work of considerable merit ...
... graduated at Harvard college . He then entered on the study of the law , and in a few years rose to distinguished eminence in his profession . His first publication was " An Essay on Canon and Feudal Law , " a work of considerable merit ...
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... graduated at Harvard college , and commenced the study of the law in the office of the late chief justice Parsons . In 1790 , he was admitted to practice in the courts of Massachusetts , and fixed his residence in Boston . In 1791 , he ...
... graduated at Harvard college , and commenced the study of the law in the office of the late chief justice Parsons . In 1790 , he was admitted to practice in the courts of Massachusetts , and fixed his residence in Boston . In 1791 , he ...
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... graduated , after having defended and published an inaugural essay , ( not unworthy of his pen in the brightest period of his fame , ) " de viribus opii , " and left Edinburgh loaded with honour , in consequence of having obtained the ...
... graduated , after having defended and published an inaugural essay , ( not unworthy of his pen in the brightest period of his fame , ) " de viribus opii , " and left Edinburgh loaded with honour , in consequence of having obtained the ...
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... graduated at Yale college , in 1735. In 1742 he was invited to take the pastoral charge of the presbyterian church at Newark , Here he became so eminent as an able and learned divine , and an accomplished scholar , that in 1748 , he was ...
... graduated at Yale college , in 1735. In 1742 he was invited to take the pastoral charge of the presbyterian church at Newark , Here he became so eminent as an able and learned divine , and an accomplished scholar , that in 1748 , he was ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 140 - ... we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight ; I repeat it, sir, we must fight. An appeal to arms, and to the God of Hosts, is all that is left us.
Seite 274 - If you speak of eloquence, Mr. Rutledge, of South Carolina, is by far the greatest orator; but if you speak of solid information and sound judgment, Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on that floor.
Seite 140 - 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 — if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained — we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us! They tell...
Seite 141 - He took his seat. No murmur of applause was heard. The effect was too deep. After the trance of a moment, several members started from their seats. The cry, "to arms!
Seite 138 - Upon offering them to the house, violent debates ensued. Many threats were uttered, and much abuse cast on me, by the party for submission. After a long and warm contest, the resolutions passed by a very small majority, perhaps of one or two only. The alarm spread throughout America with astonishing quickness, and the ministerial party were overwhelmed. The great point of resistance to British taxation was universally established in the colonies. This brought on the war, which finally separated the...
Seite 196 - I was struck with the manliness of his person, the breadth of his chest, the openness of his countenance, and the inquietude of his eye.
Seite 337 - No man ever left behind him a character more venerated than George Wythe. His virtue was of the purest tint; his integrity inflexible, and his justice exact; of warm patriotism, and, devoted as he was to liberty, and the natural and equal rights of man, he might truly be called the Cato of his country, without the avarice of the Roman; for a more disinterested person never lived.
Seite 216 - Quebec, in 1759, on the very spot, where he was doomed to fall, when fighting against her, under the banners of freedom. After his return to England, he quitted his regiment, in 1772, though in a fair way to preferment. He had imbibed an attachment to America, viewing it as the rising seat of arts and freedom. After his arrival in this country, he purchased an estate in New York, about...
Seite 139 - The meeting was awfully solemn. The object which had called them together was of incalculable magnitude. The liberties of no less than three millions of people, with that of all their posterity, were staked on the wisdom and energy of their councils.