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, 1820 - 356 pages |
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... close of the war he opposed a peace with Great Britain , unless the northern states retained their full privileges in the fisheries . In 1787 he was chosen a member of the Massa- chusetts convention , for the ratification of the con ...
... close of the war he opposed a peace with Great Britain , unless the northern states retained their full privileges in the fisheries . In 1787 he was chosen a member of the Massa- chusetts convention , for the ratification of the con ...
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... close of life he was again chosen governor , and in 1678 he died . governor of the colony , being about 78 years of age . He was prudent in his administration , and active in promoting the welfare of the common- wealth . COLDEN ...
... close of life he was again chosen governor , and in 1678 he died . governor of the colony , being about 78 years of age . He was prudent in his administration , and active in promoting the welfare of the common- wealth . COLDEN ...
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... close of life . Having tasted the joys of religion , he became eagerly desirous of imparting to his fellow sinners the knowledge of the truth . With this object be- fore him , he engaged with new ardour in literary and theological ...
... close of life . Having tasted the joys of religion , he became eagerly desirous of imparting to his fellow sinners the knowledge of the truth . With this object be- fore him , he engaged with new ardour in literary and theological ...
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... acquitted himself with consummate ability , and to the entire satisfaction of his general . At the close of the war he returned home , and resumed the practice of the law . He very soon rose to great eminence ; and in a few years 94.
... acquitted himself with consummate ability , and to the entire satisfaction of his general . At the close of the war he returned home , and resumed the practice of the law . He very soon rose to great eminence ; and in a few years 94.
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... close of the revolutiona- ry war , he was chosen to represent the town of Northampton in the state legislature : here he ac- quitted himself in a manner highly honourable to himself , and so as to give the strongest impres- sion of his ...
... close of the revolutiona- ry war , he was chosen to represent the town of Northampton in the state legislature : here he ac- quitted himself in a manner highly honourable to himself , and so as to give the strongest impres- sion of his ...
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Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 224 - Having been initiated, in youth, in the doctrines of civil liberty, as they were taught by such men as Plato, Demosthenes, Cicero and other renowned persons among the ancients; and such as Sidney and Milton, Locke and Hoadley, among the moderns, I liked them; they seemed rational.
Page 1 - Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved ?" He maintained the affirmative, and this collegiate exercise furnished a very significant index to his subsequent political career.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 314 - A Compleat Body of Divinity, in Two Hundred and Fifty Expository Lectures on the Assembly's Shorter Catechism...
Page 205 - IK-MI without an effort. Into every walk of literature and science he had carried this mind of exquisite selection, and brought it back to the business of life, crowned with every light of learning, and decked with every wreath that all the Muses and all the Graces could entwine.