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... received the summons of the English commander to surrender , communicated to him by a deputation , after remonstrating with him in vain as to their unjust pretensions , he ended by saying , " As touching the threats in your conclusion ...
... received the summons of the English commander to surrender , communicated to him by a deputation , after remonstrating with him in vain as to their unjust pretensions , he ended by saying , " As touching the threats in your conclusion ...
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... received on them in 1836 were 1,614,336 dollars , or about 323,000l . sterling , being more than 12 per cent . of profit on the actual outlay . But this is still farther improving , as by an official report on the tolls and trade of the ...
... received on them in 1836 were 1,614,336 dollars , or about 323,000l . sterling , being more than 12 per cent . of profit on the actual outlay . But this is still farther improving , as by an official report on the tolls and trade of the ...
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... received by the superintendent of the Onondago Salt Springs for the last three years , in the months of May and June , is as follows , viz .: in 1836 , 16,291 dollars ; in 1837 , 22,365 dollars ; and in 1838 , 38,123 dollars ; being an ...
... received by the superintendent of the Onondago Salt Springs for the last three years , in the months of May and June , is as follows , viz .: in 1836 , 16,291 dollars ; in 1837 , 22,365 dollars ; and in 1838 , 38,123 dollars ; being an ...
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... received with coldness and neglect every proposition for de- voting the funds of the state to the establishment of such a general system as should embrace the very poorest classes , under some vague fear that they would become wiser ...
... received with coldness and neglect every proposition for de- voting the funds of the state to the establishment of such a general system as should embrace the very poorest classes , under some vague fear that they would become wiser ...
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... received a fair school education ; if thus ignorance almost al- ways accompanies crime ; and if , at the same time , it is easy to account for a connexion between the two on general and simple grounds , drawn from the nature of our mind ...
... received a fair school education ; if thus ignorance almost al- ways accompanies crime ; and if , at the same time , it is easy to account for a connexion between the two on general and simple grounds , drawn from the nature of our mind ...
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Page 445 - For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away : but the Word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the Word which by the Gospel is preached unto you.
Page 316 - Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged ; their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace; but there is no peace.
Page 410 - Good Lord, deliver us. From all sedition, privy conspiracy, and rebellion ; from all false doctrine, heresy, and schism; from hardness of heart, and contempt of thy Word and Commandment, Good Lord, deliver us.
Page 313 - They nourished up ~by YOUR indulgence ! They grew by your neglect of them. As soon as you began to care about them, that care was exercised in sending persons to rule them...
Page 313 - They planted by your care ! No, your oppressions planted them in America. They fled from your tyranny to a then uncultivated and inhospitable country, where they exposed themselves to almost all the hardships to which human nature is liable; and among others, to the cruelties of a savage foe, the most subtle, and I will take...
Page 463 - ... and offices from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
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Page 316 - ... 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 us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary.
Page 316 - Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.
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