Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick HenryDerby & Jackson, 1860 - 468 páginas |
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... fact that he was the acknow- ledged head of the several bars at which he practised in the country , may assure the reader of his capacity for the commission which he so cheerfully undertook , in regard to Mr. Henry , and the unblemished ...
... fact that he was the acknow- ledged head of the several bars at which he practised in the country , may assure the reader of his capacity for the commission which he so cheerfully undertook , in regard to Mr. Henry , and the unblemished ...
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... fact . Besides these statements , drawn from the memory of his correspondents , the writer was favoured , by the late Governor Page , with the reading of a pretty extended sketch , which he had himself prepared , of the life of Mr ...
... fact . Besides these statements , drawn from the memory of his correspondents , the writer was favoured , by the late Governor Page , with the reading of a pretty extended sketch , which he had himself prepared , of the life of Mr ...
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... facts themselves . He has been fortunate , too , in having procured several original letters , which shed much light on important and hitherto disputed facts , in the life of Mr. Henry . The records of the General Court , and the ...
... facts themselves . He has been fortunate , too , in having procured several original letters , which shed much light on important and hitherto disputed facts , in the life of Mr. Henry . The records of the General Court , and the ...
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... not be true , he has sought the correction by public documents , when such correction was attainable ; and when it was not , he has selected , among his narrators , those whose opportunities to know the fact in X11 PREFACE .
... not be true , he has sought the correction by public documents , when such correction was attainable ; and when it was not , he has selected , among his narrators , those whose opportunities to know the fact in X11 PREFACE .
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William Wirt. narrators , those whose opportunities to know the fact in question seemed to be the best . This he has done , without the slightest intention to throw a shadow of suspicion on the credit of any gentleman who has been so ...
William Wirt. narrators , those whose opportunities to know the fact in question seemed to be the best . This he has done , without the slightest intention to throw a shadow of suspicion on the credit of any gentleman who has been so ...
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Página 141 - 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!
Página 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!
Página 139 - Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation, the last arguments to which kings resort.
Página 141 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house ? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction?
Página 139 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the house? Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received?
Página 140 - We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament. 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!
Página 138 - I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate.
Página 139 - 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. And what have we [to] oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we any thing new to offer upon the subject?
Página 139 - Sir ; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. 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...
Página 275 - O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.