History of England: From the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles, 1713-1783, Volumen5Little, Brown, 1853 |
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... Quakers , and the province was then formally divided between them and Sir George Carteret under the names of West New Jersey and East New Jersey . At the accession of Queen Anne , however , the heirs of Carteret had become convinced ...
... Quakers , and the province was then formally divided between them and Sir George Carteret under the names of West New Jersey and East New Jersey . At the accession of Queen Anne , however , the heirs of Carteret had become convinced ...
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... Quaker chief represents him as clad in complete armour . † On his espousing the tenets of " the Friends " he had to suffer imprisonment and persecution for conscience sake . By the course of time , however , and the change of parties ...
... Quaker chief represents him as clad in complete armour . † On his espousing the tenets of " the Friends " he had to suffer imprisonment and persecution for conscience sake . By the course of time , however , and the change of parties ...
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... Quakers still formed a majority in the House of Assembly , and found it hard to reconcile their principles of peace with the frequent demands of the Crown for military aid . Franklin , who resided so many years among them , observes ...
... Quakers still formed a majority in the House of Assembly , and found it hard to reconcile their principles of peace with the frequent demands of the Crown for military aid . Franklin , who resided so many years among them , observes ...
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... Quaker garb . He laid aside the huge wig which he used to wear in England , and allowed his long white hair to flow ... Quaker - like attire may have tended to invest him in their estimation with the other attributes which they assigned ...
... Quaker garb . He laid aside the huge wig which he used to wear in England , and allowed his long white hair to flow ... Quaker - like attire may have tended to invest him in their estimation with the other attributes which they assigned ...
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Página 134 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
Página 42 - Let humble Allen, with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Página 131 - I called it forth, and drew into your service a hardy and intrepid race of men — men, who, when left by your jealousy, became a prey to the artifices of your enemies, and had gone nigh to have overturned the state in the war before the last. These men, in the last war, were brought to combat on your side. They served with fidelity, as they fought with valour, and conquered for you in every part of the world.
Página 66 - It is therefore ordered, That every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read...
Página 134 - The Americans have not acted in all things with prudence and temper: they have been wronged: they have been driven to madness by injustice. Will you punish them for the madness you have occasioned? Rather let prudence and temper come first from this side. I will undertake for America that she will follow the example. There...
Página 134 - In such a cause, your success would be hazardous. America, if she fell, would fall like the strong man ; she would embrace the pillars of the state, and pull down the constitution along with her.
Página 132 - If taxation be a part of simple legislation, the crown, the peers have rights in taxation as well as yourselves ; rights which they will claim, which they will exercise, whenever the principle can be supported by power. There is an idea in some, that the colonies are virtually represented in the house.
Página 120 - He never presents himself to their thoughts, but to menace and alarm them.
Página 330 - SIR, — His Majesty has thought proper to order a new commission of the Treasury to be made out, in which I do not perceive your name.
Página 93 - God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid? We have been assured, sir, in the sacred writings, that "except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.