John Horne TookeColumbia University Press, 1926 - 252 pagini |
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Pagina 14 - Neither was it mine adversary that did magnify himself against me; for then peradventure I would have hid myself from him : 14 But it was even thou, my companion, my guide, and mine own familiar friend.
Pagina 87 - Pounds, to be applied to the relief of the widows, orphans, and aged parents of our beloved American fellow-subjects, who, faithful to the character of Englishmen, preferring death to slavery, were, for that reason only, inhumanly murdered by the King's troops, at or near Lexington and Concord, in the Province of Massachusetts, on the 19th of last April.
Pagina 201 - has removed all the decencies which used to " prevail between gentlemen, and has given the '' commissioners (shrouded under the signature " of their clerk) a right by law to tell me, that they " have reason to believe that I am a liar. They " have also a right to demand from me, upon " oath, the particular circumstances of my private " situation. In obedience to the law, I am ready " to attend them upon this degrading occasion, " so novel to Englishmen, and to give them every " explanation and satisfaction...
Pagina 90 - In the meantime the provincial troops returned, to the number of about three or four hundred. We drew up on the Concord side of the bridge. The provincials came down upon us : upon which we engaged and gave the first fire. This was the first engagement after the one at Lexington. A continued firing from both parties lasted through the whole day.
Pagina 80 - Britain, for the support of the just and Constitutional Rights and Liberties of the People of Great Britain and America.
Pagina 48 - ... that whoever has already dared, or shall hereafter endeavour, by false insinuations and suggestions, to alienate your Majesty's affections from your loyal subjects in general, and from the city of London in particular, and to withdraw your confidence...
Pagina 235 - H. — The first Folio, in my opinion, is the only edition worth regarding. And it is much to be wished, that an edition of Shakespeare were given literatim according to the first Folio : which is now become so scarce and dear, that few persons can obtain it. For, by the presumptuous licence of the dwarfish commentators, who are for ever cutting him down to their own size, we risque the loss of Shakespeare's genuine text ; which that Folio assuredly contains ; notwithstanding some few slight errors...
Pagina 148 - Mr. Fox, the plaintiff; myself, the defendant; and you, gentlemen, the jury. The judge and the cryer of the court attend alike in their respective situations ; and they are paid by us for their attendance ; we pay them well ; they are hired to be the assistants and reporters, but they are not, and they never were intended to be the controulers of our conduct. For the whole of this business is comprised in Mr. Fox's action, in my defence, and in your verdict.
Pagina 47 - Permit me, sire, further to observe, that whoever has already dared, or shall hereafter endeavour, by false insinuations and suggestions, to alienate your Majesty's affections from your loyal subjects in general, and from the City of London in particular...
Pagina 22 - WAS ready to devote himself, to what he doubtless considered the cause of the nation : " Even I, my countrymen, who now address myself to you — I, who 'am at present blessed with peace, with happiness, and independence, a fair character, and an easy fortune, am at this moment forfeiting them all. " Soon must I be beggared, vilified, imprisoned. The hounds of power will be unkenneled and laid upon the scent. They will track out diligently my footsteps, from my very cradle. And if I should be found...