The Diary of the Revolution: A Centennial Volume Embracing the Current Events in Our Country's History from 1775 to 1781 as Described by American, British, and Tory Contemporaries; Compiled from the Journals, Documents, Private Records, Correspondence, Etc., of that Period, Forming an Interesting, Impartial, and Valuable Collection of Revolutionary Literature. Illustrated with Steel EngravingsJ.B. Burr, 1876 - 1084 pages |
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Page 850 - Sound mind and memory, do make, publish and declare, this my last will and testament, in manner following, that is to say...
Page 85 - Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.
Page 586 - It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down unto the beard, even unto Aaron's beard, and went down to the skirts of his clothing. 3 Like as the dew of Hermon, which fell upon the hill of Sion. 4 For there the Lord promised his blessing, and life for evermore.
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Page 189 - That the delegates appointed to represent this colony in general Congress, be instructed to propose to that respectable body, TO DECLARE THE UNITED COLONIES FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES, absolved from all allegiance to or dependence upon the crown or Parliament of Great Britain...
Page 85 - When we assumed the soldier, we did not lay aside the citizen ; and we shall most sincerely rejoice with you in that happy hour, when the establishment of American liberty, upon the most firm and solid foundations, shall enable us to return to our private stations in the bosom of a free, peaceful, and happy country.
Page 513 - The essential and direct end of the present defensive alliance is to maintain effectually the liberty, sovereignty, and independence absolute and unlimited, of the said United 'States, as well in matters of government as of commerce.
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Page 153 - For never can true reconcilement grow, Where wounds of deadly hate have pierc'd so deep...
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