 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 574 pages
...acquaintance with the delegates for that purpose. In his Diary, on the 28th of September, there is this entry ; — " Spent the afternoon with the Boston...will be given to the peace of this great country, as tune itself cannot cure, or eradicate the remembrance of. But I have done. I was involuntarily led... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1837 - 658 pages
...may be allowed to answer in the negative ; and again give me leave to add as my opinion, that more blood will be spilled on this occasion, if the ministry...itself cannot cure, or eradicate the remembrance of." What is here said, in regard to independence, is confirmed by the address of the first Congress to... | |
 | George Washington - United States - 1837 - 644 pages
...I may be allowed to answer in the negative; and again give me leave to add as my opinion, that more blood will be spilled on this occasion, if the ministry...itself cannot cure, or eradicate the remembrance of." people of Great Britain. "You have been told, that we are seditious, impatient of government, and desirous... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1837 - 654 pages
...may be allowed to answer in the negative ; and again give me leave to add as my opinion, that more blood will be spilled on this occasion, if the ministry...itself cannot cure, or eradicate the remembrance of." What is here said, in regard to independence, is confirmed by the address of the first Congress to... | |
 | Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1839 - 666 pages
...may be allowed to answer in the negative ; and again give me leave to add as my opinion, that more blood will be spilled on this occasion, if the ministry...itself cannot cure, or eradicate the remembrance of." What is here said, in regard to independence, is con- state of /-iiiii /• f • opinion confirmed... | |
 | Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1839 - 632 pages
...may be allow_ed to answer in the negative ; and again give me leave to add as my opinion, that more blood will be spilled on this occasion, if the ministry...itself cannot cure, or eradicate the remembrance of." What is here said, in regard to independence, is con- state or • opinion confirmed by the address... | |
 | Bibliography - 1842 - 576 pages
...the ministry are determined to push matters to extremity, depend on it, more blood will be spilled than history has ever yet furnished instances of in...to the peace of this great country as time itself can never cure." It was said of Dr. Franklin that he had a great deal of the future in his mind. There... | |
 | John Frost - 1847 - 602 pages
...may be allowed to answer in the negative ; and again, give me leave to add as my opinion, that more blood will be spilled on this occasion, if the ministry...determined to push matters to extremity, than history ever yet furnished instances of in the annals of North America ; and such a vital wound will be given... | |
 | Charles Jacobs Peterson - Military biography - 1848 - 586 pages
...foresaw the long and bitter war. " Give me leave to add, as my opinion," he wrote in 1774, "that more blood will be spilled on this occasion, if the ministry...to extremity, than history has ever yet furnished in the annals of America." Yet, with this knowledge before him, he did not hesitate. It is a mistake,... | |
 | John England - 1849 - 508 pages
...give me leave to add as my opinion, that more blood will be spilled on this occasion, if the ministers are determined to push matters to extremity, than...itself cannot cure, or eradicate the remembrance of." He was also a member of the second Congress, which assembled on the 10th of May, 1775. Blood had been... | |
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I may be allowed to answer in the negative; and give me leave to add, as my opinion, that more blood will be spilled on this occasion, if the ministry are determined to push matters to extremity, than history has ever yet furnished instances of in the... 
