 | Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1839 - 632 pages
...member of Congress congress. only two days after he learned the contents of the conciliatory bills. " Nothing short of independence, it appears to me, can possibly do. A peace on other terms would, if 1 may be allowed the expression, be a peace of war. The injuries we have received from the British... | |
 | John George Cochrane - 1841 - 514 pages
...sent out to America. Washington expressed his opinion of them in the following terms: " Nothing'short of independence it appears to me can possibly do....injuries we have received from the British nation were unprovoked, and have been so great and so many that they can never be forgotten. Besides the feuds,... | |
 | 1841 - 566 pages
...drafted and sent out to America. Washington expressed his opinion of them in the following terms : '• Nothing short of independence it appears to me can possibly do. A peace on other terme would, if I may be allowed the expression, be a peace of war. The injuries we have received from... | |
 | English literature - 1841 - 508 pages
...drafted and sent out to America. Washington expressed his opinion of them in the following terms: " Nothing short of independence it appears to me can possibly do. A peace on otber terms would, if I may be allowed the expression, be a peace of war. The injuries we have received... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1852 - 948 pages
...deceptionary bills." " Nothing short of independence, it appears to me, will do," Washington wrote. " o S 4W: /> -t˞ j~x J] w W zz HM > J py:c V ru{_U a Z` \K } D 4 Congress entertained the same sentiments. As soon as draughts of the bills were received by that body,... | |
 | United States. President - United States - 1854 - 616 pages
...of Congress, after he had learned the purport of the conciliatory bills, expresses himself thus : " Nothing short of independence, it appears to me, can...be allowed the expression, be a peace of war. The injuries.we have received from the British nation were so unprovoked, and have been so great and so... | |
 | 1854 - 616 pages
...tired of the war and despairing of success. He immediately wrote to a member of Congress, saying, " Nothing short of Independence it appears to me can possibly do. A peace on any otlier terms would be, if I may be allowed the expression, a peace of war." lie expressed his views... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 1194 pages
...request He transmitted them to Congress, observing that the time to entertain such overtures was past. " Nothing short of independence, it appears to me, can...great and so many, that they can never be forgotten." These and other objections advanced by him met with the concurrence of Congress, and it was unanimously... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - Presidents - 1855 - 714 pages
...of Congress, after he had learned the purport of the conciliatory bills, expresses himself thus : " Nothing short of independence, it appears to me, can...great and so many, that they can never be forgotten. Our fidelity as a people, our gratitude, our character as men, are opposed to a coalition with them... | |
 | Washington Irving - Presidents - 1856 - 598 pages
...request. He transmitted them to Congress, observing that the time to entertain such overtures was past. " Nothing short of independence, it appears to me, can...great and so many, that they can never be forgotten." These and other objections advanced by him met with the concurrence of Congress, and it was unanimously... | |
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Nothing short of independence, it appears to me, can possibly do. A peace on other terms would, if I may be allowed the expression, be a peace of war. The injuries we have received from the British nation were so unprovoked, and have been so great and... 
