 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 618 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... | |
 | Washington Irving - Presidents - 1857 - 590 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 possibly do. A peace on >ther terms would, if I may be allowed the expression, be a peace of war. The injuries we have received... | |
 | Charles Edwards Lester - United States - 1883 - 612 pages
...Congress, April 21, 1778: ' Nothing short of independence can possibly do. A peace on any other terms would be a peace of war. The injuries we have received from...British nation were so unprovoked, and have been so many, that they can never be forgotten. Our fidelity as a people, our character as men, are opposed... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1884 - 618 pages
...member of congress : " Nothing short of independence can possibly do. A peace on any other terms would be a peace of war. The injuries we have received from...great and so many, that they can never be forgotten. Our fidelity as a people, our character as men, are opposed to a coalition with them as subjects."... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1884 - 620 pages
...member of congress : " Nothing short of independence can possibly do. A peace on any other terms would be a peace of war. The injuries we have received from...great and so many, that they can never be forgotten. Our fidelity as a people, our character as men, are opposed to a coalition with them as subjects."... | |
 | Pennsylvania - 1890 - 566 pages
...to her liberties. They are endeavoring to ensnare the people by specious allurements of peace. . . . Nothing short of independence, it appears to me, can...war. The injuries we have received from the British were so unprovoked, and have been so great and so many, that they can never be forgotten." — Washington... | |
 | Pennsylvania - 1890 - 558 pages
...to her liberties. They are endeavoring to ensnare the people by specious allurements of peace. . . . Nothing short of independence, it appears to me, can...war. The injuries we have received from the British were so unprovoked, and have been so great and so many, that they can never be forgotten." — Washington... | |
 | William Spohn Baker - 1892 - 356 pages
...to her liberties. They are endeavoring to ensnare the people by specious allurements of peace. . . . Nothing short of independence, it appears to me, can...war. The injuries we have received from the British were so unprovoked, and have been so great and so many, that they can never be forgotten." — Washington... | |
 | William Spohn Baker - 1892 - 444 pages
...to her liberties. They are endeavoring to ensnare the people by specious allurements of peace. . . . Nothing short of independence, it appears to me, can...war. The injuries we have received from the British were so unprovoked, and have been so great and so many, that they can never be forgotten." — Washington... | |
 | William Spohn Baker - 1892 - 358 pages
...I may be allowed the expression, be a peace of war. The injuries we have received from the British were so unprovoked, and have been so great and so many, that they can never be forgotten." — Washington to John Banister. Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh, 01 secretary, arrived in... | |
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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... 
