 That there existed a general desire of independence of the crown," says Mr. John Adams, " in any part of America, before the revolution, is as far from the truth as the zenith from the nadir." " For my own part, there was not a moment during the revolution,...  Washington - Page 203by François Guizot - 1840 - 230 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Jay - Judges - 1833 - 518 pages
...For my own part, there was not a moment during the revolution when I would not have given every thing I possessed for a restoration to the state of things...have had a sufficient security for its continuance," &c. &c. England before the commencement of hostilities, I know not; before that I never had heard a... | |
 | William Jay - Judges - 1833 - 528 pages
...dreaded and deprecated as the greatest calamity that could befall them. For my own part, there wag not a moment during the revolution when I would not have given every thing I possessed for a restoration to the state of things before the contest began, provided... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 574 pages
...separation, or a hint that such a thing would be advantageous to America." — Franklin's Works, Vol. I. p. 278. Again, Mr Jay, remarking on certain parts of...during the revolution, when I would not have given every thing I possessed for a restoration to the state of things before the contest began, provided... | |
 | George Washington - United States - 1834 - 574 pages
...parts of Botta's History of the American Revolution, in a letter to Mr. Otis, January 13th, IftJI, thus expressed himself. "During the course of my life,...during the revolution, when I would not have given every thing I possessed for a restoration to the state of things before the contest began, provided... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 574 pages
...were then circumstanced, know from whence that necessity resulted." — iife of John Jay, Vol. I!. p. 412. We have likewise the opinions, uttered on...during the revolution, when I would not have given every thing I possessed for a restoration to the state of things before the contest began, provided... | |
 | Robert Walsh - American literature - 1888 - 576 pages
...struggle, was also foreseen, but dreaded and deprecated as the greatest calamity that could befall them. For my own part, there was not a moment during the revolution when 1 would not have given every thing I possessed for a restoration to the state of things before the... | |
 | William Jay - Pacifism - 1842 - 128 pages
...independence of the crown in any part of America before the Revolution, is as far from truth as the zenith is from the nadir. — For my own part, there was not...during the revolution, when I would not have given every thing I possessed for a restoration to the state of things before the contest began, provided... | |
 | William Jay - Pacifism - 1842 - 116 pages
...part of America before the Revolution, is as far from truth as the zenith is from the nadir.—For my own part, there was not a moment during the revolution, when I would not have giwn every thing I possessed for a restoration to the state of things before the contest began, provided... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1844 - 574 pages
...necessity, and not by choice." " That there existed a general desire of independence of the crown, in any part of America, before the revolution, is...during the revolution, when I would not have given every thing I possessed for a restoration to the state of things before the contest began, provided... | |
 | Peace - 1845 - 648 pages
...my own part, there was not a moment during the Revolution, when I would not have given every thing I possessed for a restoration to the state of things...have had a sufficient security for its continuance." " Before the commencement of hostilities," Thomas Jefferson adds, " I never had heard a whisper of... | |
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