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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 58 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 23 3 Browse Search
Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life 23 3 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 22 2 Browse Search
Lydia Maria Child, Isaac T. Hopper: a true life 20 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition. 20 0 Browse Search
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard) 18 0 Browse Search
Lydia Maria Child, Letters of Lydia Maria Child (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier, Wendell Phillips, Harriet Winslow Sewall) 17 1 Browse Search
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard) 16 0 Browse Search
Wendell Phillips, Theodore C. Pease, Speeches, Lectures and Letters of Wendell Phillips: Volume 2 9 1 Browse Search
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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., Chapter 24: (search)
with Franklin, and the ministry used the pen of Samuel Johnson, to inflame the public mind. Johnson was a pooJohnson was a poor man's son, and had himself tasted the bitter cup of extreme indigence. His father left no more than twenty pwander into the country as exiles. Alas! retorted Johnson, the heroes of Boston will only leave good houses te which was set off by a ponderous effort at mirth, Johnson pointed at him as the master of mischief, teaching m a right of resistance, Audacious defiance! cried Johnson; acrimonious malignity! The indignation of the Engd shown impatience of oppression. How is it, asked Johnson, that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty ambng tations. We do not put a calf into the plough, said Johnson; we wait till he is an ox. This, however, the minilling to concede that the calf had been spared; and Johnson obeyed, comparing himself to a mechanic for whom thinces of the earth tremble in their palaces. Had Johnson been truly a man of genius, he would have escaped t
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., Chapter 26: (search)
ht, let them stand as they are. Continue to share the liberty of England. With such sentiments of kindness in our breasts, we cannot hear without the deepest concern a charge, that a system has been formed to enslave you by means of parliament. The mild and affectionate language of this pamphlet, composed for the ministers, printed at the pub- Chap. XXVI.} 1775. April. lie cost, and sent out by public authority to be widely distributed, formed a strange contrast to that written by Samuel Johnson for England, and clashed discordantly with the vengeful orders transmitted to Boston. Yet Lord North was false only as he was weak and uncertain. He really wished to concede and conciliate, but he had not force enough to come to a clear understanding even with himself. When he encountered the opposition in the house of commons, he sustained his administration by speaking confidently for vigorous measures; when alone his heart sank within him from dread of civil war. The remonstranc