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... Poundwell the blacksmith . Abiel Poundwell , a dunce in the school- room , and a lubber on the play - ground , attained to the age of twenty - one without having attained to wisdom enough to keep out of the fire . His eyes were of the ...
... Poundwell the blacksmith . Abiel Poundwell , a dunce in the school- room , and a lubber on the play - ground , attained to the age of twenty - one without having attained to wisdom enough to keep out of the fire . His eyes were of the ...
Page 49
... Poundwell . On the first consultation on household affairs and ways and means , she learned with dismay that the three hundred dollars had clean passed away . days before the wedding one of those scheming adven- turers , who go about ...
... Poundwell . On the first consultation on household affairs and ways and means , she learned with dismay that the three hundred dollars had clean passed away . days before the wedding one of those scheming adven- turers , who go about ...
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... Poundwell , he became a more useful member of society ; though he could not get money enough to defray the expenses of a journey to his unknown land . His wife , however , resolved to know if Abiel had` got anything for his money , and ...
... Poundwell , he became a more useful member of society ; though he could not get money enough to defray the expenses of a journey to his unknown land . His wife , however , resolved to know if Abiel had` got anything for his money , and ...
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... Poundwell , don't talk much ; and when your opinion is asked on any important matter shake your head , look wise as you can , and say you will think of it ; then you know we can talk the matter over in the eve- ning . " Mrs. Poundwell ...
... Poundwell , don't talk much ; and when your opinion is asked on any important matter shake your head , look wise as you can , and say you will think of it ; then you know we can talk the matter over in the eve- ning . " Mrs. Poundwell ...
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Page 83 - Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation?
Page 84 - In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free — if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending ; if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight ! I repeat it, sir, we must...
Page 84 - There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.
Page 83 - Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love ? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir.
Page 83 - I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it? Has Great Britain any enemy in this quarter of the world to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies ? No, sir, she has none.
Page 83 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years, to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the house? Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received?
Page 84 - We have petitioned — we have remonstrated — we have supplicated — we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition, to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne.
Page 85 - There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable, and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! " It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace; but there is no peace.
Page 84 - And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable, but it has been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication?
Page 84 - No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us: they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British Ministry have been so long forging. And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years.