Life of Arthur Lee, LL. D.: Joint Commissioner of the United States to the Court of France, and Sole Commissioner to the Courts of Spain and Prussia, During the Revolutionary War. With His Political and Literary Correspondence and His Papers on Diplomatic and Political Subjects, and the Affairs of the United States During the Same Period, Volume 1Wells and Lilly, 1829 |
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... the yellow leaf ; And that which should accompany old age , As honor , love , obedience , troops of friends , I must not look to have ; but in their stead Curses not loud , but deep ; mouth honor , breath , Which the poor heart would ...
... the yellow leaf ; And that which should accompany old age , As honor , love , obedience , troops of friends , I must not look to have ; but in their stead Curses not loud , but deep ; mouth honor , breath , Which the poor heart would ...
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acquainted affairs agent alliance America Amphitrite answer appointed army ARTHUR LEE assured Beaumarchais BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Britain British brother Capt cause character colonies commerce commissioners committee communicated conduct congress considered convoy copy correspondence Count Vergennes court of France court of Spain dear sir declaration desire despatches duty effect endeavour enemy England English Europe excellency favour fleet Franklin friends frigates furnish gentlemen Girard give gress honour hope humble servant independence informed interest JAMES LOVELL Junius king Lee's letter liberty London Lord Chatham Lord Dartmouth Lord Hillsborough Lord North Lord Shelburne majesty measures ment mentioned minister ministry Mons Nantes nations obliged obtain opinion Paris parliament Passy patriotic petition political present proposed received render respect RICHARD HENRY LEE Samuel Adams secret sent Shelburne ships SILAS DEANE Spanish supplies thing tion treaty troops United vessels Virginia wish
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Page 215 - Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf ; And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Page 104 - ... the whole contest is changed, and the question is how far Great Britain may, by every means in her power, destroy or render useless a connection contrived for her ruin and for the aggrandizement of France. Under such circumstances the laws of self-preservation must direct the conduct of Great Britain ; and if the British Colonies are to become an accession to France, will direct her to render that acquisition of as little avail as possible to her enemy.
Page 266 - I think it incumbent upon me to declare (for the prevention of farther mischief, as far as such a declaration may contribute to prevent it), that I alone am the person who obtained and transmitted to Boston the letters in question.
Page 320 - ... usually attending it, yet he should not expect any compensation from us on that account, nor pretend that he acted wholly for our sakes; since, besides his real good will to us and our cause, it was manifestly the interest of France, that the power of England should be diminished by our separation from it.
Page 76 - I have never yet changed the opinion I gave in Congress, that a virgin State should preserve the virgin character, and not go about suitoring for alliances, but wait with decent dignity for the applications of others. I was overruled; perhaps for the best.
Page 266 - Their tendency was to incense the mother country against her colonies, and, by the steps recommended, to widen the breach, which they effected. The chief caution expressed with regard to privacy was, to keep their contents from the colony agents, who, the writers apprehended, might return them, or copies of them, to America. That apprehension was, it seems, well founded, for the first agent who laid his hands on them thought it his duty x to transmit them to his constituents.
Page 74 - Island were recalled for the defence of New York. The Committee in their letters mention the intention of Congress to send ministers to the courts of Vienna, Tuscany, Holland, and Prussia. They also send us a fresh commission, containing your name instead of Mr. Jefferson's, with this additional clause, "and...
Page 104 - ... but when that country possesses the unnatural design, not only of estranging herself from us, but of mortgaging herself, and her resources, to our enemies, the whole contest is changed, and the question is, how far Great Britain may, by every means in her power, destroy or render useless a connection contrived for her ruin, and for the aggrandizement of France.
Page 104 - The policy, as well as the benevolence of Great Britain, have thus far checked the extremes of war, when they tended to distress a people still considered as our fellow subjects, and to desolate a, country shortly to become again a source of mutual advantage...
Page 56 - We are of opinion that it is unnecessary to inform Congress of this intelligence at present, because Mr. Morris belongs to all the committees that can properly be employed in receiving and importing the expected supplies from...