| Francis Lieber - 1831 - 620 páginas
...the speech, and not a sound but from his lips was to be heard in the room. In 1765, he was elected member of the house of burgesses, with express reference to an opposition to the British stamp-act After having waited in vain for some step to be taken by another, and when the session was... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1831 - 628 páginas
...the speech, and uot a sound but from his lips was to be heard in the room. In 1765, he was elected member of the house of burgesses, with express reference to an opposition to the British stamp-act. After having waited in vain for some step to J>e taken by another, and when the session... | |
| 1832 - 440 páginas
...writing. SKKCTIIKS OF AMERICAN CHARACTER. PATRICK HENRY. (Concluded from page 381. In 1765, he was elected member of the house of burgesses, with express reference to an opposition to the British stamp-act. After having waited in vain for some step to be taken by another, and when the session was... | |
| 1832 - 858 páginas
...writing. 8KECT1IES OF AMERICAN CHARACTER. PATRICK HENRY. (Concluded from page 381. In 1765, he was elected member of the house of burgesses, with express reference to an opposition to the Bntish stamp-act. After having waited in vain for some step to be taken by another, and when the session... | |
| 1838 - 296 páginas
...letters, and from his judicious system of tuition, young Lee rapidly unfolded the powers of his mind. In 1765, he was elected a member of the house of burgesses, to which situation he was annually re-elected, until 1775, when he was chosen a member of the continental... | |
| Grenville Mellen - 1839 - 934 páginas
...poverty, with the incumbrance of a family, he first rose to distinction in managing the popular side in the controversy between the legislature and the...opposition to the British stamp act. In this assembly he obtained the honor of being the first to commence the opposition to the measures of the British government,... | |
| L. Carroll Judson - 1839 - 376 páginas
...insolence of hireling officers — and driven as they were from under the mantle of constitutional rights. In 1765, he was elected a member of the house of burgesses to represent Loudoun county, where his estate was situated. He became an important advocate of equal... | |
| M. Sears - 1842 - 586 páginas
...several years of poverty, with the encumbrance of a family, he first rose to distinction in managing the popular cause in the controversy between the legislature...opposition to the British stamp act. In this assembly he obtained the honor of being the first to commence the opposition to the measures of the British government,... | |
| Grenville Mellen - 1843 - 866 páginas
...with the incumbrance of a family, he first rose to distinction in managing1 the popular side in th« controversy between the legislature and the clergy,...opposition to the British stamp act. In this assembly he obtained the honor of being the first to commence the opposition to the measures of the British government,... | |
| M. Sears - 1844 - 582 páginas
...several years of poverty, with the encumbrance of a family, he first rose to distinction in managing the popular cause in the controversy between the legislature...opposition to the British stamp act. In this assembly he obtained the honor of being the first to commence the opposition to the measures of the British government,... | |
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