 | William Fordyce Mavor - America - 1804 - 432 pages
...only from the benefit of that pardon Samuel Adams and John Hancock, whose offences were said to be of too flagitious a nature to admit of any other consideration than that of condign punishment. In June the Americans attempted to fortify Bunkeris Hill, which is only about a mile and a half from... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - World history - 1805 - 410 pages
...only from the benefit of that pardon Samuel Adams and John Hancock, whose offences were said to be of too flagitious a nature to admit of any other consideration than that of condign punishment. In June the Americans attempted to fortify Bunker's Hill, Which is only about a mile and a half from... | |
 | Thomas Northmore - English poetry - 1809 - 274 pages
...and John Hancock were alone excepted from the benefit of it; their offences being declared " to be of too flagitious a nature to admit of any other consideration than that of condign punishment. — No other notice was taken by the Congress of this proclamation, than to choose Mr. Hancock president... | |
 | Thomas Northmore - English poetry - 1809 - 268 pages
...were alone exempted from the benefit oi it; their offences being declared " to be of too llagitious a nature to admit of any other consideration than that of condign punishment. —No other notice was taken by the Congress of this proclamation, than to choose Mr. Hancock president... | |
 | Abiel Holmes - America - 1813 - 478 pages
...general Pigot, about noon, with ten companies of 1 " Wlioje offences," says the proclamation, " are of too flagitious a nature to admit of any other consideration, than that of condign jmni»fcroent." i .; grenadiers, grenadiers, and ten of light infantry, with a due proportion of field... | |
 | 1814 - 564 pages
...all the " rebels" excepting only Samuel Adams and John Hancock, whose offences, he declares, " are of too flagitious a nature to admit of any other consideration than condign punishment." Being thus officially denounced, his reputation as a patriot was still more widely... | |
 | William Grimshaw - United States - 1821 - 298 pages
...this indulgence, however, were excepted, Samuel Adams and John Hancock. Their offences were said to be of too flagitious a nature to admit of any other consideration than the severest punishment. As martial law was at the same time proclaimed, it was sup. posed that those... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 526 pages
...excepting only from the benefit of such pai- ;.-.., 8AMIÎEI, ADAMS and JOHN HANCOCK, whose ofiercwi are of too flagitious a nature to admit of any other consideration than that of condign punishment. And to the end that no person within the limits of this proffered mercy msy plead ignorance of the... | |
 | Thomas Jones Rogers - United States - 1823 - 376 pages
...subjects, excepting only from the benefit of such pardon, Samuel Mams, and John Hancock, whose offences are of too flagitious a nature to admit of any other consideration than that of condign punishment." This was a diploma, conferring greater honours on the individuals, than any other which was within the power... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse - Indians of North America - 1824 - 524 pages
...from the benefit of that pardon " SAMUEL ADAMS and JOHN HANCOCK," whose offences were said to be " of too flagitious a nature to admit of any other consideration than that of condign punishment." He also proclaimed, that not only the persons above named and excepted, but also all their adherents,... | |
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HANCOCK, whose offences are of too flagitious a nature to admit of any other consideration than that of condign punishment. 
