 Finding the men of weight averse to opposition, and the commencement of the tax at hand, and that no person was likely to step forth, I determined to venture, and alone, unadvised, and unassisted, on a blank leaf of an old law-book, wrote the within.  Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature ... - Page 258edited by - 1835Full view - About this book
 | William Wirt - Founding Fathers of the United States - 1850 - 314 pages
...for the first time elected a burgess, a fewdays before, was young, inexperienced, unacquainted with the forms of the house, and the members that composed...the tax at hand, and that no person was likely to sten D 5 forth, I determined to venture, and alone, unadvised, and unassisted, on a blank leaf of an... | |
 | Henry Howe - District of Columbis - 1852 - 614 pages
...bntbre, was young, inexperienced, unncqualnled with the forms of the house and the members who compiled it. Finding the men of weight averse to opposition, and the commencement of the tix at hand, and thtit no person was likely to step forth, I determined to venture ; and alone, umiided... | |
 | George Tucker - History - 1856 - 672 pages
...for the first time elected a Burgess, a few days before, was young, inexperienced, unacquainted with the forms of the House, and the members that composed...unadvised, and unassisted, on a blank leaf of an old law-book1 wrote the within. Upon offering them to the House, violent debates ensued. Many threats were... | |
 | William O. Blake - Biography - 1856 - 1124 pages
...a burgess a few days before, was young, inexperienced, unacquainted with the forms of the house, ud the members that composed it. Finding the men of weight averse to ^position, and the commencement of the tax at hand, and that no person was likely to step forth, I... | |
 | HENRY HOWE - 1859 - 748 pages
...was young, inexperienced, unacquainted with the forms of the house, and the members who composed-it. ---.Finding the men of weight averse to opposition,...to step forth, I determined to venture ; and alone, unaided and unassisted, on the blank leaf of an old law-book, wrote the within. Upon offering them... | |
 | William Wirt - 1860 - 482 pages
...young, inexperienced, unacquainted with the forms ol the house, and the members that composed it. Fmding the men of weight averse to opposition, and the commencement...hand, and that no person was likely to step forth, J determined to venture, and alone, unadvised, and unassisted, on a blank leaf of an old law-book*... | |
 | Henry Howe - United States - 1861 - 844 pages
...composed it. Finding the men of weight sverse to opposition, and the commencement of the tax at hind, and that no person was likely to step forth, I determined to venture ; and alone, unaided and unassisted, on the blank leaf of an old law-book, wrote the within. Upon offering them... | |
 | James D. McCabe - United States - 1871 - 1172 pages
...days before, was young, inexperienced, unacquainted with the forms of the house and the members who composed it. Finding the men of weight averse to opposition,...to step forth, I determined to venture ; and alone, unaided and unassisted, on the blank leaf of an old law-book, wrote the within. Upon offering them... | |
 | JAS. D. M'CABE, JR. - 1871 - 1164 pages
...days before, was young, inexperienced, unacquainted with the forms of the house and the members who composed it. Finding the men of weight averse to opposition,...to step forth, I determined to venture; and alone, unaided and unassisted, on the blank leaf of an old law-book, wrote the within. Upon offering them... | |
 | Robert Templeman Craighill - Virginia - 1880 - 378 pages
...for the first time elected a burgess, a few days before, was young, inexperienced, unacquainted with the forms of the house, and the members that composed...unadvised, and unassisted, on a blank leaf of an old law-book, wrote the within. Upon offering them to the house, violent debates ensued. Many threats were... | |
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