Identifier: ourgreatercountr00nort (find matches)
Title: Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ..
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
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Publisher: Philadelphia, National pub co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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theirown senses; then, at-tracted by some ges-ture, struck by somemajestic attitude, fas-cinated by the spellof his eye, the charmof his emphasis, andthe varied and com-manding expressionof his countenance,they could look awayno more. In less thantwenty minutes theymight be seen in everypart of the house, onevery bench, in everywindow, stooping for-vvard from theirstands, in death-likesilence; their featuresfixed in amazementand awe, all theirsenses listening and<^iveted upon the speaker, as if to catch the last strain of someheavenly visitant. The mockery of the clergy was soonturned into alarm, their triumph into con-fusion and despair, and at one burst of hisrapid and overwhelming invective, they fled from the bench in precipitation and terror.As for the father, such was his surprise, suchhis amazement, such his rapture, that, forget-ting where he was, and the character which hewas filling, tears of ecstacy streamed downhis cheeks without the power or inclinationto repress them.
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COLONEL BARRE. The jury brought in a verdict oC oil!?penny damages for the parsons, anr* thecourt overruled the motion of their counselfor a new trial. Henry from that momenttook his place among the leaders of thepatriot party in Virginia. He had struck a 336 chord which responded in every Americanheart; he had denied the right of the kingto make laws for the colonies. The remonstrance of Massachusetts wasfollowed by similar appeals from Connecti-cut, New York, Rhode Island and Virginia.The petition of New York was couched insuch strong terms that no member of Par-liament could be found bold enough to pre-sent it. These remonstrances were unheededby Parliament, which pronounced them ab-surd and insolent. That body persistedin its determination to tax the colonies, andGrenville, the prime minister, warned theAmericans that in a contest with GreatBritain they could expect nothing but defeat.He announced the intention of the Englishgovertvment to levy the taxes, and graciouslyadded that

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