[208] Bowen, Life of Benjamin Lincoln: Sparks’s American Biography, 2d Ser. Vol. XIII. p. 286.
[209] Debates in the Federal Convention, August 21, 22, 1787: Madison Papers, Vol. III. pp. 1389-1395.
[210] Works of John Adams, Vol. I. p. 207.
[211] Letter to James Lloyd, 11th February, 1815: Works, Vol. X. p. 119.
[212] Congressional Globe, 36th Cong. 2d Sess., p. 32, December 10, 1860. Ante, Vol. V. p. 430.
[213] Greeley’s American Conflict, Vol. I. p. 345.
[214] Dryden, Annus Mirabilis, st. 39.
[215] Hume, History of England, (London, 1786,) Chap. LV. Vol. VI. p. 493.
[216] Soame Jenyns, The American Coachman, st. 1,—a poem at the time of our Revolution, suggested by a pamphlet of Dean Tucker proposing to let the Colonies go.
[217] Whately, Bacon’s Essays, with Annotations, 3d edit. revised, p. 140, Essay XV.