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We have only to awake and snap the Lilliputian cords with which they have been entangling us during the first sleep which succeeded our labors.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

We have only to awake and snap the Lilliputian cords with which they have been entangling us during the first sleep which succeeded our labours.

From The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States by Marshall, John