Memoirs of the Life of William Wirt, Volume 2Lea and Blanchard, 1849 |
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Halaman 17
... seen an anecdote miss fire , till the relater stated what an uproar of laughter the occurrence produced when it happened . If you were to state the last speech which Louis XVI . made to his queen , how weak would be the effect , till ...
... seen an anecdote miss fire , till the relater stated what an uproar of laughter the occurrence produced when it happened . If you were to state the last speech which Louis XVI . made to his queen , how weak would be the effect , till ...
Halaman 18
... seen . Your client has no occasion to regret the loss of Mr. ; he would not and never could have presented the cause with half the power that you have done . The play of your imagination is delightful . You could never have carried it ...
... seen . Your client has no occasion to regret the loss of Mr. ; he would not and never could have presented the cause with half the power that you have done . The play of your imagination is delightful . You could never have carried it ...
Halaman 24
... seen the said figure . The objection made by Parker is , that there is too much of it ; that is , as I understand it , the resemblances are too minutely and circumstantially followed out . The four most interesting situations in which ...
... seen the said figure . The objection made by Parker is , that there is too much of it ; that is , as I understand it , the resemblances are too minutely and circumstantially followed out . The four most interesting situations in which ...
Halaman 31
... seen a play for six years , and yet , I must acknowledge I had very little enjoyment in it . It seemed to me almost as stale and flat ' as a twice told tale , vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man . ' How is this to be accounted for , but ...
... seen a play for six years , and yet , I must acknowledge I had very little enjoyment in it . It seemed to me almost as stale and flat ' as a twice told tale , vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man . ' How is this to be accounted for , but ...
Halaman 36
... seen , in the course of this narrative , how much the author was embar- rassed by the nature of his task . Patrick Henry , in the public mind of Virginia , was a beau ideal of all that was marvellous and grand in an orator and a patriot ...
... seen , in the course of this narrative , how much the author was embar- rassed by the nature of his task . Patrick Henry , in the public mind of Virginia , was a beau ideal of all that was marvellous and grand in an orator and a patriot ...
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Halaman 316 - Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave My heart into my mouth. I love your majesty According to my bond; nor more nor less.
Halaman 52 - Thirdly, the supreme power cannot take from any man any part of his property without his own consent. For the preservation of property being the end of government, and that for which men enter into society, it necessarily supposes and...
Halaman 216 - For ever, Fortune, wilt thou prove An unrelenting foe to Love, And when we meet a mutual heart Come in between, and bid us part ? Bid us sigh on from day to day, And wish and wish the soul away; Till youth and genial years are flown, And all the life of life is gone...
Halaman 53 - If taxes are laid upon us in any shape without our having a legal representation where they are laid, are we not reduced from the character of free subjects to the miserable state of tributary slaves...
Halaman 108 - who cared for nobody — no, not lie — because nobody cared for him ;" and the whole world will serve you so if you give them the same cause. Let every one, therefore, see that you do care for them, by showing them what Sterne so happily calls " the small, sweet courtesies of life...
Halaman 342 - If courts were permitted to indulge their sympathies, a case better calculated to excite them can scarcely be imagined. A people, once numerous, powerful, and truly independent, found by our ancestors in the quiet and uncontrolled possession of an ample domain, gradually sinking beneath our superior policy, our arts and our arms, have yielded their lands, by successive treaties, each of which contains a solemn guarantee of the residue, until 10 Cherokee Nation v. Georgia. they retain no more of their...
Halaman 333 - Oh, dear, sweet, and desirable child, how shall I part with all this goodness and virtue without the bitterness of sorrow and reluctancy of a tender parent! Thy affection, duty and love to me was that of a friend as well as a child.
Halaman 53 - ... if our trade may be taxed, why not our lands ? Why not the produce of our lands and everything we possess or make use of ? This we apprehend annihilates our charter right to govern and tax ourselves. It strikes at our British privileges, which, as we have never forfeited them, we hold in common with our fellow subjects who are natives of Britain.
Halaman 61 - States, who shall be sworn or affirmed to a faithful execution of his office ; whose duty it shall be to prosecute and conduct all suits in the Supreme Court in which the United States shaU be concerned, and to give his advice and opinion upon questions of law when required by the President of the United States, or when requested by the heads of any of the departments, touching any matters that may concern their departments...
Halaman 279 - Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent; and in their properly, rights, and liberty they never shall be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.