Memoirs of the Life of William Wirt, Attorney-General of the United States, Volume 2Lea and Blanchard, 1850 |
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... Course of Georgia on the Subject . - Familiar Letters.— The Cholera . - Letters to Judge Carr . - Letter to Lomax , explaining his Motives in accepting the Nomination . The Election . Mr. Wirt de- feated . Difficulties of his Position ...
... Course of Georgia on the Subject . - Familiar Letters.— The Cholera . - Letters to Judge Carr . - Letter to Lomax , explaining his Motives in accepting the Nomination . The Election . Mr. Wirt de- feated . Difficulties of his Position ...
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... course of these deliberations , he would throw in , as if casually , the thoughts which seemed for the first time to be occurring to him , with so much skill of position , and at the same time , with such an apparent destitution of art ...
... course of these deliberations , he would throw in , as if casually , the thoughts which seemed for the first time to be occurring to him , with so much skill of position , and at the same time , with such an apparent destitution of art ...
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... course , that you will not be in such a hurry to make your fortune , as to leave any doubt on your liberality as you go along . If you awaken a prejudice of that sort , you are gone for life . Hence , since you are not to screw for a ...
... course , that you will not be in such a hurry to make your fortune , as to leave any doubt on your liberality as you go along . If you awaken a prejudice of that sort , you are gone for life . Hence , since you are not to screw for a ...
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... and though not lazy , what comes pretty nearly to the same thing , -unsystematic , and , of course , pressed and oppressed by my business . VOL . II . -3 - - I had just determined to strike out the CHAP . I. ] 25 LETTER TO GILMER .
... and though not lazy , what comes pretty nearly to the same thing , -unsystematic , and , of course , pressed and oppressed by my business . VOL . II . -3 - - I had just determined to strike out the CHAP . I. ] 25 LETTER TO GILMER .
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... course between mar- gins of moss ; then gradually swelling to a bolder head , it roared in the headlong cataract and spread its rainbows to the sun ; now it moved on in tranquil majesty , like a river of the West , reflecting from its ...
... course between mar- gins of moss ; then gradually swelling to a bolder head , it roared in the headlong cataract and spread its rainbows to the sun ; now it moved on in tranquil majesty , like a river of the West , reflecting from its ...
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Halaman 242 - Indians ; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent, and in their property, rights, and liberty, they shall never 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.
Halaman 26 - Awake, /Eolian lyre, awake, And give to rapture all thy trembling strings. From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy progress take ; The laughing flowers, that round them blow, Drink life and fragrance as they flow. Now the rich stream of music winds along, Deep, majestic, smooth, and strong, Through verdant vales, and Ceres...
Halaman 229 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Halaman 275 - 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 199 - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking-off...
Halaman 137 - The music was like the memory of joys that are past, pleasant and mournful to the soul.
Halaman 56 - ... to prosecute and conduct all suits in the supreme court in which the United States shall 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, and shall receive such compensation for his services as shall by law be provided.
Halaman 50 - ... 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 252 - This bill is brought by the Cherokee nation, praying an injunction to restrain the state of Georgia from the execution of certain laws of that state, which, as is alleged, go directly to annihilate the Cherokees as a political society, and to seize, for the use of Georgia, the lands of the nation which have been assured to them by the United States in solemn treaties repeatedly made and still in force.
Halaman 40 - Committee, whose business it shall be to obtain the most early and Authentic intelligence of all such Acts and Resolutions of the British Parliament, or proceedings of Administration, as may relate to or affect the British Colonies in America, and to keep up and maintain a Correspondence and Communication with our Sister Colonies, respecting these important Considerations ; and the result of such their proceedings, from Time to Time, to lay before this House.