A Biography of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence: And of Washington and Patrick Henry. With an Appendix, Containing the Constitution of the United States and Other Documents, Volume 2J. Dobson, and Thomas, Cowperthwait & Company, 1839 - 354 halaman |
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... close observation , and deep investigation , relative to the privileges and restrictions of the commer- cial intercourse of this with other countries . It received great atten- tion , was a subject of long and animated discussion in ...
... close observation , and deep investigation , relative to the privileges and restrictions of the commer- cial intercourse of this with other countries . It received great atten- tion , was a subject of long and animated discussion in ...
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... close , and that he would soon cast his anchor in the haven of rest . To those around him he said , " do not imagine that I feel the smallest solicitude as to the result . I do not indeed wish to die , but I do not fear to die . " To ...
... close , and that he would soon cast his anchor in the haven of rest . To those around him he said , " do not imagine that I feel the smallest solicitude as to the result . I do not indeed wish to die , but I do not fear to die . " To ...
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... to practice , the method of conducting lightning from the clouds to the points of steel rods , and , by them , harmless to the ground . All the elements and fluids , the air , sea , and land , underwent the close 34 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
... to practice , the method of conducting lightning from the clouds to the points of steel rods , and , by them , harmless to the ground . All the elements and fluids , the air , sea , and land , underwent the close 34 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN .
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... close investigation of his vast , his philosophic mind . In 1758 , he was sent to Carlisle to conclude a treaty with the In- dians ; and in the following year , to Albany , to meet a congress of commissioners , to arrange means of ...
... close investigation of his vast , his philosophic mind . In 1758 , he was sent to Carlisle to conclude a treaty with the In- dians ; and in the following year , to Albany , to meet a congress of commissioners , to arrange means of ...
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... close . You who profess to admire his virtues , talents , and usefulness , prove your sincerity by imitating his examples . 06 ་ « - ROGER SHERMAN . THE man who has been rocked in the cradle of letters from his childhood ; who has ...
... close . You who profess to admire his virtues , talents , and usefulness , prove your sincerity by imitating his examples . 06 ་ « - ROGER SHERMAN . THE man who has been rocked in the cradle of letters from his childhood ; who has ...
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Halaman 307 - It serves always to distract the public councils, and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection.
Halaman 339 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions to cause others to be elected ; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise ; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Halaman 20 - ... equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none, the support of the state governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies...
Halaman 327 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and, from time to time, publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
Halaman 307 - Monarchical cast, patriotism may look with indulgence, if not with favor, upon the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in Governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency, it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose. And, there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance...
Halaman 332 - United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.
Halaman 331 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Halaman 340 - Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or restrain this execrable commerce.
Halaman 310 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellowcitizens,) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove, that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government.
Halaman 304 - The East, in a like intercourse with the West, already finds, and in the progressive improvement of interior communications by land and water, will more and more find, a valuable vent for the commodities which it brings from abroad, or manufactures at home. The West derives from the East supplies requisite to its growth and comfort, and, what is perhaps of still greater consequence, it must of necessity owe the secure enjoyment of indispensable outlets for its own productions to the weight, influence,...