Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Том 1W. Brown and C. Peters, 1828 |
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... principles will be laid down for the conduct of public affairs ; to such times and such men therefore we should always revert , and it becomes a delightful and honourable task , nay almost a duty , to save whatever we can from obli ...
... principles will be laid down for the conduct of public affairs ; to such times and such men therefore we should always revert , and it becomes a delightful and honourable task , nay almost a duty , to save whatever we can from obli ...
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... principles , and organizing its powers in such form , as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and hap- piness . Prudence , indeed , will dictate , that governments long established should not be changed for light and ...
... principles , and organizing its powers in such form , as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and hap- piness . Prudence , indeed , will dictate , that governments long established should not be changed for light and ...
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... assembly , his colleagues certainly entertained the highest sense both of the excellence of his principles and abilities ; for , as it appears from the journals of their proceedings , he was nominated to nearly HANCOCK . 3.
... assembly , his colleagues certainly entertained the highest sense both of the excellence of his principles and abilities ; for , as it appears from the journals of their proceedings , he was nominated to nearly HANCOCK . 3.
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... principles of the orator , as well as of his capacity for eloquence , cannot be considered as a digression from the purpose of his bio- graphy . " I have , from the earliest recollections of youth , rejoiced in the felicity of my fellow ...
... principles of the orator , as well as of his capacity for eloquence , cannot be considered as a digression from the purpose of his bio- graphy . " I have , from the earliest recollections of youth , rejoiced in the felicity of my fellow ...
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... principles of reason and justice ; but I glory in publicly avowing my eternal enmity to tyranny ; and here suffer me to ask what tenderness , what regard , have the rulers of Great Britain manifested in their late transactions , for the ...
... principles of reason and justice ; but I glory in publicly avowing my eternal enmity to tyranny ; and here suffer me to ask what tenderness , what regard , have the rulers of Great Britain manifested in their late transactions , for the ...
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Страница 82 - Thucydides and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia.
Страница 91 - The graces taught in the schools, the costly ornaments and studied contrivances of speech, shock and disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then, words have lost their power, rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible.
Страница 165 - Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the...
Страница 59 - England, sir, is a nation, which still I hope respects, and formerly adored, her freedom. The colonists emigrated from you, when this part of your character was most predominant ; and they took this bias and direction the moment they parted from your hands. They are therefore not only devoted to liberty, but to liberty according to English ideas, and on English principles.
Страница 226 - And that this regulation shall be an article of compact, and remain a fundamental principle of the constitutions between the thirteen original States, and each of the States described in the resolve,
Страница ii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Страница 114 - I shall esteem myself the happiest of men, if I can be instrumental in recommending my country more and more to your Majesty's royal benevolence, and of restoring an entire esteem, confidence, and affection, or, in better words, the old good nature, and the old good humor between people, who, though separated by an ocean, and under different governments, have the same language, a similar religion, and kindred blood.
Страница ii - And also to the act, entitled, " An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled " An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time* therein mentioned...
Страница 121 - It was not then, nor has been since, any objection to it, in my mind, that the executive and senate were not more permanent. Nor have I ever entertained a thought of promoting any alteration in it, but such as the people themselves, in the course of their experience, should see and feel to be necessary or expedient, and by their Representatives in Congress and the state legislatures, according to the constitution itself, adopt and ordain.