The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations, Том 3Little, Brown, 1851 |
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... character stood very high with the members , and he knew there was but one thing which pre- vented me from being universally acknowledged to be the first man in Congress , and that was this ; there was a great division in the house ...
... character stood very high with the members , and he knew there was but one thing which pre- vented me from being universally acknowledged to be the first man in Congress , and that was this ; there was a great division in the house ...
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... character , and corrupt the morals of all our sea- men . It would make them selfish , piratical , mercenary , bent wholly upon plunder , & c . & c . These formidable arguments and this terrible rhetoric were answered by us by the best ...
... character , and corrupt the morals of all our sea- men . It would make them selfish , piratical , mercenary , bent wholly upon plunder , & c . & c . These formidable arguments and this terrible rhetoric were answered by us by the best ...
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... characters , expressed a great desire to hear the arguments . All was silence ; no one would 1 This must be a mistake . No trace of it has been found . 2 Mr. Sedgwick , in his Memoir of the Life of William Livingston , relies upon a ...
... characters , expressed a great desire to hear the arguments . All was silence ; no one would 1 This must be a mistake . No trace of it has been found . 2 Mr. Sedgwick , in his Memoir of the Life of William Livingston , relies upon a ...
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... characters they respectively sustain . " Resolved , That Mr. J. Adams , Mr. Harrison , and Mr. Morris , be a commit- tee to bring in a resolution for subjecting to confiscation the property of the subjects of the crown of Great Britain ...
... characters they respectively sustain . " Resolved , That Mr. J. Adams , Mr. Harrison , and Mr. Morris , be a commit- tee to bring in a resolution for subjecting to confiscation the property of the subjects of the crown of Great Britain ...
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... characters of those who conducted the business of it . The truth is , the motions , plans , debates , amendments , which were 1 This is a mistake . The record does contain the motions , the yeas and nays , and the alterations proposed ...
... characters of those who conducted the business of it . The truth is , the motions , plans , debates , amendments , which were 1 This is a mistake . The record does contain the motions , the yeas and nays , and the alterations proposed ...
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Страница 333 - States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind on the Grand Bank, and on all the other banks of Newfoundland ; also, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea, where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish...
Страница 44 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Страница 575 - The transaction of business with foreign nations is Executive altogether. It belongs, then, to the head of that department, except as to such portions of it as are specially submitted to the Senate. Exceptions are to be construed strictly.
Страница 263 - SIR, — I have received the letter, which your Excellency did me the honor to Write me on the 25th of this month.
Страница 46 - WHEREAS his Britannic Majesty, in conjunction with the lords and commons of Great Britain, has by a late act of parliament, excluded the inhabitants of these united colonies from the protection of his crown...
Страница 528 - Majesty having been pleased to declare, that he looked upon the independence and uprightness of the judges as essential to the impartial administration of justice...
Страница 333 - It is agreed that the people of the United States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind on the Grand Bank and on all the other banks of Newfoundland ; also in the Gulf of St.
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Страница 57 - He was the Pillar of its support on the Floor of Congress, its ablest advocate and Defender against the multifarious assaults it encountered ; for many excellent persons opposed it on doubts whether we were provided sufficiently with the means of supporting it, whether the minds of our constituents were yet prepared to receive it, &c. who, after it was decided, united zealously in the measures it called for.
Страница 46 - Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs hath been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, "best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents, in particular, and America in general."—Journals of Congress.