Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Том 5R. W. Pomeroy, 1820 - 352 страници |
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... laid the elementary basis of the education of some of the most distinguished individuals in South Caro- lina . The pride , however , and discernment of Mr. Lynch's father , with the ample means of affording every 12 LYNCH .
... laid the elementary basis of the education of some of the most distinguished individuals in South Caro- lina . The pride , however , and discernment of Mr. Lynch's father , with the ample means of affording every 12 LYNCH .
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John Sanderson Robert Waln, Henry Dilworth Gilpin. Lynch's father , with the ample means of affording every accomplishment to his only son , were not content to limit the advantages of his education to one altogether provincial . Indeed ...
John Sanderson Robert Waln, Henry Dilworth Gilpin. Lynch's father , with the ample means of affording every accomplishment to his only son , were not content to limit the advantages of his education to one altogether provincial . Indeed ...
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... means ripe for so strong and questionable a measure . " He , neverthe- less , carried with him the esteem and regrets of all who had witnessed the gallantry and noble disin- terestedness of his conduct on various occasions . After ...
... means ripe for so strong and questionable a measure . " He , neverthe- less , carried with him the esteem and regrets of all who had witnessed the gallantry and noble disin- terestedness of his conduct on various occasions . After ...
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... mean time , a hundred men were despatched in boats to retake the battery ; but the intrepid Vaughan , in the face of a brisk fire from the city and the boats , prevented their landing , with his gallant lit- tle party , until re ...
... mean time , a hundred men were despatched in boats to retake the battery ; but the intrepid Vaughan , in the face of a brisk fire from the city and the boats , prevented their landing , with his gallant lit- tle party , until re ...
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... means of the regulating schemes . I cannot put a cord of wood in my yard for less than one hundred dollars , and other articles of produce are nearly in the same proportion . In short , people seem to be all running mad ; but I hope ...
... means of the regulating schemes . I cannot put a cord of wood in my yard for less than one hundred dollars , and other articles of produce are nearly in the same proportion . In short , people seem to be all running mad ; but I hope ...
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Страница 336 - tis slander ; Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave, This viperous slander enters.
Страница 206 - And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely : and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
Страница 92 - Congress to the legislative or executive authority of the other State in controversy, and a day assigned for the appearance of the parties by their lawful agents, who shall then be directed to appoint by joint consent commissioners or judges to constitute a court for hearing and determining the matter in question...
Страница 206 - And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
Страница 206 - And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music.
Страница 223 - ... is but now applying to the several States to provide these things for their troops respectively ; instead of having a regular system of transportation established upon credit, or funds in the quartermaster's hands to defray the contingent expenses...
Страница 43 - ... defence. Such a day as this was never before known, either to us or to our fathers. You will give us leave, therefore, in whom you have reposed special confidence as your representative body, to suggest a few things which call for the serious attention of every one who has the true interest of America at heart. We would, therefore, recommend to the colony at large to cultivate that Christian union, harmony, and tender affection which is the only foundation upon which our invaluable privileges...
Страница 105 - Among his other works published while he was at Stockbridge are "A Dissertation on the Nature of True Virtue," and a treatise on "Original Sin.
Страница 43 - Painful, beyond expression, have been those scenes of blood and devastation, which the barbarous cruelty of British troops have placed before our eyes. Duty to God,—to ourselves,—to posterity,—enforced by the cries of slaughtered innocents, have urged us to take up arms in our own defence.
Страница 318 - We have reason to apprehend a continuance of that shameful negligence which has marked us to a proverb, while all Europe gazed in astonishment at the unparalleled boldness and vastness of claims blended with an unparalleled indolence and imbecility of conduct. But let the several States be ever so negligent, the Confederation has given no power to compel. While it confers on Congress the privilege of asking everything, it has secured to each State the prerogative of granting nothing;.