Proceedings in the Senate and House of Representatives Upon the Reception and Acceptance from the State of Maryland of the Statues of Charles Carroll of Carrollton and of John Hanson: Erected in Statuary Hall of the Capitol |
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Now , the history of the world , and especially of our part of it , is the most
important study that can attract anybody ' s ... more for the purpose of giving
artificial importance to a few generals and a few kings than for the purpose of
bringing into ...
Now , the history of the world , and especially of our part of it , is the most
important study that can attract anybody ' s ... more for the purpose of giving
artificial importance to a few generals and a few kings than for the purpose of
bringing into ...
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John Hancock was an important citizen of Boston , possibly the most important ,
and just after the passage of the stamp act he imported into that town a cargo of
Madeira wine , of which , it would appear from the record , our fathers were ...
John Hancock was an important citizen of Boston , possibly the most important ,
and just after the passage of the stamp act he imported into that town a cargo of
Madeira wine , of which , it would appear from the record , our fathers were ...
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At this point there appears upon the scene a strange and now almost fabulous
figure , the most marvelous popular orator who ever spoke our tongue , Patrick
Henry , a young Virginia lawyer , with his first important case in court . Tradition ...
At this point there appears upon the scene a strange and now almost fabulous
figure , the most marvelous popular orator who ever spoke our tongue , Patrick
Henry , a young Virginia lawyer , with his first important case in court . Tradition ...
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The roll of almost every important committee in the Maryland senate during his
long service there , and that of almost every committee of importance in the
Senate of the United States , until he resigned therefrom to avoid losing his seat
in the ...
The roll of almost every important committee in the Maryland senate during his
long service there , and that of almost every committee of importance in the
Senate of the United States , until he resigned therefrom to avoid losing his seat
in the ...
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... duty has been assigned me of performing a similar office in honor of John
HANSON . The little colony of Maryland played an important part in the gigantic
drama which closed with the independence of the Charles Carroll and John
Hanson .
... duty has been assigned me of performing a similar office in honor of John
HANSON . The little colony of Maryland played an important part in the gigantic
drama which closed with the independence of the Charles Carroll and John
Hanson .
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Страница 21 - Venerable object ! we delight to gather round its trunk, while yet it stands, and to dwell beneath its shadow. Sole survivor of an assembly of as great men as the world has witnessed, in a transaction one of the most important that history records, what thoughts, what interesting reflections, must fill his elevated and devout soul ! If he dwell on the past...
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Страница 26 - ... grace which I can never forget. In the ninety-fifth year of his age, as he was, and within a few months of his death, it is not surprising that there should be little for me to recall of that interview, save his eager inquiries about James Madison, whom I had just visited at Montpelier, and his affectionate allusions to John Adams, who had gone before him; and save, too, the exceeding satisfaction for myself of having seen and pressed the hand of the last surviving signer of the Declaration.
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| Заглавие | Proceedings in the Senate and House of Representatives Upon the Reception and Acceptance from the State of Maryland of the Statues of Charles Carroll of Carrollton and of John Hanson: Erected in Statuary Hall of the Capitol |
| Автор | United States. 57th Congress, 2d session |
| Издател | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1903 |
| Оригиналът е от | Мичиганският университет |
| Цифровизирана на | 16 февр. 2008 |
| Брой страници | 111 страници |
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