Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Band 1W. Brown and C. Peters, 1828 |
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... believed that all the material facts in these volumes are authentic , certainly every effort has been used to make them so ; public documents , where necessary , have been carefully referred to , and much , indeed some entire lives ...
... believed that all the material facts in these volumes are authentic , certainly every effort has been used to make them so ; public documents , where necessary , have been carefully referred to , and much , indeed some entire lives ...
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... believed to be averse to the confederation , had been elected president , but by sick- ness was detained from their deliberations until the last week of the session . He then appeared and voted in its favour ; and to his diligence in ...
... believed to be averse to the confederation , had been elected president , but by sick- ness was detained from their deliberations until the last week of the session . He then appeared and voted in its favour ; and to his diligence in ...
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... believed to be averse to the confederation , had been elected president , but by sick- ness was detained from their deliberations until the last week of the session . He then appeared and voted in its favour ; and to his diligence in ...
... believed to be averse to the confederation , had been elected president , but by sick- ness was detained from their deliberations until the last week of the session . He then appeared and voted in its favour ; and to his diligence in ...
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... believed , that the proposal was actually made to Mr. Adams ; that it was made after the dissolution of the general assembly of 1769 , soon after its first session ; and that , in consequence of this last circumstance , he was deprived ...
... believed , that the proposal was actually made to Mr. Adams ; that it was made after the dissolution of the general assembly of 1769 , soon after its first session ; and that , in consequence of this last circumstance , he was deprived ...
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... believed it to be his duty to pursue , for the welfare of his country . The motives by which he was actuated , were not a sudden ebullition of temper , nor a transient impulse of resentment ; but they were deliberate , methodical and ...
... believed it to be his duty to pursue , for the welfare of his country . The motives by which he was actuated , were not a sudden ebullition of temper , nor a transient impulse of resentment ; but they were deliberate , methodical and ...
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Seite xvii - 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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,
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.