Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies: From the Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Band 4F. Carr, and Company, 1829 |
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... expression of it , I forgave it cordially , and returned to the same state of esteem and respect for him which had so long subsisted . Having come into life a little later than Mr. Adams , his career has preceded mine , as mine is ...
... expression of it , I forgave it cordially , and returned to the same state of esteem and respect for him which had so long subsisted . Having come into life a little later than Mr. Adams , his career has preceded mine , as mine is ...
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... genius , unjustly persecuted . I knew nothing of his private character , and immediately expressed my readiness to contribute to his relief , and to serve him . It was a considerable time after , that , on application from a 22.
... genius , unjustly persecuted . I knew nothing of his private character , and immediately expressed my readiness to contribute to his relief , and to serve him . It was a considerable time after , that , on application from a 22.
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... expressed , whether it would be eligible for you to continue , still exist in your mind , the acceptance of the commis[ * In the margin is written by the author , ' La Fayette . ' ] 4 VOL . IV . sion gives you time to satisfy yourself ...
... expressed , whether it would be eligible for you to continue , still exist in your mind , the acceptance of the commis[ * In the margin is written by the author , ' La Fayette . ' ] 4 VOL . IV . sion gives you time to satisfy yourself ...
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... would only confirm her suspicions . Buonaparte , however , expressed satisfaction at the paragraph in my message to Congress on the subject of that commerce . With rea : spect to the German redemptioners , you know I can 37.
... would only confirm her suspicions . Buonaparte , however , expressed satisfaction at the paragraph in my message to Congress on the subject of that commerce . With rea : spect to the German redemptioners , you know I can 37.
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... expressed , was the day of the actual compact , or that on which it was signed , our memories do not enable us to say . If the former , then it is strictly conformable to the day of the compact ; if the latter , then it was postdated ...
... expressed , was the day of the actual compact , or that on which it was signed , our memories do not enable us to say . If the former , then it is strictly conformable to the day of the compact ; if the latter , then it was postdated ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 266 - Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them, like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human, and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment.
Seite 385 - Never buy what you do not want, because it is cheap ; it will be dear to you.
Seite 298 - I think it might be. But, as it is, we have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation in the other.
Seite 355 - Yet, as I am sensible that this can never be obtained, even with her own consent, but by war ; and its independence, which is our second interest, (and especially its independence of England,) can be secured without it...
Seite 323 - I rejoice that in this blessed country of free inquiry and belief, which has surrendered its creed and conscience to neither kings nor priests, the genuine doctrine of one only God is reviving, and I trust that there is not a young man now living in the United States who will not die a Unitarian.
Seite 203 - I agree with you that there is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents.
Seite 258 - We have experienced what we did not then believe, that there exists both profligacy and power enough to exclude us from the field of interchange with other nations : that to be independent for the comforts of life we must fabricate them ourselves. We must now place the manufacturer by the side of the agriculturist.
Seite 418 - But I cannot describe the wonder and mortification with which the table conversations filled me. Politics were the chief topic, and a preference of kingly over republican government, was evidently the favorite sentiment.
Seite 257 - You tell me I am quoted by those who wish to continue our dependence on England for manufactures. There was a time when I might have been so quoted with more candor, but within the thirty years which have since elapsed, how are circumstances changed!