Collections, Historical & Miscellaneous, and Monthly Literary Journal, Band 3J.B. Moore, 1824 |
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... object was , as the record states , to take into consideration " the alarming situation of our public affairs at this time on account of the exorbitant prices that are demanded and taken in consideration for many of the necessaries of ...
... object was , as the record states , to take into consideration " the alarming situation of our public affairs at this time on account of the exorbitant prices that are demanded and taken in consideration for many of the necessaries of ...
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... object , to accomplish which they had already expended such a deluge of blood . We have learnt , with the most sensible satisfaction , that the people in most of the States are roused from the torpor which had generally prevailed ; that ...
... object , to accomplish which they had already expended such a deluge of blood . We have learnt , with the most sensible satisfaction , that the people in most of the States are roused from the torpor which had generally prevailed ; that ...
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... object of importance to a nation , which in a time of peace is compelled to resort to loans to support the charges of government , and pay the interest of its public debt . But there is another and more important reason in favor of the ...
... object of importance to a nation , which in a time of peace is compelled to resort to loans to support the charges of government , and pay the interest of its public debt . But there is another and more important reason in favor of the ...
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... object under immediate consideration , should be also informed of our resolutions thereon without loss of time , We do hereby declare that it is the opinion of this Assembly that our Delegates at the Continental Congress should he ...
... object under immediate consideration , should be also informed of our resolutions thereon without loss of time , We do hereby declare that it is the opinion of this Assembly that our Delegates at the Continental Congress should he ...
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... objects of ambition had presented themselves to his youthful mind , bold and ardent as it was , he regarded his appointment to the Presidency as a call of Providence , and cheerfully quitted the bright path of military glory for the ...
... objects of ambition had presented themselves to his youthful mind , bold and ardent as it was , he regarded his appointment to the Presidency as a call of Providence , and cheerfully quitted the bright path of military glory for the ...
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Seite 76 - Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean?
Seite 337 - He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences ; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion.
Seite 40 - The Family Shakspeare ; in which nothing is added to the Original Text ; but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud. By T. BOWDLEB, Esq. FRS New Edition, in Volumes for the Pocket ; with 36 Wood Engravings, from Designs by Smirke, Howard, and other Artists.
Seite 349 - Having undertaken, for the Glory of God and advancement of the Christian Faith and Honor of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the First Colony in the Northern Parts of Virginia...
Seite 45 - English Traits;" "The Conduct of Life;" "May-Day and other Poems " and " Society and Solitude;" besides many others. He was a prominent member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, of the American Philosophical Society, the Massachusetts Historical Society and other kindred associations.
Seite 85 - Country men, let not the meannesse of the word fish distaste you, for it will afford as good gold as the Mines of Guiana or Potassie, with lesse hazard and charge, and more certainty and facility.
Seite 208 - I proceed to lay it down as a rule, that one man of discernment is better fitted to analise and estimate the peculiar qualities adapted to particular offices, than a body of men of equal, or perhaps even of superior discernment. The sole and undivided responsibility of one man will naturally beget a livelier sense of duty and a more exact regard to reputation.
Seite 141 - A severe and proud dame she was ; bestowing every day in dressing herself near as much time as any of the gentry of the land : powdering her hair and painting her face, going with her necklaces, with jewels in her ears, and bracelets upon her hands. When she had dressed herself, her work was to make girdles of wampum and beads.
Seite 112 - I fell a weeping; which was the first time, to my remembrance, that I wept before them. Although I had met with so much affliction, and my heart was many times ready to break, yet could I not shed one tear in their sight, but rather had been all this while in a maze, and like one astonished ; but now I may say as Psal. 137 : 1, — " By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
Seite 144 - She had a kersey coat, covered with girdles of wampum from the loins upward. Her arms, from her elbows to her hands, were covered with bracelets ; there were handfuls of necklaces about her neck, and several sorts of jewels in her ears. She had fine red stockings and white shoes, her hair powdered and her face painted red, that was always before black.