A Biography of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence: And of Washington and Patrick Henry. With an Appendix, Containing the Constitution of the United States and Other Documents, Band 2J. Dobson, and Thomas, Cowperthwait & Company, 1839 - 354 Seiten |
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... talents unsurpassed , his soul illumined with the fire of patriotism , his indignation roused against the hirelings of the king , his sympathies excited by the sufferings of his country , Mr. Jefferson was well calculated to become one ...
... talents unsurpassed , his soul illumined with the fire of patriotism , his indignation roused against the hirelings of the king , his sympathies excited by the sufferings of his country , Mr. Jefferson was well calculated to become one ...
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... talents , strict rectitude , and stern in- tegrity . In 1783 , Thomas Jefferson again took his seat in congress , and be- came one of its brightest ornaments . The chaste and moving address from that body to Washington , when he ...
... talents , strict rectitude , and stern in- tegrity . In 1783 , Thomas Jefferson again took his seat in congress , and be- came one of its brightest ornaments . The chaste and moving address from that body to Washington , when he ...
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... talents , in traces so deep , that time , nor angels ' tears , can never remove it . Like a comet , propelled by its own cen- trifugal force from its constitutional orbit , he fell to rise no more , and our country was preserved from ...
... talents , in traces so deep , that time , nor angels ' tears , can never remove it . Like a comet , propelled by its own cen- trifugal force from its constitutional orbit , he fell to rise no more , and our country was preserved from ...
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... talent and rigid integrity , rarely equalled and never sur- passed . His whole career was calm and dignified . Under all cir- cumstances his coolness , deliberation , and equanimity of mind , placed him on a lofty eminence , and enabled ...
... talent and rigid integrity , rarely equalled and never sur- passed . His whole career was calm and dignified . Under all cir- cumstances his coolness , deliberation , and equanimity of mind , placed him on a lofty eminence , and enabled ...
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... talents of a superior order , which attracted the attention , excited the admiration , and gained the esteem of his colleagues . They also excited the jealousy and irony of his enemies , who soon put him in the crucible of slander and ...
... talents of a superior order , which attracted the attention , excited the admiration , and gained the esteem of his colleagues . They also excited the jealousy and irony of his enemies , who soon put him in the crucible of slander and ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
action Adams admired adopted advocate American American revolution appointed army articles of confederation assembly became body bold Britain British career citizens colonies commenced committee constitution Continental Congress convention court crown death declaration delegates duties elected eloquence enemies England entered equal rights esteemed exertions fame father favour feelings firm Francis Lightfoot Lee freedom friends George Clymer glory governor happy heart Henry honest honour house of burgesses human important independence influence Jefferson John Adams judge justice king labour legislative legislature liberal principles measures ment mind ministry Morris mother country nation native oppression parliament party Patrick Henry patriots peace person Philadelphia placed political president rendered republican respect retired revolution Richard Henry Lee Roger Sherman roused sages Samuel Adams soon South Carolina spirit stamp act stood talents tion took his seat United Virginia virtue vote Washington William wisdom
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 307 - It serves always to distract the public councils, and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection.
Seite 339 - 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 20 - ... equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none, the support of the state governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies...
Seite 327 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and, from time to time, publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
Seite 307 - Monarchical cast, patriotism may look with indulgence, if not with favor, upon the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in Governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency, it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose. And, there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance...
Seite 332 - United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.
Seite 331 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Seite 340 - Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or restrain this execrable commerce.
Seite 310 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellowcitizens,) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove, that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government.
Seite 304 - The East, in a like intercourse with the West, already finds, and in the progressive improvement of interior communications by land and water, will more and more find, a valuable vent for the commodities which it brings from abroad, or manufactures at home. The West derives from the East supplies requisite to its growth and comfort, and, what is perhaps of still greater consequence, it must of necessity owe the secure enjoyment of indispensable outlets for its own productions to the weight, influence,...