The American Nation: Its Executive, Legislative, Political, Financial, Judicial and Industrial History : Embracing Sketches of the Lives of Its Chief Magistrates, Its Eminent Statesmen, Financiers, Soldiers and Jurists, with Monographs on Subjects of Peculiar Historical Interest, 第 1 卷James Harrison Kennedy Williams Publishing Company, 1888 |
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... present greatness , and the many conflicts by which the bless- ings of to - day have been won and made secure . No matter what lines of knowledge or culture may be closed to the voter , or to him who is to become one by added years of ...
... present greatness , and the many conflicts by which the bless- ings of to - day have been won and made secure . No matter what lines of knowledge or culture may be closed to the voter , or to him who is to become one by added years of ...
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... present day . In addition , the biographies of the great men of the past and present are fully given - our chief magistrates , statesmen , judges , soldiers , financiers and philanthropists . The work done herein is that of men who have ...
... present day . In addition , the biographies of the great men of the past and present are fully given - our chief magistrates , statesmen , judges , soldiers , financiers and philanthropists . The work done herein is that of men who have ...
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... present instance , who have accomplished a task to which the powers of mortal man have never hitherto attained ; for , if there have been those who have anywhere written or spoken of these isl- ands , they have done so with doubts and ...
... present instance , who have accomplished a task to which the powers of mortal man have never hitherto attained ; for , if there have been those who have anywhere written or spoken of these isl- ands , they have done so with doubts and ...
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... present site of Montreal , spent the winter on the St. Lawrence , and carried his party back to France in the following spring . From these movements and others of like charac- ter , the French laid claim to that portion of the new ...
... present site of Montreal , spent the winter on the St. Lawrence , and carried his party back to France in the following spring . From these movements and others of like charac- ter , the French laid claim to that portion of the new ...
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... present California , and , crossing the Pacific ocean , had rounded the Cape of Good Hope , and thus sailed around the globe . With the destruction of the Armada in the English channel in 1588 , the power of Spain began to decline , and ...
... present California , and , crossing the Pacific ocean , had rounded the Cape of Good Hope , and thus sailed around the globe . With the destruction of the Armada in the English channel in 1588 , the power of Spain began to decline , and ...
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第 529 頁 - Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities.
第 264 頁 - And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.
第 371 頁 - Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free. Nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same government.
第 346 頁 - That if any person shall write, print, utter or publish, or shall cause or procure to be written, printed, uttered or published, or shall knowingly and willingly assist or aid in writing, printing, uttering or publishing any false, scandalous and malicious writing or writings against the government of the United States...
第 228 頁 - I am much at a loss to conceive what part of my conduct could have given encouragement to an address, which, to me, seems big with the greatest mischiefs that can befall my country.
第 155 頁 - Sir ; A letter, which I received last night, contained the following paragraph; " In a letter from General Conway to General Gates he says, ' Heaven has been determined to save your country, or a weak General and bad counsellors would have ruined it.
第 261 頁 - I never mean, unless some particular circumstances should compel me to it, to possess another slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes to see some plan adopted by which slavery in this country may be abolished by law.
第 228 頁 - Let me conjure you, then, if you have any regard for your country, concern for yourself, or posterity, or respect for me, to banish these thoughts from your mind, and never communicate, as from yourself or any one else, a sentiment of the like nature.
第 88 頁 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore.
第 119 頁 - Entre nous, a certain great man is most damnably deficient. He has thrown me into a situation where I have my choice of difficulties : if I stay in this province, I risk myself and army ; and if I do not stay, the province is lost forever.