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, 第 1 卷J. Dobson, and Thomas, Cowperthwait & Company, 1839 - 354 頁 |
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... important facts contained in more expensive , ponder- ous and voluminous works , placed in so small a compass , that they may be referred to with greater facility than in them . In the order of the names , it seems most appropriate to ...
... important facts contained in more expensive , ponder- ous and voluminous works , placed in so small a compass , that they may be referred to with greater facility than in them . In the order of the names , it seems most appropriate to ...
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... important document . He performed the task with a boldness of design , and beauty of execution , before unknown and yet unrivalled . The result of his labour is before the world . Admiring nations have united in applauding the ...
... important document . He performed the task with a boldness of design , and beauty of execution , before unknown and yet unrivalled . The result of his labour is before the world . Admiring nations have united in applauding the ...
第 17 頁
... important duties of negotiating treaties of commerce with several European nations . He embarked in July following for France , and arrived there on the 6th of August . During his stay he visited several of the foreign courts , but ...
... important duties of negotiating treaties of commerce with several European nations . He embarked in July following for France , and arrived there on the 6th of August . During his stay he visited several of the foreign courts , but ...
第 21 頁
... important point . Hear him , after invoking the aid of congress in the affairs of the nation : " I shall need , too ... importance to England of the importing and exporting trade , and as a means of bringing her to ho- nourable terms ...
... important point . Hear him , after invoking the aid of congress in the affairs of the nation : " I shall need , too ... importance to England of the importing and exporting trade , and as a means of bringing her to ho- nourable terms ...
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... important and responsible duty , but more upon the sphere of action and the magnitude of the cause in which the individual has been engaged . The cause in which JOHN HANCOCK , the subject of this brief sketch , was engaged , is one ...
... important and responsible duty , but more upon the sphere of action and the magnitude of the cause in which the individual has been engaged . The cause in which JOHN HANCOCK , the subject of this brief sketch , was engaged , is one ...
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第 20 頁 - ... 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...
第 352 頁 - He has excited Domestic Insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
第 331 頁 - For the more convenient management of the general interests of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislature of each State shall direct, to meet in Congress on the first Monday in November, in every year...
第 315 頁 - Citizens, by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations. With. slight shades of difference, you have the same religion, manners, habits and political principles.
第 321 頁 - ... the appearances of a virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption, or infatuation. As avenues to foreign influence, in innumerable ways, such attachments are particularly alarming to the truly enlightened and independent patriot. How many opportunities do they afford to tamper with domestic factions, to practice the arts of seduction, to mislead public opinion, to influence...
第 344 頁 - 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.
第 342 頁 - United States of America. He shall hold his office during the term of four years, and together with the vice-president, chosen for the same term, be elected as follows : 2. Each State shall appoint...
第 343 頁 - 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...
第 352 頁 - 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.
第 331 頁 - Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress...