Our Countrymen: Or, Brief Memoirs of Eminent AmericansLippincott, Grambo, 1855 - 407 頁 |
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... Court for the Southern District of New York . In the note on page 196 , it is erroneously stated that J. G. W. Trumbull , Esq . , of Norwich , Connecticut , had been governor of that State . ELECTROTYPED BY THOMAS B. SMITH , 82 & 84 ...
... Court for the Southern District of New York . In the note on page 196 , it is erroneously stated that J. G. W. Trumbull , Esq . , of Norwich , Connecticut , had been governor of that State . ELECTROTYPED BY THOMAS B. SMITH , 82 & 84 ...
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... court , composed of deputy - governor Dudley and mem- bers of the Council , on the 23d of August , 1630 , under a large tree at Charles- town ; and the first topic brought under consideration was a suitable provision for the support of ...
... court , composed of deputy - governor Dudley and mem- bers of the Council , on the 23d of August , 1630 , under a large tree at Charles- town ; and the first topic brought under consideration was a suitable provision for the support of ...
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... court of Massachusetts granted him three hundred acres of land , in 1641. He frequently complained that his printing was unprofitable . He continued in the business until the beginning of 1649 , when his establishment went into the ...
... court of Massachusetts granted him three hundred acres of land , in 1641. He frequently complained that his printing was unprofitable . He continued in the business until the beginning of 1649 , when his establishment went into the ...
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... Court with all the distinction due to a princess . But the silly bigot on the throne was highly indignant because one of his subjects had dared to marry a lady of royal blood , and absurdly apprehended that Rolfe might lay claim " to ...
... Court with all the distinction due to a princess . But the silly bigot on the throne was highly indignant because one of his subjects had dared to marry a lady of royal blood , and absurdly apprehended that Rolfe might lay claim " to ...
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... court passed a sentence of banishment against him in 1635 , and early in January , 1636 , he left the colony for the wil- derness toward Narraganset Bay , to avoid being seized and sent to England . After severe trials and hardships ...
... court passed a sentence of banishment against him in 1635 , and early in January , 1636 , he left the colony for the wil- derness toward Narraganset Bay , to avoid being seized and sent to England . After severe trials and hardships ...
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第 162 頁 - Otis was a flame of .fire ; with a promptitude of classical allusions, a depth of research, a rapid summary of historical events and dates, a profusion of legal authorities, a prophetic glance of his eyes into futurity, and a rapid torrent of impetuous eloquence, he hurried away all before him. American Independence was then and there born.
第 401 頁 - With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
第 28 頁 - This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been of use to me; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people by their carrying their heads too high.
第 404 頁 - For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God : but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.
第 10 頁 - The best part of a community is always the least, and of that least part the wiser are still less...
第 28 頁 - I did not understand him, till I felt my head hit against the beam. He was a man that never missed any occasion of giving instruction, and upon this he said to me, "•You are young, and have the world before you ; STOOP as you go through it, and you will miss many hard thumps.
第 154 頁 - Lincoln had been a member of the Convention that framed the Constitution of the United States...
第 44 頁 - He is seventy years old; his whole life is consecrated to business, which he passionately loves, whether important or not; or rather, with respect to him, there is none of the latter description. He has all -the simplicity in his dress, all the importance, and even pedantry, becoming the great magistrate of a small republic.
第 70 頁 - TTAPPILY he did not need the smart of guilt to make him virtuous, nor the 11 'regret of folly to make him wise," were the words uttered by one who knew Fisher Ames well, and appreciated his noble character.