A Review of the Correspondence Between the Hon. John Adams, Late President of the United States, and the Late Wm: Cunningham, Esq., Beginning in 1803, and Ending in 1812Cushing and Appleton, 1824 - 197 頁 |
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... character ; and present some features in the characters of others whom he has introduced in- to his letters . In these he has been pleased 2 PAGE Introduction.
... character ; and present some features in the characters of others whom he has introduced in- to his letters . In these he has been pleased 2 PAGE Introduction.
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... characters , and of the relations in which they stand towards each other . That letter , therefore , with its connexions , will demand some notice . What is history ? A mere detail of events may en- gage curiosity ; but it is the characters ...
... characters , and of the relations in which they stand towards each other . That letter , therefore , with its connexions , will demand some notice . What is history ? A mere detail of events may en- gage curiosity ; but it is the characters ...
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... character by my contemporaries . On that footing I am willing it should rest . By introducing a few sentences in Latin , I do not desire to impose on the reader an idea of literature , to which I make no pretensions ; but when a passage ...
... character by my contemporaries . On that footing I am willing it should rest . By introducing a few sentences in Latin , I do not desire to impose on the reader an idea of literature , to which I make no pretensions ; but when a passage ...
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... the whole correspondence . Besides , why should Cunningham , the publisher , be more tender of Mr. Jefferson's character than of mine ? The latter 66 * Letter , Nov. 7 , 1808 . - was not less dear to me , my family and 10.
... the whole correspondence . Besides , why should Cunningham , the publisher , be more tender of Mr. Jefferson's character than of mine ? The latter 66 * Letter , Nov. 7 , 1808 . - was not less dear to me , my family and 10.
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... character and conduct of Mr. Jefferson ; " and asks Mr. Adams to furnish him with " some particulars - inte- resting incidents in Mr. Jefferson's career ; " at the same time telling him , that he had been informed , " that such " a work ...
... character and conduct of Mr. Jefferson ; " and asks Mr. Adams to furnish him with " some particulars - inte- resting incidents in Mr. Jefferson's career ; " at the same time telling him , that he had been informed , " that such " a work ...
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第 189 頁 - Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes ; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
第 195 頁 - Britain; and finally, we do assert, and declare these colonies to be free and independent states, and that as free and independent states, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do.
第 193 頁 - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither. This piratical warfare, the opprobrium of INFIDEL powers, is the warfare of the CHRISTIAN king of Great Britain. Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative...
第 192 頁 - He 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 of existence.
第 89 頁 - Letter from Alexander Hamilton, concerning the Public Conduct and Character of John Adams, Esq., President of the United States.
第 192 頁 - For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies...
第 194 頁 - Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British Brethren We have warned them from Time to Time of attempts by their Legislature to extend an unwarrantable Jurisdiction over us...
第 187 頁 - What can be your reasons?" "Reason first - You are a Virginian, and a Virginian ought to appear at the head of this business. Reason second - I am obnoxious, suspected, and unpopular. You are very much otherwise. Reason third - You can write ten times better than I can." "Well," said Jefferson, "If you are decided, I will do as well as I can.
第 193 頁 - A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant is unfit to be the ruler of a [ ] people [who mean to *