Library of Universal Literature: In Four Parts, Comprising Science, Biography, Fiction and the Great Orations, Volume 15P. F. Collier, 1900 |
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... ment of Congress - Fancied Harmony of the Cabinet - Jefferson suspects Hamilton of Finesse in procuring his Agency in the Assumption • • . 176 CHAPTER X. Lafayette at the Head of the Revolution in France - His Letter to Washington ...
... ment of Congress - Fancied Harmony of the Cabinet - Jefferson suspects Hamilton of Finesse in procuring his Agency in the Assumption • • . 176 CHAPTER X. Lafayette at the Head of the Revolution in France - His Letter to Washington ...
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... ment . Change the milk - and - water style of your last memo- rial . Assume a bolder tone , decent , but lively , spirited and determined ; and suspect the man who would advise to more moderation and longer forbearance . Let two or ...
... ment . Change the milk - and - water style of your last memo- rial . Assume a bolder tone , decent , but lively , spirited and determined ; and suspect the man who would advise to more moderation and longer forbearance . Let two or ...
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... ment ; drawn with great art , calculated to impress the mind with an idea of premeditated injustice in the sovereign power of the United States , and to rouse all those resentments which must unavoidably flow from such a belief . On ...
... ment ; drawn with great art , calculated to impress the mind with an idea of premeditated injustice in the sovereign power of the United States , and to rouse all those resentments which must unavoidably flow from such a belief . On ...
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... ment of complete justice for all your toils and dangers , and the gratification of every wish , so far as may be done con- sistently with the great duty I owe my country and those powers we are bound to respect , you may fully command ...
... ment of complete justice for all your toils and dangers , and the gratification of every wish , so far as may be done con- sistently with the great duty I owe my country and those powers we are bound to respect , you may fully command ...
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... ment he had received the royal order for the cessation of hostilities , he had written for all the shipping that could be procured from Europe and the West Indies . As early as the 27th of April a fleet had sailed for different parts of ...
... ment he had received the royal order for the cessation of hostilities , he had written for all the shipping that could be procured from Europe and the West Indies . As early as the 27th of April a fleet had sailed for different parts of ...
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