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Page 68
... law of gravitation , upon which the motions of the heavenly bodies depend ... laws which regulate the motions of the planetary system , although he was himself ... common parent of us all , to the Divine benignity . " Omnibus in rebus ...
... law of gravitation , upon which the motions of the heavenly bodies depend ... laws which regulate the motions of the planetary system , although he was himself ... common parent of us all , to the Divine benignity . " Omnibus in rebus ...
Page 70
... laws ; notwithstanding their attachment to the nation with whom they claimed a common language and descent ; they deliberately resolved , rather than submit to usurpation , to sever the ties which held them in allegiance to a parent ...
... laws ; notwithstanding their attachment to the nation with whom they claimed a common language and descent ; they deliberately resolved , rather than submit to usurpation , to sever the ties which held them in allegiance to a parent ...
Page 107
... common law of England by such jurists . We would not touch an important . principle that has long been a rule of decision , without the clearest demonstration of a general and essential advantage from the change . It is not enough to ...
... common law of England by such jurists . We would not touch an important . principle that has long been a rule of decision , without the clearest demonstration of a general and essential advantage from the change . It is not enough to ...
Page 108
... law of sale , as estab- lished by the common law of England , and the Roman or civil law ; and , without being willing to adopt all the principles of the latter , manifestly prefers it to the former . Indeed , he is not sparing of sharp ...
... law of sale , as estab- lished by the common law of England , and the Roman or civil law ; and , without being willing to adopt all the principles of the latter , manifestly prefers it to the former . Indeed , he is not sparing of sharp ...
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... law . It is impossible to take care of such dolts in any other way than by ... common discretion on his guard , and induced him to pause , and , at least ... law to draw him out of the consequences of such gross negligence . On the next ...
... law . It is impossible to take care of such dolts in any other way than by ... common discretion on his guard , and induced him to pause , and , at least ... law to draw him out of the consequences of such gross negligence . On the next ...
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Page 62 - The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, and urging the whole man onward, right onward to his object, — this, this is eloquence ; or rather it is something greater and higher than all eloquence, it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action.
Page 61 - The graces taught in the schools, the costly ornaments and studied contrivances of speech, shock and disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then, words have lost their power, rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible.
Page 61 - When public bodies are to be addressed on momentous occasions, when great interests are at stake and strong passions excited, nothing is valuable, in speech, farther than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness, are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it; but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshalled in every...
Page 285 - Traveller, in the stranger's land, Far from thine own household band ; Mourner, haunted by the tone Of a voice from this world gone ; Captive, in whose narrow cell, Sunshine hath not leave to dwell ; , Sailor, on the darkening sea, Lift the heart and bend the knee.
Page 304 - society, land of the second degree of fertility is ' taken into cultivation, rent immediately commences ' on that of the first quality, and the amount of that ' rent will depend on the difference in the quality of
Page 398 - Lest this declaration should disquiet the minds of our friends and fellow-subjects in any part of the empire, we assure them that we mean not to dissolve that union which has so long and so happily subsisted between us, and which we sincerely wish to see restored.
Page 63 - If we cherish the virtues and the principles of our fathers, Heaven will assist us to carry on the work of human liberty and human happiness. Auspicious omens cheer us. Great examples are before us. Our own firmament now shines brightly upon our path. WASHINGTON is in the clear upper sky.
Page 15 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Page 105 - The question in this case is, whether the intelligence of extrinsic circumstances, which might influence the price of the commodity, and which was exclusively within the knowledge of the vendee, ought to have been communicated by him to the vendor. The court is of opinion that he was not bound to communicate it.
Page 184 - ... prevail long. But if, in the moment of riot, and in a drunken delirium from the hot spirit drawn out of the alembic of hell, which in France is now so furiously boiling, we should uncover our nakedness, by throwing off...