Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Volume 8R. W. Pomeroy, 1827 |
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... natural history , and to the productive resources and commerce of the country . It does not appear that the plan was ever made publicly known ; at least we have not been able to obtain any evidence of such a fact . As the winter ...
... natural history , and to the productive resources and commerce of the country . It does not appear that the plan was ever made publicly known ; at least we have not been able to obtain any evidence of such a fact . As the winter ...
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... nature . With this view a resolution was brought forward , and warmly supported by Mr. Gerry , recom- mending the subject to the different states ; urging them to procure , in addition to the allowances of clothing heretofore made by ...
... nature . With this view a resolution was brought forward , and warmly supported by Mr. Gerry , recom- mending the subject to the different states ; urging them to procure , in addition to the allowances of clothing heretofore made by ...
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... nature , so far from being obnoxious to censure , would seem to be a sacred duty ; a small return indeed to those whose services were beyond price , since no price could have induced an army to endure the fa- tigues , the disasters ...
... nature , so far from being obnoxious to censure , would seem to be a sacred duty ; a small return indeed to those whose services were beyond price , since no price could have induced an army to endure the fa- tigues , the disasters ...
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... nature , and so strongly points the world to the true political felicity of mankind . But whatever marks of wisdom and perfection appear upon the face of this system , it cannot be expected that pro- vison is made against every species ...
... nature , and so strongly points the world to the true political felicity of mankind . But whatever marks of wisdom and perfection appear upon the face of this system , it cannot be expected that pro- vison is made against every species ...
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... nature , and that the greatest men do often err ; let us not construe the errors of honest functionaries into crimes ; let us place in the opposite scale , their meritorious acts , and at least give them full credit for the balance ...
... nature , and that the greatest men do often err ; let us not construe the errors of honest functionaries into crimes ; let us place in the opposite scale , their meritorious acts , and at least give them full credit for the balance ...
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Page 301 - Congress shall earnestly recommend it to the legislatures of the respective States, to provide for the restitution of all estates, rights and properties which have been confiscated, belonging to real British subjects...
Page 266 - 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 51 - Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the...
Page 211 - England, sir, is a nation, which still I hope respects, and formerly adored, her freedom. The colonists emigrated from you, when this part of your character was most predominant ; and they took this bias and direction the moment they parted from your hands. They are therefore not only devoted to liberty, but to liberty according to English ideas, and on English principles.
Page 38 - STATES, and to consist of one delegate from each state; and to appoint such other committees and civil officers as may be necessary for managing the general affairs of the United States under their direction...
Page 266 - 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 way, but they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion.
Page 263 - Britain, and it is necessary that the exercise of every kind of authority under the said Crown should be totally suppressed, and all the powers of government exerted under the authority of the people of the Colonies, for the preservation of internal peace, virtue, and good order, as well as for the defence of their lives, liberties, and properties, against the hostile invasions and cruel depredations of their enemies.
Page 307 - The king replied, as quick as lightning, " An honest man will never have any other.
Page 307 - The King then asked me whether I came last from France, and upon my answering in the affirmative, he put on an air of familiarity, and smiling, or rather laughing, said : " There is an opinion among some people that you are not the most attached of all your countrymen to the manners of France.