Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, 第 8 巻R. W. Pomeroy, 1827 |
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... character , he had at- tained even before he entered the legislature . In all the proceedings of the committee he took an active and prominent part , and as his capacious mind gradually unfolded its powers , his assiduity and attention ...
... character , he had at- tained even before he entered the legislature . In all the proceedings of the committee he took an active and prominent part , and as his capacious mind gradually unfolded its powers , his assiduity and attention ...
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... character , to any civil office under the United States . What the sense of the house would have been on so singular a subject , we are at a loss to know , for on a motion for the previous question , it was resolved that the main one ...
... character , to any civil office under the United States . What the sense of the house would have been on so singular a subject , we are at a loss to know , for on a motion for the previous question , it was resolved that the main one ...
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... character , is more tempting than a bribe . He offered as a resolution , that " as it might be highly injurious to the interests of these United States , to permit candidates for public offices to vote in , or otherwise influence their ...
... character , is more tempting than a bribe . He offered as a resolution , that " as it might be highly injurious to the interests of these United States , to permit candidates for public offices to vote in , or otherwise influence their ...
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... character and talents of Mr. Gerry new light , from a source the most authentic and pure , we take this occasion to insert them . " Mr. Gerry , " observes the late President Adams , " was a financier , and had been employed for years on ...
... character and talents of Mr. Gerry new light , from a source the most authentic and pure , we take this occasion to insert them . " Mr. Gerry , " observes the late President Adams , " was a financier , and had been employed for years on ...
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... character may be well supposed to have demanded and received considerable attention . It was referred to a committee , who made report thereon ; it was warmly and zealously debated ; and it was again referred to a committee . In GERRY . 41.
... character may be well supposed to have demanded and received considerable attention . It was referred to a committee , who made report thereon ; it was warmly and zealously debated ; and it was again referred to a committee . In GERRY . 41.
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301 ページ - 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...
266 ページ - 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.
51 ページ - 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...
211 ページ - 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.
38 ページ - 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...
266 ページ - 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.
263 ページ - 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.
307 ページ - The king replied, as quick as lightning, " An honest man will never have any other.
307 ページ - 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.