History of the United States: To which is Prefixed a Brief Historical Account of Our [English] Ancestors, from the Dispersion at Babel, to Their Migration to America, and of the Conquest of South America, by the SpaniardsDurrie & Peck, 1832 - 316 ページ |
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... took their meals sitting , either on mats of straw or on skins , each with a separate table , which was a board , either on legs or placed on the knees . Hence our use of board for table , and for diet , to this day . Their drink was ...
... took their meals sitting , either on mats of straw or on skins , each with a separate table , which was a board , either on legs or placed on the knees . Hence our use of board for table , and for diet , to this day . Their drink was ...
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... took great pains to aid its growth , and to deepen its color to a fiery red . For this purpose , they used a kind of pomatum or soap , composed of fat , ashes , and lime . In the time of Augustus , the Roman ladies in- troduced the ...
... took great pains to aid its growth , and to deepen its color to a fiery red . For this purpose , they used a kind of pomatum or soap , composed of fat , ashes , and lime . In the time of Augustus , the Roman ladies in- troduced the ...
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... took shelter in the woods , and others submitted to slavery . 41. War between the Britons and Saxons . Notwith- standing the cowardice and submission of many of the Britons , there were many who determined to resist the Saxons , and for ...
... took shelter in the woods , and others submitted to slavery . 41. War between the Britons and Saxons . Notwith- standing the cowardice and submission of many of the Britons , there were many who determined to resist the Saxons , and for ...
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... took up their abode in England . By these Normans , the agri- culture of England was improved . The instruments : of husbandry , such as carts , harrows , sythes , sickles and flails , were nearly of the form now used ; but the plow had ...
... took up their abode in England . By these Normans , the agri- culture of England was improved . The instruments : of husbandry , such as carts , harrows , sythes , sickles and flails , were nearly of the form now used ; but the plow had ...
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... took from the pope his power of gov- erning the English church , was the beginning of the reformation ; from which we see that Henry's personal enmity to the Roman pontif was the moving cause , and not any opposition to the Catholic ...
... took from the pope his power of gov- erning the English church , was the beginning of the reformation ; from which we see that Henry's personal enmity to the Roman pontif was the moving cause , and not any opposition to the Catholic ...
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310 ページ - Citizens by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.
309 ページ - In the discharge of this trust, I will only say, that I have, with good intentions, contributed towards the organization and administration of the Government the best exertions of which a very fallible judgment was capable.
313 ページ - All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle, and of fatal tendency. They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force, 'to put in the place of the delegated will of the Nation the will of a party, often a small but artful...
311 ページ - The east. in a like intercourse with the west, already finds, and in the progressive improvement of interior communications by land and water will more and more find a valuable vent for the commodities which it brings from abroad, or manufactures at home. The west derives from the east supplies requisite to its growth and comfort — and what is perhaps of still greater consequence, it must of necessity owe the secure enjoyment of indispensable outlets for its own productions, to the weight, influence,...
312 ページ - In contemplating the causes which may disturb our Union, it occurs as a matter of serious concern, that any ground should have been furnished for characterizing parties by geographical discriminations Northern and Southern, Atlantic and Western; whence designing men may endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views.
314 ページ - Let me .now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally. This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind.
314 ページ - ... the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose; and there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume.
315 ページ - If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
314 ページ - There is an opinion, that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government, and serve to keep alive the spirit of Liberty.
315 ページ - Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.