Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams, Sixth President of the United States: With the Eulogy Delivered Before the Legislature of New YorkSaxton, Barker, 1860 - 387 pages |
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... whole mili- tia of the city was in requisition , and military watches and guards were everywhere placed . We were all upon a level . No man was exempted : our military officers were our only superiors . I had the honor to be summoned in ...
... whole mili- tia of the city was in requisition , and military watches and guards were everywhere placed . We were all upon a level . No man was exempted : our military officers were our only superiors . I had the honor to be summoned in ...
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... whole day , and draw upon paper various figures , to be imprinted upon the pa- per for rooms , as fast as his eye can roll and his fingers move , and no two of his draughts shall be alike . The Saracens , the Knights of Malta , the army ...
... whole day , and draw upon paper various figures , to be imprinted upon the pa- per for rooms , as fast as his eye can roll and his fingers move , and no two of his draughts shall be alike . The Saracens , the Knights of Malta , the army ...
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... whole people . 66 Frugality and industry are virtues everywhere , but avarice and stinginess are not frugality . The Dutch say , that without a habit of thinking of every doit be- fore you spend it , no man can be a good merchant , or ...
... whole people . 66 Frugality and industry are virtues everywhere , but avarice and stinginess are not frugality . The Dutch say , that without a habit of thinking of every doit be- fore you spend it , no man can be a good merchant , or ...
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... whole life , in a manner so agreeable to myself . " George III . replied with dignity , but not without some manifestations of excitement : — " The circumstances of this audience are so extraor- dinary , the language you have now held ...
... whole life , in a manner so agreeable to myself . " George III . replied with dignity , but not without some manifestations of excitement : — " The circumstances of this audience are so extraor- dinary , the language you have now held ...
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... whole people , and not of a faction . His magnanimous spirit would not stoop to party favoritism , nor allow him to exercise the power entrusted him , to promote the interests of any political clique . In all his measures his great ...
... whole people , and not of a faction . His magnanimous spirit would not stoop to party favoritism , nor allow him to exercise the power entrusted him , to promote the interests of any political clique . In all his measures his great ...
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Page 332 - So live, that, when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, which moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 287 - Joint Resolution. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States...
Page 244 - And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; 3 And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel...
Page 37 - I wish you Sir, to believe, and that it may be understood in America, that I have done nothing in the late Contest, but what I thought myself indispensably bound to do, by the Duty which I owed to my People. I will be very frank with you. I was the last to...
Page 275 - Representatives, to take into consideration what disposition should be made of petitions and memorials for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade, in the District of Columbia, and report thereon.
Page 263 - Thy spirit, Independence ! let me share, Lord of the lion heart and eagle eye ! Thy steps I follow 'with my bosom bare, Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky.
Page 116 - That the House of Representatives participates with the people of the United States in the deep interest which they feel for the success of the Spanish provinces of South America which are struggling to establish their liberty and independence ; and that it will give its constitutional support to the President of the United States, whenever he may deem it expedient to recognize the sovereignty and independence of any of the said provinces.
Page 62 - Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people ? And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
Page 355 - The die is now cast, I have passed the Rubicon; sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, with my country, is my unalterable determination.
Page 127 - Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to enter upon and prosecute from time to time such negotiations with the several maritime powers of Europe and America as he may deem expedient for the effectual abolition of the African slave trade and its ultimate denunciation as piracy under the law of nations, by the consent of the civilized world.