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... common enemy ; defied his power ; and , in some degree , has been enabled to say , " Hitherto thou mayest come , but no further . " And we trust that the courage and unanimity of a free people will ever continue them in this high ...
... common enemy ; defied his power ; and , in some degree , has been enabled to say , " Hitherto thou mayest come , but no further . " And we trust that the courage and unanimity of a free people will ever continue them in this high ...
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... common life , depend upon those which have preceded them ; the only difficulty in the historian is to trace the clue , and thus ex- hibit at once in a luminous and forcible point of view the conse- quences and their causes . On this ...
... common life , depend upon those which have preceded them ; the only difficulty in the historian is to trace the clue , and thus ex- hibit at once in a luminous and forcible point of view the conse- quences and their causes . On this ...
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... common with every member of the house , and every subject of the realm , to state his real opinion of the situation of our affairs , and of the best means which remained for their extrication of the peril in which they were involved ...
... common with every member of the house , and every subject of the realm , to state his real opinion of the situation of our affairs , and of the best means which remained for their extrication of the peril in which they were involved ...
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... common reflec- tion say , that if the restoration of Hanover were the sole object , it was worth while to make war against Prussia ? The British go- vernment had continued at with Prussia as long as the Prussian resources were ...
... common reflec- tion say , that if the restoration of Hanover were the sole object , it was worth while to make war against Prussia ? The British go- vernment had continued at with Prussia as long as the Prussian resources were ...
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... common with many of those who sit around him . Con- sistently with those opinions , the honourable gentleman had a right to press such an amendment , and to expect a very different reception of it . I certainly rejoice in that change of ...
... common with many of those who sit around him . Con- sistently with those opinions , the honourable gentleman had a right to press such an amendment , and to expect a very different reception of it . I certainly rejoice in that change of ...
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Page 252 - Their patriotism would certainly prefer its continuance and application to the great purposes of the public education, roads, rivers, canals, and such other objects of public improvement as it may be thought proper to add to the constitutional enumeration of federal powers.
Page 251 - I congratulate you, fellow-citizens, on the approach of the period at which you may interpose your authority constitutionally to withdraw the citizens of the United States from all further participation in those violations of human rights which have been so long continued on the unoffending inhabitants of Africa, and which the morality, the reputation, and the best interests of our country have long been eager to proscribe.
Page 159 - Even he that hath clean hands, and a pure heart : and that hath not lift up his mind unto vanity, nor sworn to deceive his neighbour.
Page 130 - Hardy, and as that officer, though often sent for, could not leave the deck, Nelson feared that some fatal cause prevented him, and repeatedly cried: "Will no one bring Hardy to me?
Page 131 - I am going fast; it will be all over with me soon. Come nearer to me. Let my dear Lady Hamilton have my hair and all other things belonging to me.
Page 131 - I have called two or three of our fresh ships round, and have no doubt of giving them a drubbing." "I hope," said Nelson, "none of our ships have struck ? ' ' Hardy answered, '
Page 274 - We do for that end publish this Our royal proclamation, and do hereby dissolve the said Parliament accordingly ; and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the knights, citizens, and burgesses, and the commissioners for shires and burghs, of the House of...
Page 251 - After proceeding up it about six hundred miles, nearly as far as the French settlements had extended while the country was in their possession, our geographers were obliged to return without completing their work.
Page 85 - I can give you a strong proof; for I not only suppressed the letter while you stayed there, out of delicacy to you, but it was the reason why, out of delicacy to myself, I did not go to see him, as you often proposed to me, thinking it wrong to go and make a cordial visit to a man, with a letter in my pocket to laugh at him.
Page 251 - The expedition of Messrs. Lewis and Clarke, for exploring the river Missouri, and the best communication from that to the Pacific ocean, has had all the success which could have been expected. They have traced the Missouri nearly to its source, descended the Columbia to the Pacific ocean, ascertained with accuracy the geography of that interesting communication across our continent, learned the character of the country, of its commerce, and inhabitants ; and it is but justice to say that Messrs....