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... duties he regard- ed present not future good , for the popular cry then was , " no taxes . " And when the public voice says war and taxes , so it must be ; no matter by what means that voice has been produced , or influenced . " Thus ...
... duties he regard- ed present not future good , for the popular cry then was , " no taxes . " And when the public voice says war and taxes , so it must be ; no matter by what means that voice has been produced , or influenced . " Thus ...
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... duty bound to execute . But I must insist that I know John Bull better than all of you ; I know he is a villainous tyrannical dog ; but I know also , that he is no coward , and that when once we get him into a corner and have raised his ...
... duty bound to execute . But I must insist that I know John Bull better than all of you ; I know he is a villainous tyrannical dog ; but I know also , that he is no coward , and that when once we get him into a corner and have raised his ...
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... duty it was to feel of the pulse of Uncle Sam , and carry messages and cards , immediately repaired to the mansion house , and deliv- ered the result of his embassy , where he found the Chief Steward in close conference with Uncle Sam's ...
... duty it was to feel of the pulse of Uncle Sam , and carry messages and cards , immediately repaired to the mansion house , and deliv- ered the result of his embassy , where he found the Chief Steward in close conference with Uncle Sam's ...
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... projected , or de- cided on , in any other way than by mere form , what I have said is the result of my feelings and the motive which prompted me , a sense of duty . " At the close of these remarks , her Ladyship took 4 * 83.
... projected , or de- cided on , in any other way than by mere form , what I have said is the result of my feelings and the motive which prompted me , a sense of duty . " At the close of these remarks , her Ladyship took 4 * 83.
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... duty was , had been dispatched to him to make known to him the declaration of war , or in other words to furnish him with a fist full of reasons , and teach his lips the why and the wherefore , he ought to make himself very angry with ...
... duty was , had been dispatched to him to make known to him the declaration of war , or in other words to furnish him with a fist full of reasons , and teach his lips the why and the wherefore , he ought to make himself very angry with ...
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The Adventures of Uncle Sam: In Search After His Lost Honor Frederick Augustus Fidfaddy No preview available - 2016 |
The Adventures of Uncle Sam, in Search After His Lost Honor Frederick Augustus Fidfaddy,Seth Richards No preview available - 2019 |
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Page 123 - His Britannic majesty and the United States of America, desirous of terminating the war which has unhappily subsisted between the two countries, and of restoring, upon principles of perfect reciprocity, peace, friendship, and good understanding between them, have, for that purpose, appointed their respective plenipotentiaries, that is to say: his Britannic majesty, on his part, has appointed the right...
Page 41 - United States have had to resist, with the firmness belonging to their character, the continued violation of their rights. The committee do not hesitate to declare, that France has greatly injured the United States, and that satisfactory reparation has not yet been made for many of those injuries. But, that is a concern which the United States will look to and settle for themselves.
Page 44 - that you shall so use your own property as not to injure that of your Neighbor.
Page 91 - ... them together so as to make one common fund. They could only pour them into one common treasury when they were assembled together in one place. They were directed therefore to make a weekly collection, on that day on which they were accustomed to meet as a Church. The day specified is the first day of the week.
Page 12 - And it fell out in the Stewardship of John, that he made a decree saying thou shalt not speak evil of the rulers of thy people ; thou shalt not lie. And the thing displeased Thomas and he said the decree is not good, So he destroyed the decree and said thou maycst lie ; but thou shalt not speak the truth against the rulers of thy people.