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... headed posterity usually confers , presented itself to his mind . " If I follow said he , the example of my predecessor in office and of my friend Nap , I shall regard solely the incidents of the present moment ; To 3 *
... headed posterity usually confers , presented itself to his mind . " If I follow said he , the example of my predecessor in office and of my friend Nap , I shall regard solely the incidents of the present moment ; To 3 *
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... present moment ; To be artful in managing events , is to be successful- to be successful is to be famous - to be famous is to be great , and what more is , or can be desired , or wished for ? Alexander accomplished no more , and ...
... present moment ; To be artful in managing events , is to be successful- to be successful is to be famous - to be famous is to be great , and what more is , or can be desired , or wished for ? Alexander accomplished no more , and ...
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... 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 ejaculated the chief ...
... 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 ejaculated the chief ...
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... present , and was in the habit of being heard on such occasions , was observed to look rather sour , while Mad- am was delivering her speech , and , when her Ladyship had finished , rose and made a few observations in reply . " I ...
... present , and was in the habit of being heard on such occasions , was observed to look rather sour , while Mad- am was delivering her speech , and , when her Ladyship had finished , rose and made a few observations in reply . " I ...
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... present is not the time . Events must be ripened for the crisis . Thomas the wise , has said much against taxes , and Uncle Sam has been wonderfully pleased with the doctrine . You know , my Dear , we put old John Braintree out of ...
... present is not the time . Events must be ripened for the crisis . Thomas the wise , has said much against taxes , and Uncle Sam has been wonderfully pleased with the doctrine . You know , my Dear , we put old John Braintree out of ...
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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.
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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.