The Works of Charles Sumner, Том 12Lee and Shepard, 1877 |
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... judgment , nearer than any other in our language to that of Madame de Sévigné , whom he never wearied in praising . It is free , easy , gossipy , historic , and spicy . But I deal with him now only as a prophet . And I begin with his ...
... judgment , nearer than any other in our language to that of Madame de Sévigné , whom he never wearied in praising . It is free , easy , gossipy , historic , and spicy . But I deal with him now only as a prophet . And I begin with his ...
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... judgment . Time must determine . It is the will of Heaven that the two countries should be sundered for- The day is passed . The second day of July , 1776 , will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America . I am apt to ...
... judgment . Time must determine . It is the will of Heaven that the two countries should be sundered for- The day is passed . The second day of July , 1776 , will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America . I am apt to ...
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... judgment is of great weight , has written : " The letters are unquestionably spurious . " Others unite with him . It is impossible to read the papers in the " Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society , " already quoted , and ...
... judgment is of great weight , has written : " The letters are unquestionably spurious . " Others unite with him . It is impossible to read the papers in the " Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society , " already quoted , and ...
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... judgments . Evidently he did not like Hart- ley , In one place he speaks of him as " a person of consummate vanity " ; then , as " talkative and dispu- tatious , and not always intelligible " ; and in still an- other place remarks ...
... judgments . Evidently he did not like Hart- ley , In one place he speaks of him as " a person of consummate vanity " ; then , as " talkative and dispu- tatious , and not always intelligible " ; and in still an- other place remarks ...
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... judgment of John Adams , who in his old age said of them that " a reader who has patience to search for good sense in an uncouth and disgusting style will find in those writings proofs of a thinking mind . " 2 He seems to have written a ...
... judgment of John Adams , who in his old age said of them that " a reader who has patience to search for good sense in an uncouth and disgusting style will find in those writings proofs of a thinking mind . " 2 He seems to have written a ...
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Страница 140 - or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate ; Not cities proud with spires and turrets crowned; Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride ; Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed Baseness wafts perfume to Pride : No ; MEN, high-miuded MEN, Men, who their duties know, But know their
Страница 206 - undertook to speak in the name of " the good people " of the Colonies. Here was a national act . In the Declaration of Rights which it put forth, — fit precursor of the Declaration of Independence,— it grandly claims, that, by the immutable laws of Nature, the principles of the English Constitution, and the several Charters,
Страница 183 - And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel, .... and they shall be no more two nations Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions.
Страница 341 - expulsion from office, his vindication must be in every respect and on each charge beyond a doubt. He must show that his longer continuance in office is not inconsistent with the public safety,— " Or at least so prove it, That the probation bear no hinge nor loop To hang a doubt on.
Страница 212 - of the Ohio, fertile and rich beyond imagination, where are now prosperous States rejoicing in the Union. All these cessions were on the condition that the lands should " be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States, and be settled and formed into distinct republican States.
Страница 381 - Constitution leaves no doubt as to the proper functions of the Supreme Court. It may hear and determine " all cases in law and equity arising under the Constitution, the laws of the United States, and treaties made under their authority "; but
Страница 230 - gives to them a national name, and this was his legacy: " 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.
Страница 220 - in all our deliberations we kept steadily in our view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our National existence.
Страница 355 - Provided, That the Secretaries of State, of the Treasury, of War, of the Navy, and of the Interior, the Postmaster-General, and the Attorney-General, shall hold their offices respectively for and during the term of the President by whom they may have been appointed and for one mouth thereafter, subject to removal by and with the advice and consent
Страница 206 - Constitution, and the several Charters, all the inhabitants are " entitled to life, liberty, and property," and then announces "that the foundation of English liberty and of all free government is a right in the people to participate in their legislative council.