The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, Том 2H. Perkins, 1835 |
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... manner , even kings themselves , flocked to see them , and all retired full of admiration . for the invention of them . " On the conti- nent his discoveries were made public by the celebrated Buffon ; the experiments were repeated by M ...
... manner , even kings themselves , flocked to see them , and all retired full of admiration . for the invention of them . " On the conti- nent his discoveries were made public by the celebrated Buffon ; the experiments were repeated by M ...
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... manner , and information so much to the point on subjects of com- merce , policy of government , finance , & c .; his precision of language was so remarkable , that the effect was irresistible , and the repeal inevitable . Dr. FRANKLIN ...
... manner , and information so much to the point on subjects of com- merce , policy of government , finance , & c .; his precision of language was so remarkable , that the effect was irresistible , and the repeal inevitable . Dr. FRANKLIN ...
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... manner , descending even to coarse invective . He styled the venerable philosopher , and official representative of four of the American provinces , a " thief and a murderer , " who had " forfeited all the respect of society and of men ...
... manner , descending even to coarse invective . He styled the venerable philosopher , and official representative of four of the American provinces , a " thief and a murderer , " who had " forfeited all the respect of society and of men ...
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... manners , his scientific reputation , the ease , gaiety , and richness of his conversation - all contributed to render him an object of admiration to courtiers , fashionable ladies and savans . He regularly attended the meetings of the ...
... manners , his scientific reputation , the ease , gaiety , and richness of his conversation - all contributed to render him an object of admiration to courtiers , fashionable ladies and savans . He regularly attended the meetings of the ...
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... manner of impart- ing , enlivening his conversation by ingenious illustrations , sprightly thoughts or pleasantry ... manners , never showing any mean pride in concealing the humility of his birth . Such was Dr. FRANKLIN . In estimating ...
... manner of impart- ing , enlivening his conversation by ingenious illustrations , sprightly thoughts or pleasantry ... manners , never showing any mean pride in concealing the humility of his birth . Such was Dr. FRANKLIN . In estimating ...
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Страница 8 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Страница 6 - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...
Страница 8 - ... freedom of religion; freedom of the press, and freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus, and trial by juries impartially selected. These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.
Страница 6 - We kept no idle servants, our table was plain and simple, our furniture of the cheapest. For instance, my breakfast was a long time bread and milk (no tea), and I ate it out of a two-penny earthen porringer, with a pewter spoon. But mark how luxury will enter families, and make a progress, in spite of principle: being called one morning to breakfast, I found it in a China bowl, with a spoon of silver!
Страница 13 - It was about this time I conceived the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection. I wished to live without committing any fault at any time, and to conquer all that either natural inclination, custom or company, might lead me into. As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other.
Страница 9 - These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and...
Страница 3 - And that an exact inventory be taken of all such cannon and stores in order that they may be safely returned when the restoration of the former harmony between great Britain and these colonies so ardently wished for by the latter shall render it prudent and consistent with the overruling law of self preservation.
Страница 12 - ... short of despotism, since the discretion of those who administer the government, and not the Constitution, would be the measure of their powers ; that the several states who formed that instrument, being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction ; and that a nullification by those sovereignties of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instrument, is the rightful remedy...
Страница 10 - That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare, that it views the powers of the federal government, as resulting from the compact, to which the states are parties...