The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, Том 2H. Perkins, 1835 |
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... occasion was highly praiseworthy . When the repeal was about to be attempted , it was concerted by his friends , that he should appear before the house of commons , and be examined on the whole question at issue . Here he displayed ...
... occasion was highly praiseworthy . When the repeal was about to be attempted , it was concerted by his friends , that he should appear before the house of commons , and be examined on the whole question at issue . Here he displayed ...
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... occasion to introduce changes and amendments in the laws and institutions , founded on the just and great principles of the social compact . He was supported by able coadjutors , it is true ; but the leading and most important laws were ...
... occasion to introduce changes and amendments in the laws and institutions , founded on the just and great principles of the social compact . He was supported by able coadjutors , it is true ; but the leading and most important laws were ...
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... occasion . Yet an accident went near to defeat the acknowledged wishes and intentions of the people . The democratic party had elected Mr. JEFFERSON as president , and Mr. Burr as vice- president , by an equal number of votes ; but as ...
... occasion . Yet an accident went near to defeat the acknowledged wishes and intentions of the people . The democratic party had elected Mr. JEFFERSON as president , and Mr. Burr as vice- president , by an equal number of votes ; but as ...
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... occasion excited it , beaming with enthusiasm ; his address was cordial , confirming the welcome of his lips ; his motions were flexible and easy , his step firm and sprightly ; and such were his strength and agility , that he was accus ...
... occasion excited it , beaming with enthusiasm ; his address was cordial , confirming the welcome of his lips ; his motions were flexible and easy , his step firm and sprightly ; and such were his strength and agility , that he was accus ...
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... occasion of ungenerous remarks upon his conduct and motives . It certainly enabled him to live in a style which differed materially from that adopted by his great rival , Samuel Adams . The latter was in moderate circumstances , and was ...
... occasion of ungenerous remarks upon his conduct and motives . It certainly enabled him to live in a style which differed materially from that adopted by his great rival , Samuel Adams . The latter was in moderate circumstances , and was ...
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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...