The Life of John Randolph of Roanoke, Količina 2D. Appleton, 1850 |
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... Question 118 CHAPTER XIII . Compromise Bill smuggled through the House 127 CHAPTER XIV . " I now go for blood " -Madness 136 CHAPTER XV . Missouri Question - Act the Second 139 CHAPTER XVI . " Be not solitary ; be not idle " -His Will ...
... Question 118 CHAPTER XIII . Compromise Bill smuggled through the House 127 CHAPTER XIV . " I now go for blood " -Madness 136 CHAPTER XV . Missouri Question - Act the Second 139 CHAPTER XVI . " Be not solitary ; be not idle " -His Will ...
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... question , " How and where I shall pass the summer months ? " To which I can only reply - as it pleases God ! If I go to any watering- place , it will be to our hot springs , for the purpose of stewing the rheumatism out of my carcase ...
... question , " How and where I shall pass the summer months ? " To which I can only reply - as it pleases God ! If I go to any watering- place , it will be to our hot springs , for the purpose of stewing the rheumatism out of my carcase ...
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... question . He is too honest , too un- suspicious , too deficient in cunning . I would as soon recommend such a man to a hazard - table and a gang of sharpers , as to a seat in any deliberative assembly in America . As Our quondam friend ...
... question . He is too honest , too un- suspicious , too deficient in cunning . I would as soon recommend such a man to a hazard - table and a gang of sharpers , as to a seat in any deliberative assembly in America . As Our quondam friend ...
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... question , I think nearly as you do ; but it has done a deal of.good with some mischief , and perhaps in the attempt to do more . How was the last administration over- thrown , do you suppose ? By rejecting proffered service from any ...
... question , I think nearly as you do ; but it has done a deal of.good with some mischief , and perhaps in the attempt to do more . How was the last administration over- thrown , do you suppose ? By rejecting proffered service from any ...
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... question , and the clamor and opposition of these persons , as a matter of course ? Will men listen to reasonings against it , judge of it impartially , and see its enormity , who are blinded by party spirit ? But let such men as Cheves ...
... question , and the clamor and opposition of these persons , as a matter of course ? Will men listen to reasonings against it , judge of it impartially , and see its enormity , who are blinded by party spirit ? But let such men as Cheves ...
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Stran 126 - That in all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the State contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and is hereby, forever prohibited...
Stran 181 - But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloisters pale, And love the high embow-ed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light.
Stran 70 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
Stran 303 - Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which wisdom builds, Till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems to enrich.
Stran 211 - This power, like all others vested in congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the constitution.
Stran 245 - While foreign nations, less blessed with that freedom which is power than ourselves, are advancing with gigantic strides in the career of public improvement, were we to slumber in indolence, or fold up our arms and proclaim to the world that we are palsied by the will of our constituents, would it not be to cast away the bounties of Providence, and doom ourselves to perpetual inferiority?
Stran 234 - And wi' the lave ilk merry morn Could rank my rig and lass, Still shearing, and clearing The tither stocked raw, Wi' claivers, an' haivers, Wearing the day awa : Ev'n then a wish, (I mind its power,) A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast ; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan, or beuk could make, Or sing a sang at least.
Stran 211 - The power of Congress, then, comprehends navigation, within the limits of every State in the Union ; so far as that navigation may be, in any manner, connected with "commerce with foreign nations, or among the several States, or with the Indian tribes.
Stran 133 - tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door ; but 'tis enough, 'twill serve : ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man. I am peppered, I warrant, for this world. A plague o...
Stran 119 - ... and that the States so formed shall be distinct republican States, and admitted members of the Federal Union, having the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence as the other States...