Memoirs of the Rhode Island BarT.H. Webb & Company, 1842 - 311 strani Biographies of 15 Rhode Island attorneys general from 1721-1825. |
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Stran 182 - That the respective colonies are entitled to the common law of England, and more especially to the great and inestimable privilege of being tried by their peers of the vicinage, according to the course of that law.
Stran 188 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years ; But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Stran 274 - You shall be taken from the place where you are, and be carried to the place from whence you came, and from thence to the place of execution, and there be severally hanged by your necks until you be dead. And the Lord have mercy on your souls.
Stran 227 - The attendant angel is just about to leave the threshold, and ascend to heaven. And shall he ascend and not bear with him the news of one sinner, among all this multitude, reclaimed from the error of his ways...
Stran 160 - That the moneys arising from the said duties be appropriated to the discharge of the principal and interest of the debts already contracted, or which may be contracted, on the faith of the United States, for supporting the present war. That the said duties be continued until the said debts shall be fully and finally discharged.
Stran 297 - Permit me, sir, to observe, that the measures of our present legislature do not exhibit the real character of the state. They are equally reprobated and abhorred by gentlemen of the learned professions, by the whole mercantile body, and by most of the respectable farmers and mechanics. The majority of the administration is composed of a licentious number of men, destitute of education, and many of them void of principle. From anarchy and confusion they derive their temporary consequence...
Stran 80 - America, of her strength and spreading protection ; of her benign influences, refreshing her sons in all their just struggles, against the attempts of tyranny and oppression. And furthermore, the said tree of liberty is destined and set apart, for exposing to public ignominy and reproach, all offenders against the liberties of the country, and the abettors and approvers of such as would enslave her.
Stran 163 - Upon its issue'was involved the destiny of thousands. Public feeling and anxiety were intense upon its result. The period succeeding the Revolution was the most eventful in our history. The crisis arose, and the experiment was on trial, whether the people were capable of self-government; and upon its issue depended the fate of the nation.
Stran 208 - ... forehead, with a cowlick on the right side, eyes prominent and of a dark hue, his complexion rather florid — somewhat corpulent, well proportioned, and finely formed for strength and agility, large eyebrows, nose straight and rather broad, teeth perfectly white, a profuse head of hair, short on the forehead, turned up some, and deeply powdered and clubbed. When he took off his cocked hat he would lightly brush up his hair forward, while with a fascinating smile lighting up his countenance he...
Stran 192 - But their obligations were of too sacred a nature for them to aim at pleasing but in the line of their duty. It is well known that my sentiments have fully accorded with the general system of the legislature in emitting the paper currency; but I never did, I never will, depart from the character of an honest man, to support any measures, however agreeable in themselves.