"Liberty": The Image and Superscription on Every Coin Issued by the United States of America : Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land Unto All the Inhabitants Thereof ...American Anti-Slavery Society, 1837 - 231 strani |
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... practice . A minority , which for weight and worth of character , preponderates against the greater number who have not the courage to divest their families of a property , which , however , keeps their consciences uneasy . Northward of ...
... practice . A minority , which for weight and worth of character , preponderates against the greater number who have not the courage to divest their families of a property , which , however , keeps their consciences uneasy . Northward of ...
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... practice so totally repugnant to the first impressions of right and wrong . What adds to the wonder is , that this abominable practice has been introduced in the most enlightened ages . Times , that seem to have pretensions to boast of ...
... practice so totally repugnant to the first impressions of right and wrong . What adds to the wonder is , that this abominable practice has been introduced in the most enlightened ages . Times , that seem to have pretensions to boast of ...
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... practice , let us treat the unhappy victims with lenity . It is the furtherest advance we can make towards justice , it is a debt we owe to the purity of our religion , to show that it is at variance with that law , which warrants ...
... practice , let us treat the unhappy victims with lenity . It is the furtherest advance we can make towards justice , it is a debt we owe to the purity of our religion , to show that it is at variance with that law , which warrants ...
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... practice . This will continue to be too much the case while men are impelled to action by their passions rather than by their reason , and while they are more solicitous to acquire wealth than to do as they would be done by . Hence it ...
... practice . This will continue to be too much the case while men are impelled to action by their passions rather than by their reason , and while they are more solicitous to acquire wealth than to do as they would be done by . Hence it ...
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... practice . " " 6 WILLIAM JAY . • JOEL BARLOW . Nor shall I strain The powers of pathos in a task so vain , As Afric's wrongs to sing , for what avails To harp for you these known familiar tales ; To tongue mute misery , and re - rack ...
... practice . " " 6 WILLIAM JAY . • JOEL BARLOW . Nor shall I strain The powers of pathos in a task so vain , As Afric's wrongs to sing , for what avails To harp for you these known familiar tales ; To tongue mute misery , and re - rack ...
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Stran 216 - 16. And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body, what doth it profit? 17. Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 18. Yea, a. man may say, Thou hast
Stran 192 - No! men, high-minded men! With powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long aim'd blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain ! These constitute a State.
Stran 218 - 23. Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint, and anise, and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. 33. Ye serpents,
Stran 216 - II, 5. Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him ? 6. But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment-seats ? 8. If ye fulfil the royal law
Stran 5 - that these liberties are of the gift of God ? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep for ever ; that considering numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution
Stran 218 - prison, and did not minister unto thee 1 45. Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily, I say unto you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.—St. Matthew's Gospel.
Stran 13 - that these liberties are of the gift of God 1 That they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep for ever ; that
Stran 185 - I say to you, Let them be free, marry them to your heirs ? Why sweat they under burthens ? let their beds Be made as soft as yours, and let their palates Be season'd with such viands? you will answer, The slaves are ours:—so do I answer you : The pound of flesh, which I
Stran 217 - 10. Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas! that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. 11. And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man
Stran 218 - 5. And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.