Orations & Essays of Edward John Phelps: Diplomat and StatesmanHarper & Brothers, 1901 - 475 strani |
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... means the principal object of the expedition he sent out , al- together disproportioned to so small a matter . He saw as clearly as Stark did that his left was the dan- gerous quarter . It was not the feeble resistance before him that ...
... means the principal object of the expedition he sent out , al- together disproportioned to so small a matter . He saw as clearly as Stark did that his left was the dan- gerous quarter . It was not the feeble resistance before him that ...
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... means of prosecut- ing her case before the Privy Council , obtained from the Crown , in 1764 , an order establishing the Con- necticut as the dividing line . But this was only the arbitrary adjustment of a boundary , incapable of other ...
... means of prosecut- ing her case before the Privy Council , obtained from the Crown , in 1764 , an order establishing the Con- necticut as the dividing line . But this was only the arbitrary adjustment of a boundary , incapable of other ...
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... means of legal resistance . They were without money , without counsel , without influence . They made one effort at defence in a suit tried at Albany , but soon found they had no justice to expect in that quarter . Then they set the ...
... means of legal resistance . They were without money , without counsel , without influence . They made one effort at defence in a suit tried at Albany , but soon found they had no justice to expect in that quarter . Then they set the ...
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... means or influence to make herself felt in either body , recognition of her independence and her admission to the Union were continuously refused , and the title of her people to the homes they occupied denied . The contest of the ...
... means or influence to make herself felt in either body , recognition of her independence and her admission to the Union were continuously refused , and the title of her people to the homes they occupied denied . The contest of the ...
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... mean the authorship of it , or the adop- tion of it - although in that he had a considerable share -but for that practical construction , that wise and far - seeing administration , which raised it from a doubt- ful experiment , adopted ...
... mean the authorship of it , or the adop- tion of it - although in that he had a considerable share -but for that practical construction , that wise and far - seeing administration , which raised it from a doubt- ful experiment , adopted ...
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Stran 472 - Rest unto our souls." —Rest unto our souls! — 'tis all we want, — the end of all our wishes and pursuits : give us a prospect of this, we take the wings of the morning, and fly to the uttermost parts of the earth...
Stran 241 - States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Stran 17 - That all men are born equally free and independent, and have certain natural, inherent and unalienable rights; amongst which are the enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety...
Stran 18 - As every freeman, to preserve his independence, (if he has not a sufficient estate,) ought to have some profession, calling, trade, or farm, whereby he may honestly subsist, there can be no necessity for, nor use in establishing offices of profit ; the usual effects of which are dependence and servility, unbecoming freemen, in the possessors and expectants ; faction, contention, corruption, and disorder among the people. Wherefore, whenever an office, through increase of fees or otherwise, becomes...
Stran 65 - No man shall be deprived of his life, liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers and the law of the land.
Stran 232 - if thou well observe The rule of not too much, by temperance taught, In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight, Till many years over thy head return : So mayst thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease Gathered, not harshly plucked, for death mature...
Stran 303 - ... for crime; that no bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed; that no law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech or of the press or...
Stran 308 - The judicial power is vested in one Supreme Court and in such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time establish.
Stran 86 - We'll bury him; and then, what's brave, what's noble, Let's do it after the high Roman fashion, And make Death proud to take us. Come, away; This case of that huge spirit now is cold. Ah, women, women! come; we have no friend But resolution, and the briefest end.
Stran 310 - ... admiralty and maritime jurisdiction ; to controversies to which the United States shall be a party; to controversies between two or more States; between a State and citizens of another State, between citizens of different States, between citizens of the same State claiming lands under grants of different States, and between a State, or citizens thereof, and foreign States, citizens or subjects.