 It would give you a fever were I to name to you the apostates who have gone over to these heresies, men who were Samsons in the field and Solomons in the council, but who have had their heads shorn by the harlot England.  The life of Thomas Jefferson - Stran 262avtor: Henry Stephens Randall - 1858Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | John Marshall - 1926 - 600 strani
...name to you the apostates who have gone over to these heresies ; men who were Samsons in the field and Solomons in the council, but who have had their heads shorn by the harlot England." In addition to this apparent allusion to individuals, it may be asked, could Mr. Jefferson mean to say... | |
 | Francis Wrigley Hirst - 1926 - 654 strani
...and Americans trading on British capital, speculators and holders in the banks and public funds. ... In short we are likely to preserve the liberty we have obtained only by unremitting labours and perils, but we shall preserve it. ... We have only to awake and snap the Lilliputian cords... | |
 | Frank Moore Colby, Talcott Williams - 1922 - 882 strani
..."monarchistic" tendencies, and declared that democracy was being betrayed by "men who were Samsons in the field and Solomons in the council, but who have had their heads shorn by this harlot, England." The letter was translated into Italian and published in an Italian paper, translated... | |
 | Meade Minnigerode - 1928 - 466 strani
...to name to you the apostates who have gone over to these heresies, men who were Samsons in the field and Solomons in the council, but who have had their heads shorn by the harlot of England"—a reference to General Washington which Mr. Jefferson was at some pains, later, to explain... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce - 1946 - 132 strani
...to name to you the apostates who have gone over to these heresies, men who were Samsons in the field and Solomons in the council, but who have had their heads shorn." Today, those of us who espouse so-called liberal and progressive causes sometimes feel the way the... | |
 | Dumas Malone - 1962 - 606 strani
...name to you the apostates who have gone over to these heresies, men who were Samsons in the field & Solomons in the council, but who have had their heads shorn by thc harlot England. In short, we are likely to preserve the liberty we have obtained only by unremitting... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1970 - 420 strani
...to name to you the apostates who have gone over to these heresies, men who were Samsons in the field and Solomons in the council, but who have had their...unremitting labors and perils. But we shall preserve it. ... We have only to awake and snap the Lilliputian cords with which they have been entangling us during... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton - 1976 - 734 strani
...name to you the apostates who have gone over to these heresies, men who were Samsons in the field & Solomons in the council, but who have had their heads...liberty we have obtained only by unremitting labors & perils, but we shall preserve them, and our mass of weight & wealth on the good side is so great... | |
 | Ralph Ketcham - 1987 - 294 strani
...well as] ... the forms, of the British government" and castigated "men who were Samsons in the field and Solomons in the council, but who have had their heads shorn by the harlot England." This unmistakable thrust at Washington, for having allowed himself to be enlisted in the Hamiltonian... | |
 | James Roger Sharp - 1993 - 388 strani
...to name to you the apostates who have gone over to these heresies, men who were Samsons in the field and Solomons in the council, but who have had their heads shorn by the harlot England."45 This letter to Philip Mazzei, even with its hyperbole, gives an excellent insight into... | |
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