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... authority . If this forbearance has been practised at the expense of the reader's entertainment , he must submit to the sacrifice as due to truth and the dignity of the subject . During the progress of this work , its two earliest ...
... authority . If this forbearance has been practised at the expense of the reader's entertainment , he must submit to the sacrifice as due to truth and the dignity of the subject . During the progress of this work , its two earliest ...
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... authority , to which nature gave a claim . At this critical juncture , Mr. Jackson , a friend of the family , wrote to Lawrence Washington as follows . " I am afraid Mrs. Washington will not keep up to her first resolution . She seems ...
... authority , to which nature gave a claim . At this critical juncture , Mr. Jackson , a friend of the family , wrote to Lawrence Washington as follows . " I am afraid Mrs. Washington will not keep up to her first resolution . She seems ...
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... authority to his surveys and enabled him to enter them in the county offices , he devoted three years to this pursuit , without any intervals of relaxation except the winter months . Por- tions of each year were passed among the ...
... authority to his surveys and enabled him to enter them in the county offices , he devoted three years to this pursuit , without any intervals of relaxation except the winter months . Por- tions of each year were passed among the ...
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... authority , the treaties of Ryswick , Utrecht , and Aix- la - Chapelle , and by the fact of prior discovery . It was always the policy of the English to keep up a good understanding with the Six Nations , a pow- erful confederacy ...
... authority , the treaties of Ryswick , Utrecht , and Aix- la - Chapelle , and by the fact of prior discovery . It was always the policy of the English to keep up a good understanding with the Six Nations , a pow- erful confederacy ...
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... authority he pre- sumed to invade the King's dominions , and what were his designs . The commission was delicate and haz- ardous , requiring discretion , ability , experience in the modes of travelling in the woods , and a knowledge of ...
... authority he pre- sumed to invade the King's dominions , and what were his designs . The commission was delicate and haz- ardous , requiring discretion , ability , experience in the modes of travelling in the woods , and a knowledge of ...
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Pagina 489 - There is a rank due to the United States among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for war.
Pagina 127 - Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington, Patrick Henry, Richard Bland...
Pagina 440 - I have been too much swayed by a grateful remembrance of former instances, or by an affectionate sensibility to this transcendent proof of the confidence of my fellowcitizens ; and have thence too little consulted my incapacity as well as disinclination for the weighty and untried cares before me ; my error will be palliated by the motives which misled me, and its consequences be judged by my country with some share of the partiality in which they originated.
Pagina 518 - Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was prudence, never acting until every circumstance, every consideration, was maturely weighed ; refraining if he saw a doubt, but, when once decided, going through with his purpose, whatever obstacles opposed. His integrity was most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known, no motives of interest or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision. He was, indeed, in every sense of the words, a wise, a good, and...
Pagina 440 - In this conflict of emotions, all I dare aver, is, that it has been my faithful study to collect my duty from a just appreciation of every circumstance by which it might be affected.
Pagina 425 - Union, at a time and place to be agreed upon, to take into consideration the trade of the United States ; to consider how far a uniform system in their commercial regulations may be necessary to their common interest and their permanent harmony ; and to report to the several States such an act, relative to this great object, as, when ratified by them, will enable the United States in Congress effectually to provide for the same.
Pagina 69 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Pagina 139 - As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge; and that is all I desire.
Pagina 432 - Thus I consent, Sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best. The opinions I have had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good.
Pagina 425 - States ; to consider how far a uniform system in their commercial regulations may be necessary to their common interest and their permanent harmony, and to report to the several States such an act relative to this great object, as, when unanimously ratified by them, will enable the United States, in Congress assembled, effectually to provide for the same...