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... less than one hundred and twenty pounds ' weight . On deciding to go , my father gave me rather an ordinary horse , and after making the journey from Salisbury upon his back , I was to dispose of him to the best of my judgment , for my ...
... less than one hundred and twenty pounds ' weight . On deciding to go , my father gave me rather an ordinary horse , and after making the journey from Salisbury upon his back , I was to dispose of him to the best of my judgment , for my ...
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... less promotive of the improvement of both . When at length Webster resigned his post , he received a vote of thanks from the trustees , in addition to his salary , setting forth the industry and ability with which he had performed his ...
... less promotive of the improvement of both . When at length Webster resigned his post , he received a vote of thanks from the trustees , in addition to his salary , setting forth the industry and ability with which he had performed his ...
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... less than six thousand im- pressed Americans . Lord Castlereagh himself acknow- ledged sixteen hundred . Calculations on the basis of the number found on board of the Guerriere , the Macedonian , the Java , and other British ships ...
... less than six thousand im- pressed Americans . Lord Castlereagh himself acknow- ledged sixteen hundred . Calculations on the basis of the number found on board of the Guerriere , the Macedonian , the Java , and other British ships ...
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... less than half . " It was strange that the murder should have been com- mitted on a mistake in fact also . Joseph furtively ab- stracted a will , and expected Mr. White would die intes- tate ; but after the decease , the will , the last ...
... less than half . " It was strange that the murder should have been com- mitted on a mistake in fact also . Joseph furtively ab- stracted a will , and expected Mr. White would die intes- tate ; but after the decease , the will , the last ...
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... less sagacious and not so well schooled in the prin- ciples of civil liberty would have regarded as barren phraseology , or mere parade of words . They saw in the claim of the British Parliament a seminal principle of mischief , the ...
... less sagacious and not so well schooled in the prin- ciples of civil liberty would have regarded as barren phraseology , or mere parade of words . They saw in the claim of the British Parliament a seminal principle of mischief , the ...
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Page 224 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent, on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood!
Page 408 - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
Page 223 - I profess, Sir, in my career hitherto, to have kept steadily in view the prosperity and honor of the whole country, and the preservation of our Federal Union. It is to that Union we owe our safety at home, and our consideration and dignity abroad. It is to that Union that we are chiefly indebted for whatever makes us most proud of our country. That Union we reached only by the discipline of our virtues in the severe school of adversity. It had its origin in the necessities of disordered finance,...
Page 145 - President, when the mariner has been tossed, for many days, in thick weather, and on an unknown sea, he naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm, the earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude, and ascertain how far the elements have driven him from his true course.
Page 193 - And, sir, where American liberty raised its first voice, and where its youth was nurtured and sustained, there it still lives, in the strength of its manhood and full of its original spirit.
Page 283 - 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-aimed blow. And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain : These constitute a state ; And sovereign law, that state's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill...
Page 307 - He thinks the whole world sees it in his face, reads it in his eyes, and almost hears its workings in the very silence of his thoughts. It has become his master. It betrays his discretion, it breaks down his courage, it conquers his prudence. When suspicions from without begin to embarrass him, and the net of circumstances to entangle him, the fatal secret struggles with still greater violence to burst forth.
Page 103 - ... committed within the jurisdiction of either, shall seek an asylum, or shall be found, within the territories of the other : provided that this shall only be done upon such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial if the crime or offence had there been committed...
Page 214 - This, sir, was the first great step. By this, the supremacy of the constitution and laws of the United States is declared. The people so...
Page 260 - ... without convulsion, may look the next hour to see the heavenly bodies rush from their spheres, and jostle against each other in the realms of space, without causing the wreck of the universe.