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... thing that husband or child could desire . She was beauti- ful in person , intelligent , accomplished , energetic and prudent , and a warm - hearted Christian . Augustine and Mary were mar- ried on the 6th of March , 1730. On the 22d of ...
... thing that husband or child could desire . She was beauti- ful in person , intelligent , accomplished , energetic and prudent , and a warm - hearted Christian . Augustine and Mary were mar- ried on the 6th of March , 1730. On the 22d of ...
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... thing he did , he did well . If he wrote a letter , every word was as plain as print , with spelling , capitals , punctuation , all correct . His diagrams and tables were never scribbled off , but all exe- cuted with great beauty ...
... thing he did , he did well . If he wrote a letter , every word was as plain as print , with spelling , capitals , punctuation , all correct . His diagrams and tables were never scribbled off , but all exe- cuted with great beauty ...
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... thing else , but only one threadbare blanket , with double its weight of vermin . I was glad to get up and put on my clothes , and lie as my com- panions did . Had we not been very tired , I am sure we should not have slept much that ...
... thing else , but only one threadbare blanket , with double its weight of vermin . I was glad to get up and put on my clothes , and lie as my com- panions did . Had we not been very tired , I am sure we should not have slept much that ...
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... thing more attractive than such a life must have been to a young man of poetic imagination . The Indian paddled him , in his fairy - like canoe , along the river or over the lake . Now he stood , in the bright morning sunlight , upon ...
... thing more attractive than such a life must have been to a young man of poetic imagination . The Indian paddled him , in his fairy - like canoe , along the river or over the lake . Now he stood , in the bright morning sunlight , upon ...
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... . de Villers , the French commander , was generous . The Virginia troops were allowed to retire with every thing in their possession except their artillery . Thus they returned unmolested to the settle- GEORGE WASHINGTON . 23.
... . de Villers , the French commander , was generous . The Virginia troops were allowed to retire with every thing in their possession except their artillery . Thus they returned unmolested to the settle- GEORGE WASHINGTON . 23.
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Lives of the Presidents of the United States of America, from Washington to ... John S. C. 1805-1877 Abbott No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 406 - Resolved, that the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Page 205 - That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundations on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Page 416 - ... commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States, in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and...
Page 408 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 132 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political: peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none: the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns, and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies: the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home, and safety abroad...
Page 416 - And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are and henceforward shall be free...
Page 408 - One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not to be extended. This is the only substantial dispute.
Page 402 - I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the motherland, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty not alone to the people of this country, but hope to all the world, for all future time.
Page 363 - ... it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Page 30 - 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.