The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 - New York (State) |
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Page 67
... asking that , since you will have property that can and will exercise human powers to effect its escape , you shall be ... asked what I did to embellish the capital of my country , I will point to her freedmen , and say , These are the ...
... asking that , since you will have property that can and will exercise human powers to effect its escape , you shall be ... asked what I did to embellish the capital of my country , I will point to her freedmen , and say , These are the ...
Page 96
... asking only a just award ; and Congress is to be deemed ready to make a just one , and no other . Such an award can be made only by bestowing a distinct and separate consideration on each claim . The same prin- ciple of dialetic ...
... asking only a just award ; and Congress is to be deemed ready to make a just one , and no other . Such an award can be made only by bestowing a distinct and separate consideration on each claim . The same prin- ciple of dialetic ...
Page 98
... asked leave to see what he carried under his cloak , " I carry it there that you may not see it . " Well , we are obliged to assume that Texas is to be paid more than her claim is worth , because she will not trust to a distinct and ...
... asked leave to see what he carried under his cloak , " I carry it there that you may not see it . " Well , we are obliged to assume that Texas is to be paid more than her claim is worth , because she will not trust to a distinct and ...
Page 176
... asked , Why should the American people engage in paying this homage to Kossuth , when , granting all his merits , he has nevertheless done nothing for America ? True , he never did anything for America . We have reached that time when ...
... asked , Why should the American people engage in paying this homage to Kossuth , when , granting all his merits , he has nevertheless done nothing for America ? True , he never did anything for America . We have reached that time when ...
Page 183
... asking what you had once asked and obtained for yourselves ? Was it so great a fault in him to suppose that now , in the day of your greatness , prosperity , and power , you might not be unwilling to do for Hun- gary what , in the day ...
... asking what you had once asked and obtained for yourselves ? Was it so great a fault in him to suppose that now , in the day of your greatness , prosperity , and power , you might not be unwilling to do for Hun- gary what , in the day ...
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