 | Edwin Erle Sparks - United States - 1901 - 438 pages
...an important adjacent territory; & saying to him when of age, I did this for your good ; I pretend no right to bind you ; you may disavow me, and I must get out of the scrape as I can ; I thought my duty to risk myself for you." But when some one pointed out that such an avowal would be taken by... | |
 | United States - 1901 - 1234 pages
...money of his ward in purchasing an important adjacent territory, and saying to him, when of age: I did this for your good; I pretend to no right to bind you: you may disavow me, and 1 must get out of the scrape as I can; I thought it my duty to risk myself for you. But we shall not... | |
 | Willis Fletcher Johnson - United States - 1903 - 353 pages
...unauthorized what we know they would have done for themselves had they been in a situation to do it. ... We shall not be disavowed by the nation, and their...indemnity will confirm and not weaken the Constitution." In those utterances spoke at once the strict constructionist, who could not see beyond the immediate... | |
 | Willis Fletcher Johnson - United States - 1903 - 392 pages
...unauthorized what we know they would have done for themselves had they been in a situation to do it. ... We shall not be disavowed by the nation, and their act of indemnity will confirm and not V weaken the Constitution." In those utterances spoke at once the strict constructionist, who could... | |
 | Frederic Austin Ogg - Louisiana Purchase - 1904 - 696 pages
...the money of his ward in purchasing an important adjacent territory, and saying to him when of age, I did this for your good ; I pretend to no right to...can ; I thought it my duty to risk myself for you." 1 It was entirely proper, under the circumstances, to stretch the power of the national government... | |
 | Frederic Austin Ogg - Louisiana Purchase - 1904 - 702 pages
...the money of his ward in purchasing an important adjacent territory, and saying to him when of age, I did this for your good ; I pretend to no right to...as I can ; I thought it my duty to risk myself for you."1 It was entirely proper, under the circumstances, to stretch the power of the national government... | |
 | Alexander Johnston - United States - 1905 - 482 pages
...money of his ward in purchasing an important adjacent territory, and saying to him when of age, ' I did this for your good; I pretend to no right to bind...can; I thought it my duty to risk myself for you.' " "The news of the transfer of Louisiana was like a thunder-stroke for the cabinet of Madrid, who then... | |
 | Alexander Johnston - United States - 1905 - 480 pages
...money of his ward in purchasing an important adjacent territory, and saying to him when of age, ' I did this for your good ; I pretend to no right to...as I can; I thought it my duty to risk myself for you.1 " "The news of the transfer of Louisiana was like a thunder-stroke for the cabinet of Madrid,... | |
 | Edward Channing - United States - 1906 - 339 pages
...of his ward in purchasing an important estate, and saying to his ward, when he has come of age: " I did this for your good; I pretend to no right to bind...can; I thought it my duty to risk myself for you." 2 But Jefferson felt that he would not be disavowed by the nation, that the nation would confirm his... | |
 | Edward Channing - United States - 1906 - 338 pages
...his ward in purchasing an important estate, and saying to his ward, when he has J come of age : " I did this for your good ; I pretend to no right to...I can ; I thought it my ; duty to risk myself for you."2 But Jefferson felt that he would not be disavowed by the nation, that the nation would confirm... | |
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I did this for your good ; I pretend to no right to bind you ; you may disavow me, and I must get out of the scrape as I can ; I thought it my duty to risk myself for you. 
