The Probe: Or, One Hundred and Two Essays on the Nature of Men and ThingsG. B. Zieber & Company, 1846 - 312 Seiten |
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... danger of being exploded , by the very element that causes its elevation . It eschews charity , and deals largely in the corrosive sublimate of falsehood , the aquafortis of envy , the elixir vitriol of revenge , and the asafoetida of ...
... danger of being exploded , by the very element that causes its elevation . It eschews charity , and deals largely in the corrosive sublimate of falsehood , the aquafortis of envy , the elixir vitriol of revenge , and the asafoetida of ...
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... danger's fright , Be thou my guide mid passion's way , My moon by night - my sun by day . - Milman . THE highest eulogy we can pronounce upon this book of all books , is , to take it for the man of our counsel , and the polar star of ...
... danger's fright , Be thou my guide mid passion's way , My moon by night - my sun by day . - Milman . THE highest eulogy we can pronounce upon this book of all books , is , to take it for the man of our counsel , and the polar star of ...
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... danger of falling off , and one very courteously laid down , and permitted the other to walk , not harshly , but gently over him , and both passed on in safety . This is not the first wise lesson I have learned from brute ani- mals ...
... danger of falling off , and one very courteously laid down , and permitted the other to walk , not harshly , but gently over him , and both passed on in safety . This is not the first wise lesson I have learned from brute ani- mals ...
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... danger , and are lost . Through all the multiform concerns of life , the hu- man family is constantly taking lessons in the school of experience , and paying dearly for them ; but obsti- nately refusing to profit by them . This fond ...
... danger , and are lost . Through all the multiform concerns of life , the hu- man family is constantly taking lessons in the school of experience , and paying dearly for them ; but obsti- nately refusing to profit by them . This fond ...
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... danger - reckless of consequences . In- To the fashionable of our country , who play cards and other games as an innocent amusement , we may trace the most aggravated injuries resulting from gam- bling . It is there that young men of ...
... danger - reckless of consequences . In- To the fashionable of our country , who play cards and other games as an innocent amusement , we may trace the most aggravated injuries resulting from gam- bling . It is there that young men of ...
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Seite 8 - ... 2. Immediately after they shall be assembled, in consequence of the first election, they shall be divided, as equally as may be, into three classes. The seats of the senators of the first class, shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year, of the second class...
Seite 28 - ... it is of infinite moment, that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union, to your collective and individual happiness ; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the Palladium of your political safety and prosperity...
Seite 24 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Seite 16 - United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.
Seite 6 - Rodney, George Read, Thomas M'Kean. Maryland. — Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton. Virginia. — George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton. North Carolina. — William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn. South Carolina. — Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton. Georgia. — Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton.
Seite 15 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Seite 32 - Towards the preservation of your government, and the permanency of your present happy state, it is requisite, not only that you steadily discountenance irregular oppositions to its acknowledged authority, but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles, however specious the pretexts.
Seite 38 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.
Seite 39 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?
Seite 27 - Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment. The unity of Government which constitutes you one people, is also now dear to you.