The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, Band 3

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Langtree and O'Sullivan, 1838

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Seite 103 - MAN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
Seite 102 - For forms of government let fools contest ; Whate'er is best administered is best...
Seite 57 - ... all men are created equal; and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; and that among these are, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...
Seite 30 - And that all disputes which might arise in future on the subject of the boundaries of the said United States may be prevented...
Seite 112 - No ! the charges against me, are all of one kind, that I have pushed the principles of general justice and benevolence too far ; further than a cautious policy would warrant ; and further than the opinions of many would go along with me. — In every accident which may happen through life, in pain, in sorrow, in depression, and distress, I will call to mind this accusation, and be comforted.
Seite 356 - Scammel now informed him that he had an opportunity to speak, if he desired it ; he raised the handkerchief from his eyes, and said, " I pray you to bear me witness that I meet my fate like a brave man.
Seite 30 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Seite 352 - I beg your Excellency will be persuaded that no alteration in the temper of my mind, or apprehension for my safety, induces me to take the step of addressing you, but that it is to secure myself from an imputation of having assumed a mean character, for treacherous purposes or self-interest — a conduct incompatible with the principles that actuated me, as well as with my condition in life.
Seite 32 - Nipissim; from whence the said line, crossing the River St Lawrence, and the Lake Champlain, in 45. degrees of north latitude, passes along the high lands which divide the rivers that empty themselves into the said River St Lawrence from those which fall into the sea...
Seite 32 - Champlain, in forty-five degrees of north latitude, passes along the Highlands which divide the rivers that empty themselves into the said river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the sea, and also along the north coast of the Bay des Chaleurs and the Coast of the Gulf of St.

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