Ben Hardin: His Times and Contemporaries, with Selections from His SpeechesCourier-journal job printing Company, 1887 - 640 Seiten |
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... whole property in a single night ; from affluence and ease , reduced to poverty in a moment , and com- pelled to labor with her own hands to support and educate her last and favorite son - him who now addresses you . Sir , the ancient ...
... whole property in a single night ; from affluence and ease , reduced to poverty in a moment , and com- pelled to labor with her own hands to support and educate her last and favorite son - him who now addresses you . Sir , the ancient ...
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... whole wall from floor to ceiling . They seemed to him to be in constant motion . " Get up here , J- ! " he excitedly called to his compan- ion . " Get up - my God ! this whole room is full of snakes . " The sleeping man , half aroused ...
... whole wall from floor to ceiling . They seemed to him to be in constant motion . " Get up here , J- ! " he excitedly called to his compan- ion . " Get up - my God ! this whole room is full of snakes . " The sleeping man , half aroused ...
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... whole fortune on the chance of the cards . Some of our readers may , perhaps , remember the anecdote that is told of Mr. Clay ( for the truth of which , however , we do not vouch ) . It is said that on one occasion meeting a friend at ...
... whole fortune on the chance of the cards . Some of our readers may , perhaps , remember the anecdote that is told of Mr. Clay ( for the truth of which , however , we do not vouch ) . It is said that on one occasion meeting a friend at ...
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... whole soul into the contest . He scarcely ate or slept . He ransacked authorities , reviewed the evidence and record , and , in the adjournments of court , when not at work otherwise at the case , walked to and fro in wrapt revery ...
... whole soul into the contest . He scarcely ate or slept . He ransacked authorities , reviewed the evidence and record , and , in the adjournments of court , when not at work otherwise at the case , walked to and fro in wrapt revery ...
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... whole State or all its society was infected with this folly . Pugnacity , it is true , was the rule . The man of able body - who would fight in no fashion — was rare , and lacked public respect . Church relationship subdued , but did ...
... whole State or all its society was infected with this folly . Pugnacity , it is true , was the rule . The man of able body - who would fight in no fashion — was rare , and lacked public respect . Church relationship subdued , but did ...
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Seite 298 - Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure: Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain; Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain!
Seite 421 - By the constitution of the United States the president is invested with certain important political powers, in the exercise of which he is to use his own discretion, and is accountable only to his country in his political character, and to his own conscience.
Seite 112 - All courts shall be open, and every person for an injury done him in his lands, goods, person or reputation, shall have remedy by due course of law, and right and justice administered, without sale, denial or delay.
Seite 360 - Senate, appoint all officers, whose offices are established by this Constitution, or shall be established by law, and whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for...
Seite 420 - The government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of laws, and not of men. It will certainly cease to deserve this high appellation, if the laws furnish no remedy for the violation of a vested legal right.
Seite 597 - And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years. 29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: 30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as...
Seite 429 - Affairs, and that there shall be a principal officer therein, to be called the Secretary for the Department of Foreign Affairs,1 who shall perform and execute such duties as shall from time to time be enjoined on or entrusted to him by the President of the United States...
Seite 115 - All impeachments shall be tried by the Senate ; when sitting for that purpose, the Senators shall be upon oath or affirmation ; no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present.
Seite 567 - ... a speckled ax was best;" for something, that pretended to be reason, was every now and then suggesting to me that such extream nicety as I exacted of myself might be a kind of foppery in morals, which, if it were known, would make me ridiculous ; that a perfect character might be attended with the inconvenience of being envied and hated...
Seite 361 - He shall have power to remit fines and forfeitures, grant reprieves and pardons, except in cases of impeachment. In case of treason, he shall have power to grant reprieves until the end of the next session of the General Assembly, in which the power of pardoning shall be vested.