The Life and Times of Henry Clay, Band 1A. S. Barnes, 1846 |
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... their connexion with the career of a man who has filled so large and so important a place in the history of his country , have in fact produced the effect on the author's mind , in the execution of his task , 12 INTRODUCTION .
... their connexion with the career of a man who has filled so large and so important a place in the history of his country , have in fact produced the effect on the author's mind , in the execution of his task , 12 INTRODUCTION .
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Calvin Colton. author's mind , in the execution of his task , to make him almost entirely unmindful of STYLE . Whether this is a misfortune , he can not pretend to say . It must be obvious to those who can appreciate the task of authors ...
Calvin Colton. author's mind , in the execution of his task , to make him almost entirely unmindful of STYLE . Whether this is a misfortune , he can not pretend to say . It must be obvious to those who can appreciate the task of authors ...
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... mind , " said the colonel , " you must take him ; " and so he did . The account given by Roland Thomas , the senior clerk in this office , of Henry's first entrance among them , is interesting . The first impression of the other clerks ...
... mind , " said the colonel , " you must take him ; " and so he did . The account given by Roland Thomas , the senior clerk in this office , of Henry's first entrance among them , is interesting . The first impression of the other clerks ...
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... mind received its high destination . The chancellor's society and guidance were to him at the same time a school of the classics , of belles - lettres , of law , of history , and of every useful department of learning to which the taste ...
... mind received its high destination . The chancellor's society and guidance were to him at the same time a school of the classics , of belles - lettres , of law , of history , and of every useful department of learning to which the taste ...
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... mind - a mind which he could not lead , himself before , but only guide and prompt , himself behind . He had only to name a book to his pupil , and the next time he saw him he would find him not only possessed of its contents , but pro ...
... mind - a mind which he could not lead , himself before , but only guide and prompt , himself behind . He had only to name a book to his pupil , and the next time he saw him he would find him not only possessed of its contents , but pro ...
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Seite 277 - ... provided, always, that any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Seite 468 - American army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States, as have become or shall become members of the confederation or federal alliance of the said states, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure, and shall be faithfully and bona fide disposed of for that purpose, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever.
Seite 277 - And be it further enacted, that in all that territory ceded by France to the United States under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the state contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and is hereby, forever prohibited.
Seite 348 - In testimony whereof, I have caused these letters to be made patent, and the seal of the Department of the Interior of the United States to be hereunto affixed.
Seite 244 - Resolved, That provision ought to be made, by law, for defraying the expense incident to the appointment of an Agent or Commissioner to Greece, whenever the President shall deem it expedient to make such appointment.
Seite 165 - Farewell the tranquil mind ! farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner; and all quality, Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O you mortal engines, whose rude throats The .immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! logo.
Seite 272 - If a Roman citizen had been asked if he did not fear that the conqueror of Gaul might establish a throne upon the ruins of public liberty, he would have instantly repelled the unjust insinuation. Yet Greece fell...
Seite 178 - An honorable peace is attainable only by an efficient war. My plan would b,e to call out the ample resources of the country, give them a judicious direction, prosecute the war with the utmost vigor, strike wherever we can reach the enemy, at sea or on land, and negotiate the terms of a peace at Quebec or at Halifax.
Seite 348 - President of the United States of America, to all who shall see these Presents, Greeting: KNOW YE, That reposing special trust and confidence in the integrity...
Seite 451 - Resolved, That the unappropriated lands that may be ceded or relinquished to the United States, by any particular State, pursuant to the recommendation of Congress of the 6th day of September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States...