A Winter in the West Indies: Described in Familiar Letters to Henry Clay, of KentuckyJ. Murray, 1840 - 282 Seiten |
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... justice , mercy , and peace shall triumph over all their enemies . Till then we must not cease to labor in the cause of the oppressed , and to remember them in our humble and fervent petitions , when we are enabled to draw near to the ...
... justice , mercy , and peace shall triumph over all their enemies . Till then we must not cease to labor in the cause of the oppressed , and to remember them in our humble and fervent petitions , when we are enabled to draw near to the ...
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... justice , and humanity . Perhaps I ought to make some apology , for the familiar style in which the letters are written . I have given a simple account of our tour , and of the incidents which befel us , and I have added descriptions of ...
... justice , and humanity . Perhaps I ought to make some apology , for the familiar style in which the letters are written . I have given a simple account of our tour , and of the incidents which befel us , and I have added descriptions of ...
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... justice and humanity . The luxury of sugar and coffee will thus become cheap ; the clamor now existing on the subject will cease ; and in the course of a few years , these and other articles will be produced by free labor , both in the ...
... justice and humanity . The luxury of sugar and coffee will thus become cheap ; the clamor now existing on the subject will cease ; and in the course of a few years , these and other articles will be produced by free labor , both in the ...
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... justice to my theme without specifying the grunt , striped with alternate lines of yellow and purple ; the goat , pink and silver ; the doctor , of bur- nished copper ; the Welshman , pink with yellow stripes ; the hind , white with red ...
... justice to my theme without specifying the grunt , striped with alternate lines of yellow and purple ; the goat , pink and silver ; the doctor , of bur- nished copper ; the Welshman , pink with yellow stripes ; the hind , white with red ...
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... ! Our kind friend , Francis Spencer Wigley , Chief Justice of the British Virgin Islands , happened to be there , and cheered us with the information , that crime had vastly decreased since the ST . THOMAS AND TORTOLA . 31.
... ! Our kind friend , Francis Spencer Wigley , Chief Justice of the British Virgin Islands , happened to be there , and cheered us with the information , that crime had vastly decreased since the ST . THOMAS AND TORTOLA . 31.
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Seite 257 - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Seite 94 - As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
Seite 190 - And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation; 37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
Seite 184 - Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: And it shall be to the Lord for a name, For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Seite 231 - ... 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 230 - And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
Seite 230 - But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night ; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, and the earth also, and the works that are therein, shall be burned up.
Seite 96 - Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low : and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together ; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Seite 262 - Full power is given to Congress " to make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property of the United States." This authorized the passage of all laws necessary to secure the rights of the United States to the public lands, and to provide for their sale, and to protect them from taxation.
Seite 229 - And nailed thee to a tree ? Unfathomable wonder, And mystery divine ! The Voice that speaks in thunder, Says " Sinner, I am thine !