Writings of Hugh Swinton Legaré, Late Attorney General and Acting Secretary of State of the United States: Consisting of a Diary of Brussels, and Journal of the Rhine : Extracts from His Private and Diplomatic Correspondence : Orations and Speeches : and Contributions to the New-York and Southern Reviews : Prefaced by a Memoir of His Life, Embellished with a Portrait, Band 2Burges & James, 1845 |
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... better its condition , or to elevate its character , Mr. Grimké affirms that " the moral improvement of man , and the cultivation of those sciences , which relate to his political and moral welfare , were totally neglected ; " and adds ...
... better its condition , or to elevate its character , Mr. Grimké affirms that " the moral improvement of man , and the cultivation of those sciences , which relate to his political and moral welfare , were totally neglected ; " and adds ...
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... better ) living examples of its beneficial effects . One circumstance we cannot help re- marking by the way , and that is , the great demand which from the case of this gentleman and from some others of a similar kind , we infer to ...
... better ) living examples of its beneficial effects . One circumstance we cannot help re- marking by the way , and that is , the great demand which from the case of this gentleman and from some others of a similar kind , we infer to ...
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... better , wiser and more valuable , than the poet , the painter , the statuary , and the architect . Even at this day , have we done more for the solid , permanent , rational happiness of man , than all the artists that ever lived One ...
... better , wiser and more valuable , than the poet , the painter , the statuary , and the architect . Even at this day , have we done more for the solid , permanent , rational happiness of man , than all the artists that ever lived One ...
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... better than the dry thorny dialectics of the schoolmen , -while no object should be suffered to approach him that may speak to his taste , his imagination , or his heart . Our youth are to be trained up as if they were all destined to ...
... better than the dry thorny dialectics of the schoolmen , -while no object should be suffered to approach him that may speak to his taste , his imagination , or his heart . Our youth are to be trained up as if they were all destined to ...
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... better artisans and manufacturers , or more thrifty economists ; or , in short , more useful and skilful men in the ordinary routine of life , or its mere mechanical offices and avocations . We should still refer a young student of law ...
... better artisans and manufacturers , or more thrifty economists ; or , in short , more useful and skilful men in the ordinary routine of life , or its mere mechanical offices and avocations . We should still refer a young student of law ...
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