The Life of Thomas Jefferson: Author of the Declaration of Independence, and Third President of the United States ...Mack & Andrus, 1834 - 267 Seiten |
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... ment which became a free people , whom flattery would ill beseem , when asserting the rights of human nature . In all this we perceive the germe of that national declaration , which so shortly succeeded it ; many of the same bold truths ...
... ment which became a free people , whom flattery would ill beseem , when asserting the rights of human nature . In all this we perceive the germe of that national declaration , which so shortly succeeded it ; many of the same bold truths ...
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... ment until its final adoption , we have for the first time a correct account in actual notes of Mr. Jefferson , late- ly published , and made at the time . From these notes we propose to make liberal extracts of the most inter- esting ...
... ment until its final adoption , we have for the first time a correct account in actual notes of Mr. Jefferson , late- ly published , and made at the time . From these notes we propose to make liberal extracts of the most inter- esting ...
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... ment into which it had thrown these middle colonies , that they had not yet accommodated their minds to a separation from the mother country : That some of them had expressly forbidden their delegates to consent to such a declaration ...
... ment into which it had thrown these middle colonies , that they had not yet accommodated their minds to a separation from the mother country : That some of them had expressly forbidden their delegates to consent to such a declaration ...
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... ment for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these states : 26 For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world : " For imposing taxes on us without our consent : " For depriving us [ in many cases ] of the ...
... ment for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these states : 26 For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world : " For imposing taxes on us without our consent : " For depriving us [ in many cases ] of the ...
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... ment by a people reeking from tyranny and oppression , is a sight , which , whilst it engages the solicitous atten- tion of the patriot and philanthropist , is no less calcu- lated to alarm their fears . Smarting from their wrongs , and ...
... ment by a people reeking from tyranny and oppression , is a sight , which , whilst it engages the solicitous atten- tion of the patriot and philanthropist , is no less calcu- lated to alarm their fears . Smarting from their wrongs , and ...
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