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... called one of his grandsons , William , whom he directed to go into the library , and from a shelf described where he would find three folio stitched books , bring him one of them . The book was brought , and he said , Take that , it ...
... called one of his grandsons , William , whom he directed to go into the library , and from a shelf described where he would find three folio stitched books , bring him one of them . The book was brought , and he said , Take that , it ...
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... called PLAIN TRUTH , exhort- ing his fellow - citizens to the bearing of arms ; which laid the foundation of those military associations which have ever since followed for the defence of the coun- try . " The effect of this pamphlet was ...
... called PLAIN TRUTH , exhort- ing his fellow - citizens to the bearing of arms ; which laid the foundation of those military associations which have ever since followed for the defence of the coun- try . " The effect of this pamphlet was ...
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... called upon to establish discipline , and protect the frontiers against a crafty enemy . Here we find the future sage unfolding faculties which have not been noticed by any of his biogra- phers , nor ever noted as of moment by himself ...
... called upon to establish discipline , and protect the frontiers against a crafty enemy . Here we find the future sage unfolding faculties which have not been noticed by any of his biogra- phers , nor ever noted as of moment by himself ...
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... called to Abraham , and asked where the stranger was ? He replied , I thrust him away , be- cause he would not worship thee . God answered him , I.have suffered him those hundred years , although he dishonoured me ; and couldst thou not ...
... called to Abraham , and asked where the stranger was ? He replied , I thrust him away , be- cause he would not worship thee . God answered him , I.have suffered him those hundred years , although he dishonoured me ; and couldst thou not ...
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... called upon Abraham , saying , Abraham , where is the stran- ger ? And Abraham answered and said , Lord , he would not worship thee , neither would he call upon thy name ; therefore I have driven him out from before my face into the ...
... called upon Abraham , saying , Abraham , where is the stran- ger ? And Abraham answered and said , Lord , he would not worship thee , neither would he call upon thy name ; therefore I have driven him out from before my face into the ...
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Seite 137 - than admit the alteration of their charters and laws by parliament " They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." "B. FRANKLIN." HINTS. I doubt the regulating duties will not be accepted, without enacting them, and having the power of appointing the collectors in the
Seite 6 - Then I compared my Spectator with an original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a readiness in recollecting and using them, which I thought I should have acquired before that time, if 1 had gone on making verses; since the continual
Seite 423 - truce or peace with Great Britain, without the formal consent of the other first obtained ; and mutually engage, not to lay down their arms until the independence of the United States shall have been formally or tacitly assured, by the treaty or treaties that shall terminate the war,
Seite 193 - in the struggle, must have observed frequent instances of a superintending Providence in our favour. To that kind Providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend ?—or do we imagine we no longer
Seite 232 - or commissions of government) " have and enjoy all liberties and immunities of free and natural subjects, to all intents, constructions, and purposes whatsoever, as if they and every of them were born within the realm ;}" and are bound by the like allegiance as every other subject of the realm. Remarks. The settlers of colonies in America
Seite 240 - lords, and commons had, have, and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the unrepresented provinces in all cases whatsoever." This will include spiritual with temporal, and taken together
Seite 364 - still employed in experimental researches into nature, and of the success you meet with. The rapid progress true science now makes, occasions my regretting sometimes that I was born so soon : it is impossible to imagine the height to which may be carried, in a thousand years, the power of man over matter
Seite 184 - of the enemy, into whose power, by the events of the war, they may happen to fall: but if any thing is necessary to be taken from them for the use of such armed force, the same shall be paid for at a reasonable price. And all merchant and trading vessels, employed in exchanging the products of different places,
Seite 490 - drawn duo east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova. Scotia on the -one part, and east Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic ocean; excepting such islands as now are or heretofore have been within the
Seite 208 - stripped of its lettering and gilding) Lies here, food for worms. But the work shall not be lost, For it will (as he believed) appear once more, In a new, and more elegant edition, Revised and corrected by THE AUTHOR.