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... cause they had espoused , specious offers were made by the viceroy to all who would enter the royalist service . When allurements proved unavailing , he threatened them with the death due to rebels , whilst the priesthood refused them ...
... cause they had espoused , specious offers were made by the viceroy to all who would enter the royalist service . When allurements proved unavailing , he threatened them with the death due to rebels , whilst the priesthood refused them ...
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... cause in support of which so many of their countrymen had fallen . Amongst those few survivers were men who had fought on the banks of the Guadiana and of the Rhine ; who had witnessed the conflagration of Moscow , and the capitulation ...
... cause in support of which so many of their countrymen had fallen . Amongst those few survivers were men who had fought on the banks of the Guadiana and of the Rhine ; who had witnessed the conflagration of Moscow , and the capitulation ...
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... caused by occasional exhalations of metalliferous vapour , which , being inhaled into the lungs , causes a strong feel- ing of suffocation . " During certain months of the year , tremendous hail - storms occur . They have fallen with ...
... caused by occasional exhalations of metalliferous vapour , which , being inhaled into the lungs , causes a strong feel- ing of suffocation . " During certain months of the year , tremendous hail - storms occur . They have fallen with ...
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... cause to anticipate . At that time the condition and prospects of the south were such , that Miller , in common with the great body of his fellow labourers in the cause of independence , might well contemplate the fabric of liberty ...
... cause to anticipate . At that time the condition and prospects of the south were such , that Miller , in common with the great body of his fellow labourers in the cause of independence , might well contemplate the fabric of liberty ...
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... cause of Colombia . Such were the actual tranquillity and seeming prosperity of Co- lombia at the close of the year 1825. How changed is the pic- ture of that now distracted country , in the short interval that has elapsed ! Her ...
... cause of Colombia . Such were the actual tranquillity and seeming prosperity of Co- lombia at the close of the year 1825. How changed is the pic- ture of that now distracted country , in the short interval that has elapsed ! Her ...
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Seite 267 - That all the lands within the territory so ceded to the United States, and not reserved for or appropriated to any of the before-mentioned purposes, or disposed of in bounties to the officers and soldiers of the American Army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit...
Seite 267 - 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 62 - Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.
Seite 500 - Mason, a man of the first order of wisdom among those who acted on the theatre of the revolution, of expansive mind, profound judgment, cogent in argument, learned in the lore of our former constitution, and earnest for the republican change on democratic principles.
Seite 508 - I should have shut up the Queen in a Convent, putting harm out of her power, and placed the king in his station, investing him with limited powers, which I verily believe he would have honestly exercised, according to the measure of his understanding.
Seite 49 - The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
Seite 494 - It appearing, in the course of these debates, that the colonies of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and South Carolina were not yet matured for falling from the parent stem ; but that they were fast advancing to that state...
Seite 500 - Virginia which followed, he sustained the new constitution in all its parts, bearing off the palm against the logic of George Mason, and the fervid declamation of Mr. Henry. With these consummate powers, were united a pure and spotless virtue, which no calumny has ever attempted to sully. Of the powers and polish of his pen, and of the wisdom of his administration in the highest office of the nation, I need say nothing. They have spoken, and will forever speak for themselves.
Seite 40 - Shakespeare had no such advantage; he came to London a needy adventurer and lived for a time by very mean employments. Many works of genius and learning have been performed in states of life that appear very little favourable to thought or to...
Seite 509 - The torpitude of digestion a little passed, she flutters half an hour through the streets, by way of paying visits, and then to the spectacles. These finished, another half hour is devoted to dodging out of the doors of her very sincere friends, and away to supper.