The Common School Manual: A Regular and Connected Course of Elementary Studies : Embracing the Necessary and Useful Branches of a Common Education ...W. Williams, 1828 |
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... father had designed him for the business of an an- chor smith , but the boy's aim was of a more lofty cast . To him , knowledge was power ; and to obtain it , was his ruling passion . He became his own preceptor . With a scantily re ...
... father had designed him for the business of an an- chor smith , but the boy's aim was of a more lofty cast . To him , knowledge was power ; and to obtain it , was his ruling passion . He became his own preceptor . With a scantily re ...
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... father of his country and the friend of man , was again appointed commander in chief of the armies of the United States . Remembering the talents and worth of his beloved kinsman , he gave him the rank of Gene- ral , and made him one of ...
... father of his country and the friend of man , was again appointed commander in chief of the armies of the United States . Remembering the talents and worth of his beloved kinsman , he gave him the rank of Gene- ral , and made him one of ...
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... father's man- sion , near the city of Baltimore , on the 4th of June , A. D. 1752. Bred in the lap of affluence , he received an education suited to the character and condition of a gentleman , allied to the first families on both sides ...
... father's man- sion , near the city of Baltimore , on the 4th of June , A. D. 1752. Bred in the lap of affluence , he received an education suited to the character and condition of a gentleman , allied to the first families on both sides ...
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... $ 210 , which was 2-3 the amount of his elder brother's , and 3 times this brother's portion , equalled half his father's estate ; what was it worth ? Ans . $ 1800 .. ( 7 ) B left his son a fortune , 499 Common School Manual .
... $ 210 , which was 2-3 the amount of his elder brother's , and 3 times this brother's portion , equalled half his father's estate ; what was it worth ? Ans . $ 1800 .. ( 7 ) B left his son a fortune , 499 Common School Manual .
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... fathers , and where are the prophets ? OBS . 2. Place the stronger assertion after the weaker , and the strongest still ahead , where it will leave the most durable im- pression . We flatter ourselves with the hope that we have forsaken ...
... fathers , and where are the prophets ? OBS . 2. Place the stronger assertion after the weaker , and the strongest still ahead , where it will leave the most durable im- pression . We flatter ourselves with the hope that we have forsaken ...
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Seite 540 - The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable, and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace! peace!
Seite 554 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : Thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, And it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
Seite 745 - The friends of our country have long seen and desired that the power of making war, peace, and treaties, that of levying money and regulating commerce, and the correspondent executive and judicial authorities, should be fully and effectually vested in the General Government of the Union...
Seite 757 - Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments, on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right ; and no law shall be passed to restrain, or abridge, the liberty of speech, or of the press.
Seite 355 - An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time* therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.
Seite 748 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and publish the same, except such parts as may require secrecy. The doors of each house shall be kept open, except when the public welfare shall require secrecy.
Seite 540 - Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace. The war is actually begun. The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms. Our brethren are already in the field. Why stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
Seite 744 - That it is the opinion of this convention, that as soon as the conventions of nine states shall have ratified this constitution, the United States in congress assembled should fix a day on which electors should be appointed by the states which shall have ratified the same...
Seite 568 - He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake...
Seite 725 - Be the same more or less together with all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining and the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof and all the estate, right, title, interest, claim and demand whatsoever of the said party of the first part either in law or equity of in and to the above bargained premises with the hereditaments and appurtenances.