The life of Thomas Jefferson, 112. number,1. köideNew Library Press.Net, 1858 |
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... Virginia ; and they asked his friends in other States to in like manner contribute their assistance . They permitted us to select purely at our own discretion from the materials of every kind they were able to fur- nish - and to use ...
... Virginia ; and they asked his friends in other States to in like manner contribute their assistance . They permitted us to select purely at our own discretion from the materials of every kind they were able to fur- nish - and to use ...
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... Virginia Politics from 1770 to 1773 - Jefferson's Plans for embellishing his Estate - Extracts from his Early Writings -His Marriage - Family , Character , and Appearance of his Wife - Anecdote of Rivals -Annoying Adventures - Death of ...
... Virginia Politics from 1770 to 1773 - Jefferson's Plans for embellishing his Estate - Extracts from his Early Writings -His Marriage - Family , Character , and Appearance of his Wife - Anecdote of Rivals -Annoying Adventures - Death of ...
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... Virginia - The Birth - place of Mr. Jefferson - Early Settlement of the State -Large Estates acquired by the Lowland Proprietors - Their Style of Living , Manners , Habits , and Character - Other Social Strata - Mr . Jefferson's ...
... Virginia - The Birth - place of Mr. Jefferson - Early Settlement of the State -Large Estates acquired by the Lowland Proprietors - Their Style of Living , Manners , Habits , and Character - Other Social Strata - Mr . Jefferson's ...
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... Virginia Politics from 1770 to 1773 - Jefferson's Plans for embellishing his Estate - Extracts from his Early Writings —His Marriage — Family , Character , and Appearance of his Wife - Anecdote of Rivals -Annoying Adventures - Death of ...
... Virginia Politics from 1770 to 1773 - Jefferson's Plans for embellishing his Estate - Extracts from his Early Writings —His Marriage — Family , Character , and Appearance of his Wife - Anecdote of Rivals -Annoying Adventures - Death of ...
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... Virginia - Jefferson's supposed connection with it - He raises Powder Money and Re- lief Money for Boston - Cause of his long Absence from Congress - Takes his Seat May 15th - R . H. Lee moves the Resolution for Independence - Action of ...
... Virginia - Jefferson's supposed connection with it - He raises Powder Money and Re- lief Money for Boston - Cause of his long Absence from Congress - Takes his Seat May 15th - R . H. Lee moves the Resolution for Independence - Action of ...
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Page 204 - That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinion in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities...
Page 83 - ... we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained — we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us!
Page 204 - ... to suffer the civil Magistrate to intrude his powers into the field of opinion, and to restrain the profession or propagation of principles on supposition of their ill tendency, is a dangerous fallacy, which at once destroys all religious liberty...
Page 161 - Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us.
Page 159 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining, in the meantime, exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Page 204 - ... that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere, when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order; and finally, that truth is great and will prevail, if left to herself; that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate; errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to...
Page 203 - ... all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments, or burthens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion...
Page 160 - He has constrained our fellow-citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
Page 77 - The abolition of domestic slavery is the great object of desire in those colonies, where it was, unhappily, introduced in their infant state. But previous to the enfranchisement of the slaves we have, it is necessary to exclude all further importations from Africa.
Page 152 - The pusillanimous idea that we had friends in England worth keeping terms with, still haunted the minds of many. For this reason, those passages which conveyed censures on the people of England were struck out, lest they should give them offence.