The Life of Thomas Jefferson, 1. köideDerby & Jackson, 1858 |
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... occasion when his dinner had been unusually delayed , and repeating the Lord's Prayer , in the hope that he might thereby obtain relief to his hunger . This shows nothing , except that at three or four years old he was taught to repeat ...
... occasion when his dinner had been unusually delayed , and repeating the Lord's Prayer , in the hope that he might thereby obtain relief to his hunger . This shows nothing , except that at three or four years old he was taught to repeat ...
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... occasion of exercising your dispositions to be grateful , to be generous , to be charitable , to be humane , to be true , just , firm , orderly , courageous , Consider every act of this kind , as an exercise which will strengthen your ...
... occasion of exercising your dispositions to be grateful , to be generous , to be charitable , to be humane , to be true , just , firm , orderly , courageous , Consider every act of this kind , as an exercise which will strengthen your ...
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... occasion that occurred the incident thus nar- rated by Wirt : " It was in the midst of this magnificent debate , while he [ Henry ] was descant- ing on the tyranny of the obnoxious act , that he exclaimed , in a voice of thunder , and ...
... occasion that occurred the incident thus nar- rated by Wirt : " It was in the midst of this magnificent debate , while he [ Henry ] was descant- ing on the tyranny of the obnoxious act , that he exclaimed , in a voice of thunder , and ...
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... occasion to quote them . Here is an extract giving some remarks of Jefferson in regard to Henry , which will be read with inter- est : " Wirt says he [ Henry ] read Plutarch's Lives once a year . I don't believe he ever read two volumes ...
... occasion to quote them . Here is an extract giving some remarks of Jefferson in regard to Henry , which will be read with inter- est : " Wirt says he [ Henry ] read Plutarch's Lives once a year . I don't believe he ever read two volumes ...
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... occasion to refer . Among them was Mr. Jefferson's farm book , commenced in 1774 , and which con- tinued , with the same chasms as the preceding , down to the same date . The list also included pocket account books , con- taining all ...
... occasion to refer . Among them was Mr. Jefferson's farm book , commenced in 1774 , and which con- tinued , with the same chasms as the preceding , down to the same date . The list also included pocket account books , con- taining all ...
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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 161 - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither.
Page 87 - ... 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 161 - Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or to restrain this execrable commerce...
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 81 - 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 264 - We know the forest round us, As seamen know the sea. We know its walls of thorny vines, Its glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Woe to the English soldiery That little dread us near! On them shall light at midnight A strange and sudden fear : When, waking to their tents on fire, They grasp their arms in vain, And they who stand to face us Are beat to earth again...
Page 25 - Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third ('Treason!' cried the Speaker. 'Treason! treason!' echoed the House;) may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it.
Page 71 - ... we cooked up a resolution, somewhat modernizing their phrases, for appointing the 1st day of June, on which the port bill was to commence, for a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer, to implore Heaven to avert from us the evils of civil war, to inspire us with firmness in support of our rights, and to turn the hearts of the King and Parliament to moderation and justice.
Page 264 - Tis life to feel the night-wind That lifts the tossing mane. A moment in the British camp — A moment — and away Back to the pathless forest, Before the peep of day.