The Life of Thomas Jefferson, 1. köideDerby & Jackson, 1858 |
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... believe the natural tendency of his mind was devotional . At five years old , he was placed at the English school at Tuckahoe . At nine , on the return of the family to Shadwell , he went to the school of Mr. Douglass , a Scotch ...
... believe the natural tendency of his mind was devotional . At five years old , he was placed at the English school at Tuckahoe . At nine , on the return of the family to Shadwell , he went to the school of Mr. Douglass , a Scotch ...
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... believe , the very year that Mr. Jefferson entered college that Macpherson published his Remains of Ancient Poetry . The second or third year after , appeared Fingal , Temora , and the smaller Ossianic poems . The splendid career of ...
... believe , the very year that Mr. Jefferson entered college that Macpherson published his Remains of Ancient Poetry . The second or third year after , appeared Fingal , Temora , and the smaller Ossianic poems . The splendid career of ...
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... believe , was never intended by the Deity to be the lot of one of his creatures in this world ; but that he has very much put in our power the nearness of our approaches to it , is what I have steadfastly believed . The most fortunate ...
... believe , was never intended by the Deity to be the lot of one of his creatures in this world ; but that he has very much put in our power the nearness of our approaches to it , is what I have steadfastly believed . The most fortunate ...
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... believe he ever read two volumes of them . On his visits to court , he used always to put up with me . On one occasion of the breaking up in November , to meet again in the spring , as he was departing in the morning , he looked among ...
... believe he ever read two volumes of them . On his visits to court , he used always to put up with me . On one occasion of the breaking up in November , to meet again in the spring , as he was departing in the morning , he looked among ...
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... believe , in 1766 . Of Mr. Jefferson's erudition and ability as a lawyer , the most substantial proofs remain . They are to be found in his portion of the revision of the laws of Virginia - and , we may add , in the actual post of pre ...
... believe , in 1766 . Of Mr. Jefferson's erudition and ability as a lawyer , the most substantial proofs remain . They are to be found in his portion of the revision of the laws of Virginia - and , we may add , in the actual post of pre ...
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Page 220 - 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 398 - And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever...
Page 101 - ... 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 175 - 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 95 - 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 170 - 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.
Page 137 - A few more of such flaming arguments as were exhibited at Falmouth and Norfolk, added to the sound doctrine and unanswerable reasoning contained in the pamphlet " Common Sense," will not leave numbers at a loss to decide upon the propriety of a separation.
Page 464 - ... were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
Page 280 - 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 118 - Honour, justice, and humanity forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations to that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them, if we basely entail hereditary bondage upon them. Our cause is just. Our union is perfect. Our internal resources are great, and, if necessary, foreign assistance is undoubtedly attainable.