The Life and Times of Thomas JeffersonJ. W. Bradley, 1857 - Počet stran: 400 |
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Strana 25
... believe the rats knew I was to win a pair of garters from her , or they never would have been so cruel as to carry mine away . This very consideration makes me so sure of the bet , that I shall ask every body I see from that part of the ...
... believe the rats knew I was to win a pair of garters from her , or they never would have been so cruel as to carry mine away . This very consideration makes me so sure of the bet , that I shall ask every body I see from that part of the ...
Strana 30
... believe , it will be the last . I assure you , that I almost envy you your present freedom ; and if Belinda will not accept of my ser- vice , it shall never be offered to another . That she may , I pray most sincerely ; but that she ...
... believe , it will be the last . I assure you , that I almost envy you your present freedom ; and if Belinda will not accept of my ser- vice , it shall never be offered to another . That she may , I pray most sincerely ; but that she ...
Strana 31
... 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 ap- proaches to it , is what I have steadfastly believed . " The most ...
... 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 ap- proaches to it , is what I have steadfastly believed . " The most ...
Strana 118
... believe the original of it still exists ; and though framed when every real fact was fresh in the knowledge of every one , this fabricated flight from Richmond was not among the charges stated in this paper , nor any charge against Mr ...
... believe the original of it still exists ; and though framed when every real fact was fresh in the knowledge of every one , this fabricated flight from Richmond was not among the charges stated in this paper , nor any charge against Mr ...
Strana 127
... time and patience of the house , which could not be justified . And I believe , that if the members of deliberative bodies were to observe this course generally , they would do in a day what takes them a week OF THOMAS JEFFERSON . 127.
... time and patience of the house , which could not be justified . And I believe , that if the members of deliberative bodies were to observe this course generally , they would do in a day what takes them a week OF THOMAS JEFFERSON . 127.
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Strana 328 - Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British Brethren We have warned them...
Strana 326 - 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.
Strana 126 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping.
Strana 141 - Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country, and wedded to its liberty and interests, by the most lasting bonds.
Strana 254 - ... a jealous care of the right of election by the people ; a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution, where peaceable remedies are unprovided ; absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of republics, from which is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism...
Strana 326 - For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world: For imposing taxes on us without our consent: For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury: For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses: For abolishing the...
Strana 24 - Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, Before I go whence I shall not return, Even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; A land of darkness, as darkness itself; And of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as darkness.
Strana 325 - He has suffered the administration of justice totally to cease in some of these states, refusing his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers. He has made our judges dependent on his will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has erected a multitude of new offices by a selfassumed power, and sent hither swarms of new officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.
Strana 328 - ... and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity, [and when occasions have been given them, by the regular course of their laws, of removing from their councils the disturbers of our harmony, they have, by their free election, re-established them in power. At this very time too, they are permitting their chief magistrate to send over not only soldiers of our common blood but Scotch and foreign mercenaries to invade and destroy us.
Strana 348 - ... without being of the very first order; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention or imagination, but sure in conclusion.