The Life and Times of Thomas JeffersonJ. W. Bradley, 1857 - Počet stran: 400 |
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Strana 19
... mind . He , most happily for me , became soon attached to me , and made me his daily com- panion when not engaged in the school ; and from his conversation I got my first views of the expan- sion of science , and of the system of things ...
... mind . He , most happily for me , became soon attached to me , and made me his daily com- panion when not engaged in the school ; and from his conversation I got my first views of the expan- sion of science , and of the system of things ...
Strana 23
... mind , that I shall think of her too often , I fear , for my peace of mind ; and too often , I am sure , to get through old Coke this winter ; for God knows I have not seen him since I packed him up in my trunk in Williamsburg . Well ...
... mind , that I shall think of her too often , I fear , for my peace of mind ; and too often , I am sure , to get through old Coke this winter ; for God knows I have not seen him since I packed him up in my trunk in Williamsburg . Well ...
Strana 26
... mind has been so taken up with thinking of my acquaintances , that , till this moment , I almost imagined myself in Williamsburg , talking to you in our old unreserved way ; and never ob- served , till I turned over the leaf , to what ...
... mind has been so taken up with thinking of my acquaintances , that , till this moment , I almost imagined myself in Williamsburg , talking to you in our old unreserved way ; and never ob- served , till I turned over the leaf , to what ...
Strana 31
... minds against the attacks of these cala- mities and misfortunes , should be one of the prin- cipal studies and endeavors of our lives . The only method of doing this is to assume a perfect resig- nation to the Divine will , to consider ...
... minds against the attacks of these cala- mities and misfortunes , should be one of the prin- cipal studies and endeavors of our lives . The only method of doing this is to assume a perfect resig- nation to the Divine will , to consider ...
Strana 33
... mind , such thoughts as occurred to me , in as mov- ing language as I knew how , and expected to have performed in a tolerably creditable manner . But , good God ! When I had an opportunity of venting them , a few broken sentences ...
... mind , such thoughts as occurred to me , in as mov- ing language as I knew how , and expected to have performed in a tolerably creditable manner . But , good God ! When I had an opportunity of venting them , a few broken sentences ...
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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.