Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Svazek 7R. W. Pomeroy, 1827 |
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Strana 10
... active life , the serenity of his temper and manners , and a modesty and simplicity which , while they shed an uncommon lustre over his public career , doubly adorn the less conspicuous scenes of retirement . " Agricola had possessed to ...
... active life , the serenity of his temper and manners , and a modesty and simplicity which , while they shed an uncommon lustre over his public career , doubly adorn the less conspicuous scenes of retirement . " Agricola had possessed to ...
Strana 13
... active professional occupation . But he came into life at a period , when those who possessed the confidence of their fellow citizens , and the energy and talents requisite for public life , were not long permitted to remain in a ...
... active professional occupation . But he came into life at a period , when those who possessed the confidence of their fellow citizens , and the energy and talents requisite for public life , were not long permitted to remain in a ...
Strana 15
... active member of the legislature of Virginia . The passage of the Boston Port Act , and the bills which immediately followed it , had filled up the measure of insult and op- pression . The private property of all was to be sacri- ficed ...
... active member of the legislature of Virginia . The passage of the Boston Port Act , and the bills which immediately followed it , had filled up the measure of insult and op- pression . The private property of all was to be sacri- ficed ...
Strana 23
... active part , in the principal matters which engaged its attention . He was a member of vari- ous committees , but from the information to be obtained from the records of congress , and it is but scanty , his attention seems rather to ...
... active part , in the principal matters which engaged its attention . He was a member of vari- ous committees , but from the information to be obtained from the records of congress , and it is but scanty , his attention seems rather to ...
Strana 37
... . During the summer of this year , 1776 , Mr. Jefferson took an active part in the deliberations and business of congress , his name appears on the journals of the house very often , and he was a member of several JEFFERSON . 37.
... . During the summer of this year , 1776 , Mr. Jefferson took an active part in the deliberations and business of congress , his name appears on the journals of the house very often , and he was a member of several JEFFERSON . 37.
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Strana 102 - Still one thing more, fellow-citizens, a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.
Strana 103 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Strana 104 - These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment.
Strana 35 - DO, in the name and by the authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these united colonies, are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states ; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connexion between them and the state of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved...
Strana 103 - ... freedom of religion; freedom of the press, and freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus, and trial by juries impartially selected. These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.
Strana 33 - 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...
Strana 309 - That the inhabitants of the English colonies in North America, by the immutable laws of nature, the principles of the English Constitution, and the several charters or compacts, have the following rights : Resolved, NCD 1.
Strana 28 - But when a long train of abuses and usurpations [begun at a distinguished period and] pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security.
Strana 306 - Whereas, since the close of the last war, the British parliament, claiming a power, of right, to bind the people of America by statutes in all cases whatsoever, hath, in some acts, expressly imposed taxes on them, and in others, under various pretences, but in fact for the purpose of raising a revenue, hath imposed rates and duties payable in these colonies...