The Life and Times of Thomas JeffersonJ. W. Bradley, 1859 - Počet stran: 386 |
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... existence , and he is the subject of our present history . - THOMAS JEFFERSON was born at Shadwell , in Albe- marle county , on the 2d of April , 1743. His ances- tors , on his father's side , were of Welsh descent ; and his immediate ...
... existence , and he is the subject of our present history . - THOMAS JEFFERSON was born at Shadwell , in Albe- marle county , on the 2d of April , 1743. His ances- tors , on his father's side , were of Welsh descent ; and his immediate ...
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... existence . They are valuable both as being illustrative of his style of thought and expression at this youthful period , and as containing details of his life and experiences which throw considerable light on his feelings , char- acter ...
... existence . They are valuable both as being illustrative of his style of thought and expression at this youthful period , and as containing details of his life and experiences which throw considerable light on his feelings , char- acter ...
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... existence . This commendable example was followed in all the remaining States . The declaration seemed to have inspired new life into the hearts of patriots , and to have steeped the spirits of the minions of despotism in despair . Mr ...
... existence . This commendable example was followed in all the remaining States . The declaration seemed to have inspired new life into the hearts of patriots , and to have steeped the spirits of the minions of despotism in despair . Mr ...
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... law had been passed to the effect that he who denied the truth of the Christian religion , or the existence of the trinity , or the inspiration of the Scriptures , should be incapable of holding any office OF THOMAS JEFFERSON . 83.
... law had been passed to the effect that he who denied the truth of the Christian religion , or the existence of the trinity , or the inspiration of the Scriptures , should be incapable of holding any office OF THOMAS JEFFERSON . 83.
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... existing period were committed to Mr. Wythe . The statutes of Virginia already in existence were consigned to Mr. Pendleton . The two remaining members of the committee resigned without taking any share in the work 90 THE LIFE AND TIMES.
... existing period were committed to Mr. Wythe . The statutes of Virginia already in existence were consigned to Mr. Pendleton . The two remaining members of the committee resigned without taking any share in the work 90 THE LIFE AND TIMES.
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Strana 252 - 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 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 327 - 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.
Strana 325 - Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions to cause others to be elected ; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise ; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Strana 95 - Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate, than that these people are to be free; nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same government.
Strana 293 - Behold, here I am ; witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed ; whose ox have I taken ? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded ? whom have I oppressed ? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith ? and I will restore it you. And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.
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 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 352 - Never buy what you do not want, because it is cheap ; it will be dear to you.