Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Volum 4R. W. Pomeroy, 1823 |
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... pursued his studies with the zeal which characterised their commencement , and emulated the diligence of those , who could look only to a profession for advancement . In England he found also an additional motive for exertion . If it ...
... pursued his studies with the zeal which characterised their commencement , and emulated the diligence of those , who could look only to a profession for advancement . In England he found also an additional motive for exertion . If it ...
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... pursued his studies with the zeal which characterised their commencement , and emulated the diligence of those , who could look only to a profession for advancement . In England he found also an additional motive for exertion . If it ...
... pursued his studies with the zeal which characterised their commencement , and emulated the diligence of those , who could look only to a profession for advancement . In England he found also an additional motive for exertion . If it ...
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... pursued his studies under the care of Dr. Allison , until his seventeenth year , at which early age he was removed from school , and commenced the study of the law with John Moland , Esq . an eminent lawyer in the city of Phi- ladelphia ...
... pursued his studies under the care of Dr. Allison , until his seventeenth year , at which early age he was removed from school , and commenced the study of the law with John Moland , Esq . an eminent lawyer in the city of Phi- ladelphia ...
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... pursued . Had the British ministry assented to our claims without any security for their continuance , they would have re- sumed the power thus relinquished , whenever cir- cumstances afforded the opportunity . If they con- ceded to ...
... pursued . Had the British ministry assented to our claims without any security for their continuance , they would have re- sumed the power thus relinquished , whenever cir- cumstances afforded the opportunity . If they con- ceded to ...
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... pursues its course with favourable gales , and no adverse winds impede its progress , little skill is necessary in the pilot or the crew : but when clouds darken the political horizon , and the tempest approaches , the helm is willingly ...
... pursues its course with favourable gales , and no adverse winds impede its progress , little skill is necessary in the pilot or the crew : but when clouds darken the political horizon , and the tempest approaches , the helm is willingly ...
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Side 64 - All bills of credit emitted, moneys borrowed, and debts contracted by or under the authority of Congress, before the assembling of the United States, in pursuance of the present Confederation, shall be deemed and considered as a charge against the United States, for payment and satisfaction whereof the said United States and the public faith are hereby solemnly pledged.
Side 53 - States; regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians not members of any of the States — provided that the legislative right of any State within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Side 64 - ... shall take an oath, to be administered by one of the judges of the Supreme or Superior Court of the State where the cause shall be tried, "well and truly to hear and determine the matter in question, according to the best of his judgment, without favor, affection, or hope of reward:" provided also that no State shall be deprived of territory for the benefit of the United States.
Side 98 - Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years ; and was gathered to his people.
Side 198 - I presume we shall be called upon to go further, and expressly declare the members of the Legislature bound by the instruction of their constituents. This is a most dangerous principle, utterly destructive of all ideas of an independent and deliberative body, which are essential requisites in the Legislatures of free Governments...
Side 53 - All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury, which shall be supplied by the several States, in proportion to the value of all land within each State, granted to or surveyed for any person...
Side 191 - But whenever the offence inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigour of penal law is obliged to give way to the common feelings of mankind.
Side 4 - The American Civil War of 1861-1865 marks an epoch not only in the history of the United States, but in that of democracy, and of civilization. Its issue has vitally affected the course of human progress. To the student of history it ranks along with the conquests of Alexander; the incursions of the Barbarians; the Crusades; the discovery of America, and the American Revolution. It settled the question of our...