A Compendium of American Literature: Chronologically Arranged, with Biographical Sketches of the Authors and Selections from Their WorksParry & McMillan, 1859 - 784 sider |
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... took three points of defence , viz . First , it was urged that night is not day , and the statute expressly says Fri - day , and not Fri - night ; and the proof is that the cutting was at night . Secondly , it was contended that twelve ...
... took three points of defence , viz . First , it was urged that night is not day , and the statute expressly says Fri - day , and not Fri - night ; and the proof is that the cutting was at night . Secondly , it was contended that twelve ...
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... took an active part in the debates , and by some was considered the ablest member of that distinguished body . In the latter part of the same year , he was elected to the State Convention of Pennsylvania that met to ratify the ...
... took an active part in the debates , and by some was considered the ablest member of that distinguished body . In the latter part of the same year , he was elected to the State Convention of Pennsylvania that met to ratify the ...
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... took place on the 28th of August , 1798 , at Edenton , North Carolina , while on a circuit in his judicial character . THE EXCELLENCE OF OUR CONSTITUTION . I confess that I am not a blind admirer of this plan of govern- ment , and that ...
... took place on the 28th of August , 1798 , at Edenton , North Carolina , while on a circuit in his judicial character . THE EXCELLENCE OF OUR CONSTITUTION . I confess that I am not a blind admirer of this plan of govern- ment , and that ...
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... took his seat in this assembly on the 21st of June . So early did he become known for his ability , that , in a few days after his arrival , he was made a member of a committee appointed to draw up a declaration setting forth the causes ...
... took his seat in this assembly on the 21st of June . So early did he become known for his ability , that , in a few days after his arrival , he was made a member of a committee appointed to draw up a declaration setting forth the causes ...
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... took a deep interest in the cause of education in his native State , and was the means of esta- blishing its celebrated university . It is painful to add that , in the latter years of his life , he suffered from pecuniary embarrassments ...
... took a deep interest in the cause of education in his native State , and was the means of esta- blishing its celebrated university . It is painful to add that , in the latter years of his life , he suffered from pecuniary embarrassments ...
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