Lewis RandLewis Rand is a poor boy of the early 1800's. His father is a tobacco farmer and is totally against "book larnin'", but Lewis manages to educate himself. |
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Page 505 - Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine.
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Page 332 - ... departure as shall be permitted under the same authority. In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of the United States to be affixed to these presents, and signed the same. . -, Given at the city of Washington, the 2d day of July, AD 1807, and of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States the thirty-first. TH: JEFFERSON. By the President: JAMES MADISON, Secretary of State.
Page 332 - ... the same without delay, and commanding all persons whatsoever engaged or concerned in the same to cease all further proceedings therein, as they will answer the contrary at their peril, and incur prosecution with all the rigors of the law.
Page 374 - I listened to Colonel Burr's mode of indemnity ; and as I had by this time begun to suspect that the military expedition he had on foot was unlawful, I permitted him to believe myself resigned to his influence, that I might understand the extent and motive of his arrangements. Colonel Burr now laid open his project of revolutionizing the territory west of the...
Page 332 - States, or officers of the militia, to be vigilant, each within his respective department and according to his functions, in searching out and bringing to...
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Page 332 - In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the United States to be affixed to these presents, and have signed the same with my hand. Given at the City of Washington...