Occasional Addresses: And the Letters of Mr. Ambrose on the Rebellion |
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... bring to every man's door the wares of intellect , and to teach them that the leisure which is squandered in idle pleasures or vacant quiet , may be turned to a profitable account by multi- plying the enjoyments of thought , and ...
... bring to every man's door the wares of intellect , and to teach them that the leisure which is squandered in idle pleasures or vacant quiet , may be turned to a profitable account by multi- plying the enjoyments of thought , and ...
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... brings into the circle of a distinct science the knowledge of interesting facts scattered far and wide over the large surface of nature The want of a society adapted to this kind of investigation would not begin to be felt until the ...
... brings into the circle of a distinct science the knowledge of interesting facts scattered far and wide over the large surface of nature The want of a society adapted to this kind of investigation would not begin to be felt until the ...
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... bringing into existence a turnip or a beet which will weigh ten pounds , when these roots before were not known to exceed two , and who shall teach his countrymen how to repeat the process , confers upon mankind a benefit that should ...
... bringing into existence a turnip or a beet which will weigh ten pounds , when these roots before were not known to exceed two , and who shall teach his countrymen how to repeat the process , confers upon mankind a benefit that should ...
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... brings into the kitchen some before unheard - of , rich , flavorous and healthful nutriment . What re- nown would await the gardener or the herbalist , who should succeed in transplanting to our soil , or who should discover in the mold ...
... brings into the kitchen some before unheard - of , rich , flavorous and healthful nutriment . What re- nown would await the gardener or the herbalist , who should succeed in transplanting to our soil , or who should discover in the mold ...
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... bring them below the point of ample protection to the staple labor of the nation , or to run the slightest hazard of destroying any prosperous manufacture . How far such a scope of policy falls within the comprehension of the friends of ...
... bring them below the point of ample protection to the staple labor of the nation , or to run the slightest hazard of destroying any prosperous manufacture . How far such a scope of policy falls within the comprehension of the friends of ...
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Page 448 - Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union.
Page 115 - There is no antidote against the opium of time, which temporally considereth all things : our fathers find their graves in our short memories, and sadly tell us how we may be buried in our survivors.
Page 122 - Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain : whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Page 351 - No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, . . . enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, . . .
Page 124 - So live, that, when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To the pale realms of shade, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave...
Page 146 - I, AB, do utterly testify and declare in my conscience, that the Queen's Highness is the only supreme governor of this realm, and of all other Her Highness's dominions and countries, as well in all spiritual and ecclesiastical things or causes as temporal ; and that no foreign Prince.
Page 296 - The tawny lion, pawing to get free His hinder parts, then springs, as broke from bonds, And rampant shakes his brinded mane...
Page 143 - Knight, late Baron of Baltimore, in our said Kingdom of Ireland, treading in the steps of his Father, being animated with a laudable, and pious Zeal for extending the Christian Religion, and also the Territories of our Empire...
Page 462 - Mr. MASON observed, not only that the present Confederation was deficient in not providing for coercion and punishment against delinquent States ; but argued very cogently, that punishment could not in the nature of things be executed on the States collectively, and therefore that such a government was necessary as could directly operate on individuals, and would punish those only whose guilt required it.
Page 461 - States to the contrary notwithstanding; and that if any State, or any body of men in any State shall oppose or prevent the carrying into execution such acts or treaties...