Harpers' Popular Cyclopaedia of United States History from the Aboriginal Period to 1876: Containing Brief Sketches of Important Events and Conspicuous Actors, Volume 1Harper, 1881 - 1605 pagina's |
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Harpers' Popular Cyclopaedia of United States History from the Aboriginal ... Benson John Lossing Volledige weergave - 1893 |
Harpers' Popular Cyclopaedia of United States History from the ..., Volume 1 Benson John Lossing Volledige weergave - 1888 |
Harpers' Popular Cyclopaedia of United States History from the Aboriginal ... Benson John Lossing Volledige weergave - 1893 |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 168 - Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul ? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?
Pagina 430 - And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon* military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Pagina 292 - ... may so accord with his as to assure all faithful citizens who have been disturbed in their rights of a certain and speedy restoration to them, under the Constitution and the laws. And having thus chosen our course, without guile and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God, and go forward without fear and with manly hearts.
Pagina 437 - Here Lies the Body of Mr XEHEMIAH ROY CE Who Departed This Life Feb (?)— AD 1791 In the both Year of His Age Behold and see, as you pass by As you are now, so once was I. As I am now so you must be. Prepare for death and follow me.
Pagina 371 - That a well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people trained to arms, is the proper, natural and safe defence of a free state; that standing armies in time of peace should be avoided as dangerous to liberty; and that in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power.
Pagina 278 - As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses; those I doubt not they will discharge, and that is all I desire.
Pagina 122 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years; for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both!
Pagina 327 - Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery — subordination to the superior race — is his natural and normal condition.
Pagina 371 - That the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.