The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, Band 2H. Perkins, 1835 |
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... never lost sight of our responsibility to the public , but have faith- fully endeavored to fulfil every pledge given at the commencement . We only ask this to be borne in mind , that the publication of so extensive a series of portraits ...
... never lost sight of our responsibility to the public , but have faith- fully endeavored to fulfil every pledge given at the commencement . We only ask this to be borne in mind , that the publication of so extensive a series of portraits ...
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... never obtained the promised letters , having been deluded by promises of their being sent on board the ship after him , and hoping , during the progress of the voyage , that they were in the governor's packet , and to receive them on ...
... never obtained the promised letters , having been deluded by promises of their being sent on board the ship after him , and hoping , during the progress of the voyage , that they were in the governor's packet , and to receive them on ...
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... never fulfilled ; he left only eighteen quarto volumes to them . The statue which graces the front of the library , was executed in Italy , by order and at the expense of William Bingham , Esq .; it is one of the few statues of marble ...
... never fulfilled ; he left only eighteen quarto volumes to them . The statue which graces the front of the library , was executed in Italy , by order and at the expense of William Bingham , Esq .; it is one of the few statues of marble ...
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... never be prevailed upon to divulge the names of the persons from whom he had received those documents . The Massachusetts assembly , indignant in consequence of these letters , petitioned the ministry , through Dr. FRANKLIN , when he ...
... never be prevailed upon to divulge the names of the persons from whom he had received those documents . The Massachusetts assembly , indignant in consequence of these letters , petitioned the ministry , through Dr. FRANKLIN , when he ...
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... never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining , but fell far short of it , yet I was by the endeavor a better and happier man than I otherwise should have been , if I had not attempted it . " Blessed with an ...
... never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining , but fell far short of it , yet I was by the endeavor a better and happier man than I otherwise should have been , if I had not attempted it . " Blessed with an ...
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Seite 8 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Seite 6 - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...
Seite 8 - ... freedom of religion; freedom of the press, and freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus, and trial by juries impartially selected. These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.
Seite 6 - We kept no idle servants, our table was plain and simple, our furniture of the cheapest. For instance, my breakfast was a long time bread and milk (no tea), and I ate it out of a two-penny earthen porringer, with a pewter spoon. But mark how luxury will enter families, and make a progress, in spite of principle: being called one morning to breakfast, I found it in a China bowl, with a spoon of silver!
Seite 13 - It was about this time I conceived the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection. I wished to live without committing any fault at any time, and to conquer all that either natural inclination, custom or company, might lead me into. As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other.
Seite 9 - These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and...
Seite 3 - And that an exact inventory be taken of all such cannon and stores in order that they may be safely returned when the restoration of the former harmony between great Britain and these colonies so ardently wished for by the latter shall render it prudent and consistent with the overruling law of self preservation.
Seite 12 - ... short of despotism, since the discretion of those who administer the government, and not the Constitution, would be the measure of their powers ; that the several states who formed that instrument, being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction ; and that a nullification by those sovereignties of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instrument, is the rightful remedy...
Seite 10 - That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare, that it views the powers of the federal government, as resulting from the compact, to which the states are parties...