Observations on the Writings of Thomas Jefferson: With Particular Reference to the Attack They Contain on the Memory of the Late Gen. Henry Lee ; in a Series of LettersC. De Behr, 1832 - 237 Seiten |
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... occasion , when all the world seemed to be writing , besides a rigid adherence to my own rule , I can say with truth that not a line for the press was ever communi- cated to me by another , except a single petition referred for my ...
... occasion , when all the world seemed to be writing , besides a rigid adherence to my own rule , I can say with truth that not a line for the press was ever communi- cated to me by another , except a single petition referred for my ...
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... occasion to the feelings of Mr. Jefferson's rela- tives , a violence not unlike that under which my own are suffering -a violence to which I am forced at the sacrifice of long - cherish- ed veneration , and which they can forgive only ...
... occasion to the feelings of Mr. Jefferson's rela- tives , a violence not unlike that under which my own are suffering -a violence to which I am forced at the sacrifice of long - cherish- ed veneration , and which they can forgive only ...
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... occasion he could have assumed . These considerations show that he had no ground of reason to distinguish odiously between the assertion of General Lee and that of the other " person ; " and that the utmost impropriety of which Gen. Lee ...
... occasion he could have assumed . These considerations show that he had no ground of reason to distinguish odiously between the assertion of General Lee and that of the other " person ; " and that the utmost impropriety of which Gen. Lee ...
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... occasion , he thus wrote to Mr. Jefferson , ( Vol . 1 , p . 144. ) New - York , October 13th , 1789 . Sir , In the selection of characters to fill the important offices of government in the United States , I was naturally led to contem ...
... occasion , he thus wrote to Mr. Jefferson , ( Vol . 1 , p . 144. ) New - York , October 13th , 1789 . Sir , In the selection of characters to fill the important offices of government in the United States , I was naturally led to contem ...
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... occasion to make the follow- ing remarks in a letter to Mr. Madison . " The denunciation of the Democratic Societies is one of the extraordinary acts of boldness of which we have seen so many from the faction of monocrats . It is ...
... occasion to make the follow- ing remarks in a letter to Mr. Madison . " The denunciation of the Democratic Societies is one of the extraordinary acts of boldness of which we have seen so many from the faction of monocrats . It is ...
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Seite 87 - That no man, or set of men, are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges from the community, but in consideration of public services ; which not being descendible, neither ought the offices of magistrate, legislator, or judge, to be hereditary.
Seite 22 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Seite 139 - On the whole his character was, in its mass, perfect, in nothing bad, in few points indifferent ; and it may truly be said, that never did nature and fortune combine more perfectly to make a man great, and to place him in the same constellation with whatever worthies have merited from man an everlasting remembrance.
Seite 12 - ... every act of my administration would be tortured, and the grossest and most insidious misrepresentations of them be made, by giving one side only of a subject, and that, too, in such exaggerated and indecent terms as could scarcely be applied to a Nero, a notorious defaulter, or even to a common pickpocket.
Seite 139 - He was incapable of fear, meeting personal dangers with the calmest unconcern. Perhaps the strongest feature in. his character was prudence, never acting until every circumstance, every consideration,, was maturely weighed ; refraining if he saw a doubt, but, when once decided, going through with his purpose, whatever obstacles opposed.
Seite 17 - Euboic sea. Others more mild, Retreated in a silent valley, sing With notes angelical to many a harp Their own heroic deeds and hapless fall By doom of battle; and complain that fate Free virtue should enthral to force or chance.
Seite 139 - His mind was great and powerful, without being of the very first order; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke; and as far as he saw, no judgment %vas ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention or imagination, but sure in conclusion.
Seite 127 - States be requested to direct a copy of these resolutions to be transmitted to Mrs. Washington, assuring her of the profound respect Congress will ever bear to her person and character, of their condolence on the late afflicting dispensation of Providence, and entreating her assent to the interment of the remains of General George Washington in the manner expressed in the first resolution.
Seite 13 - As you have mentioned the subject yourself, it would not be frank, candid, or friendly to conceal, that your conduct has been represented as derogating from that opinion I had conceived you entertained of me...
Seite 139 - Hence the common remark of his officers, of the advantage he derived from councils of war, where hearing all suggestions, he selected whatever was best ; and certainly no General ever planned his battles more judiciously.