A Collection of the Political Writings of William Leggett, Volumen2Taylor & Dodd, 1840 |
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... reference to their own sense of right and expediency . They are in no private communication with Mr. Van Buren , directly or indirectly ; they know his sentiments only through public channels ; and their attachment to him is altogether ...
... reference to their own sense of right and expediency . They are in no private communication with Mr. Van Buren , directly or indirectly ; they know his sentiments only through public channels ; and their attachment to him is altogether ...
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... reference to its sentiments and style , just as would be done in reference to an anonymous contribu- tion . What Mr. Van Buren's sentiments are in regard to Mr. Kendall's letter we do not know ; but we have con- fidence from what we do ...
... reference to its sentiments and style , just as would be done in reference to an anonymous contribu- tion . What Mr. Van Buren's sentiments are in regard to Mr. Kendall's letter we do not know ; but we have con- fidence from what we do ...
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... reference to their preferences or prejudices on the question of the Presidency , agree in approval , either explicit or tacit , of those sentiments , how can the Richmond Whig reconcile it to its sense of what honour requires , as well ...
... reference to their preferences or prejudices on the question of the Presidency , agree in approval , either explicit or tacit , of those sentiments , how can the Richmond Whig reconcile it to its sense of what honour requires , as well ...
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... reference to the policy of other nations . In regard to Banks no account to be taken of the actual condition of things in the country , but a universal and immediate annihilation was the tendency of all the Post's arguments . The spirit ...
... reference to the policy of other nations . In regard to Banks no account to be taken of the actual condition of things in the country , but a universal and immediate annihilation was the tendency of all the Post's arguments . The spirit ...
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... reference to the United States Bank , and the question of vested rights . Mr. Ingersoll goes very fully into an exposition of the subjects indicated by these inquiries . At the very outset of his reply , he explicitly declares , as his ...
... reference to the United States Bank , and the question of vested rights . Mr. Ingersoll goes very fully into an exposition of the subjects indicated by these inquiries . At the very outset of his reply , he explicitly declares , as his ...
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Página 135 - Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.
Página 62 - This study renders men acute, inquisitive, dexterous, prompt in attack, ready in defence, full of resources. In other countries, the people, more simple and of a less mercurial cast, judge of an ill principle in government only by an actual grievance. Here they anticipate the evil, and judge of the pressure of the grievance by the badness of the principle. They augur misgovernment at a distance ; and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze.
Página 55 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Página 270 - All bonds, bills, notes, assurances, conveyances, all other contracts or securities whatsoever, except bottomry and respondentia bonds and contracts, and all deposits of goods or other things whatsoever, whereupon or whereby there shall be reserved or taken, or secured or agreed to be reserved or taken, any greater sum, or greater value, for the loan or forbearance of any money, goods or other things in action, than is above prescribed, shall be void.
Página 203 - For who knows not that Truth is strong, next to the Almighty; she needs no policies, nor stratagems, nor licensings to make her victorious, those are the shifts and the defences that Error uses against her power.
Página 270 - Imlac, what thou wilt not without difficulty credit. I have possessed for five years the regulation of the weather and the distribution of the seasons ; the sun has listened to my dictates, and passed from tropic to tropic by my direction ; the clouds, at my call, have poured their waters, and the Nile has overflowed at my command ; I have restrained the rage of the dog-star, and mitigated the fervours of the crab.
Página 210 - ... this obstructing violence meets for the most part with an event utterly opposite to the end which it drives at; instead of suppressing sects and schisms, it raises them and invests them with a reputation. ' The punishing of wits enhances their authority...
Página 278 - But let concealment like a worm i' th' bud Feed on her damask cheek: she pin'd in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy, She sat like Patience on a Monument, Smiling at grief.
Página 271 - The clouds at my call have poured their waters, and the Nile has overflowed at my command. I have restrained the rage of the Dog-star, and mitigated the fervours of the Crab. The winds alone of all the elemental powers have hitherto refused my authority; and multitudes have perished by equinoctial tempests, which I found myself unable to prohibit or restrain.
Página 209 - You owe me no subscription: then let fall Your horrible pleasure: here I stand, your slave, A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man: But yet I call you servile ministers, That have with two pernicious daughters join'd Your high engender'd battles 'gainst a head So old and white as this.